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To be honest i like ralph he seems a good manager who knows how we can win games. I dont like our team quality, we've been on a shoestring budget for years. I think of hughes and then how happy the players and we were when he came in and we had a manager who had a clear plan, coaching etc. I think ralph can deliver but without picking on specific players when our goalkeepers and CBs make mistakes regularly and our no. 10s dont create many opportunities for the strikers we will always be crap - we all know redmond hasnt been fit for purpose since he won player of the year i think under puel. I like our wing backs, centre midfield and our strikers are just passable (they each have different strengths) but could be improved

Someone come up with some no.10s we could sign to feed the strikers better, I know nothing aside from the english dude at PSV whose right up our street, may scroll around the eredevisie/bundesliga tomorrow for some gems. edit Noni Madueke is the guy from PSV and also Sinsterra from Feyenoord (playing tonight v Marseille) are good eredevise ones.

The reason i gave forwards names is to effect the argument that it is the goalscoring from the forwards and the quality of chances that they get given from our no.10s that is one of our major problems offensively. JWP is having a bumper season no doubt (4 freekicks) but him and Rom in midfield is not a problem, its the no.10's, maybe a striker and another CB.

We need an assist machine who scores some goals to replace armstrong/moi/redmond/djnepo/tella etc etc

We could have benezma, mbappe or haaland up top but they would all struggle to get 10-15 goals a season with the chances our team provides.

Checked Ralphs last season at RB Leipzig. Top scorer was Werner with 13, with the rest of the goals spread around, maybe Ralphs system is the problem along with our quality.

Mate it's default by now but MLG is like a fact checker, he gets it right 90% of the time and has his fingers in lots of pies.

I'd watched the mane hatrick game before I wrote this and saw the forwards passing quickly and effectively together to give each other chances.

While we have Redmond/Moi/S Armstrong/Djnepo etc etc etc as our pool to choose from as our 10's and our CBs make a mistake pretty much every game it doesnt matter what happens. We will still rely on individual acts of brilliance or opposition mistakes as unfortunately our pattern of play isnt working.

Fair enough

hahahaha you were too fast before i noticed the error

Give Roger Schmidt currently at PSV a go - leaving PSV on a free at the end of this season as they couldnt agree a contract extension, currently has them 2nd just behind Ajax and we can steal a few of their players as well. Managed at RB Salzburg, Leverkesun etc so knows our style and we've talked about him before on here.

Tadic the assist machine could get the Ralph team about 5 places higher himself. Our no.10s are a problem. Also why leave out van dijk, Fonte and Jay rod.

I give Ralph the first 10 games of the new season assuming this is his first summer where we actually have money to spend and we get some no.10s and someone to replace simple jack

Think we can skip Caleta-Carr rumours, am watching Feyenoord v Marseille and he sold the goalkeeper short with his back pass, goal feyenoord. Both sides have done some terrible defending.

Such a pessimist bro, do you see us getting calvert-lewin and sarr.

This. There is no way we can be happy with our goalkeepers performance over the last 4 yrs. The no.2 is just a nice way to phrase it but whoever we buy better be between the sticks on day 1.

No richardilson ?

Hahahahha yeah I remember the good old days of goal and assist machine at Twente #Ziyechwatch

Check out Sinisterra on thurs - Feyenoord v Marseille - all my Feynoord mates rave about him Also if we are looking at an assist machine - cody gakpo from PSV has behind Tadic this year - has 13 assists

Its annoying but we know as a team we have struggled with creating good chances for strikers for probably since Koeman. An old friend mentioned from last year Joey Veerman - went to PSV in Jan and has already had 4 goals and 4 assists in 9 games or maybe someone like Noni Madueke from PSV as well, done well the last few years and only 20 and english. Given I watch a fair bit of eredevisie I'd also shout out Luis Sinisterra from Feyenoord, 15 goals and 5 assists this season - watch the game v Marseille on Thurs for a look.

Is our striker problem driven by the ability of our other players to give them decent chances. We could have Mpabbe in this team and I bet he would struggle to get over 10 goals. I havent watched enough Red Bull team games but how do they create chances for their strikers, I think the lack of chances from our CMs or Moi/Armstrong player roles as the weakness, not really the strikers as they are constantly feeding on scraps.

These last few games have been as enjoyable as wanking with a pin cushion glove on. I dont know who to blame so everyone is utter shit.

weve been utter shit for 6 games now, everyone has just battered us and it would of been 6 losses if it wasnt for fraser. Players and manager need to realise this is shit