22 Feb 2015 08:03:01
I'm thinking of writing this and posting to lvg before I leave Portugal today. Requirements :
Right back who can actually defend and attack and stay injury free (clubs or Coleman).
Centre back, a dominating experienced one who can tackle and not get intimidated by the likes of average players like gomis and benteke (geray).
Defensive midfielder who can actually defend! Can tackle and cover the ground quickly unlike Blind who should be used as backup (naingollan).
Central midfielder who can dominate, create, tackle, shoot, pass (pogba).
Winger who can actually go past players and whose heart is into our club unlike ADM (depay).
Centre forward to replace rvp and falcao, a player who will chase lost causes, run across defenders, work hard to find spaces, shoot with accuracy (Dybala).
I'm quite happy to offload rvp, nani, ADM, Jones and Evans. That should bring in a few pennies and balance the books a little.
22 Feb 2015 10:16:05
Have a good trip to Portugal and i will make sure we get started on that list. Good list BTW b
22 Feb 2015 10:20:18
Agree with all of that Nomid, its amazing we have spent so much have such a high wage bill and still have so many obvious deficiencies.
22 Feb 2015 11:14:27
Who's to say dybala wouldn't be another falcao? And why has the Roma midfielder all of a sudden become a worldy? Same with Depay, yeah he looks the best player in Holland at them minute but so did blind last year. The only midfielder we need is someone like pogba I agree, the only strikers we need is someone like cavani, benzema or lewandowski but I agree with garay as him and rojo may form a decent partnership.
It's a different manager we need, an attacking one!
22 Feb 2015 12:10:22
Diego, Dybala has ten times the amount of pace of Falcao and is magical with the ball at his feet like Aguero. Also Nainggolan has been one of Roma's best and most consistent performers this season, if you take time to watch him you'd see he's a solid player and has something our team's been severely lacking for a while now.
22 Feb 2015 12:38:17
I think we should sign Kane if we can. Vidal for CM, Bale for LW, Hummels for CB - and play Rafael.
22 Feb 2015 13:29:15
Come on Beast, you know Spurs will charge us an arm and a leg for one of their better players.
If we are going to be in the market for a young striker I think Dybala looks the most talented.
I agree Vidal would still be my ideal choice for CM, Nainggolan if Vidal is still too expensive/risky. Gundogan would also be a good option but after spending almost a year out I don't know if we'd still be interested.
Either Hummels, Garay or Otamendi for me. Also I would sign a RB as Rafa seems to be always picking up injuries although I rate him I'd sign Clyne.
22 Feb 2015 13:59:42
Oswald
So why was nobody mentioning these players last season? I'm sorry but falcao was the best in the world up until about 5 moths ago, just because a striker is fast doesn't mean there the best in the world otherwise we would of kept welbeck and chicharito, imagine how fast a front 3 of Wilson, welbeck and chicharito would be?
22 Feb 2015 14:32:46
As of today, I will go with:
CB - Garay and Kongolo as a prospect
RB - Coleman, Clyne, Walker, or else Alves
CM - Pogba hopefully, or Vidal, and Gundogan
W - Depay (is Reus even possible?)
CF - Lewandowski
RVP needs to move on this summer.
22 Feb 2015 15:15:30
Diego, a lot of players make a break through and rise to prominence quickly. These two players have both played consistently well for the past six months which has put them in the limelight. Was anyone talking about Bale the season before he had that very prolific season with Spurs?
Falcao still is one of the best but you've been watching him, he's struggling to adapt to the PL or fit into the team which may be partly due to injury so is it really worth spending £43m on him?!
Also when did I say the fastest strikers are the best? I proposed Dybala as a great signing because A) we're lacking pace in our attack and B) he'd cost half as much as the likes of Cavani, Benzema, Falcao or Lewandowski and could easily become just as good. I don't think you've watched him much? It's easy to see he has a lot more to his game than both Welbeck and Chicharito.
Why splash the cash on a big name when you could buy a younger, cheaper alternative who could be just as influential? As we've seen this season our two big name signings (ADM and Falcao) have hardly been our best!
22 Feb 2015 16:43:30
Oswald
Dybala has 14 goals this season, so why not go for Charlie Austin instead, u kno proven in the premier league etc? I tell u now the cost to sign dybala would be just as much as any other, this is Palermo were talking about, they took about £100 million for pastore and cavani. I understand your theory of why not take a cheaper prospect but for me we need a top class goal scorer, I agree with falcao he's not worth the punt but what I'm saying is dybala is just as much risk, in a way everybody is. We could have aguero and suarez up top but in this system where we hardly create a chance then it won't work anyway
22 Feb 2015 19:38:20
Thanks gcu. Interesting lists from the different posters.
Diego, cavani went from Napoli to PSG. Also watch naingollan in action and you'll see he's exactly what we're missing.
22 Feb 2015 20:45:20
Sorry I stand corrected cavani did go from Napoli (he was at Palermo originally) I understand where people are coming from it's just I think dybala is a big risk as he won't come cheaply either