Smirking_Saint

Ive always thought he was worth a punt

You also think we should throw Che out with the bathwater so forgive me for taking your observation with a pinch of salt Personally we have Che snd need someone next to him with a good pedigree, Im not completely enamoured with Broja, Mara feels like he has as much about him and a higher potential ceiling 2 weeks ago Id of said we were still likely to sign Broja… now Im not so sure

i imagine that resolve could have weakened considering he hasn’t been blessed with playing time recently

Wondered this myself, doesn’t at all seem like a move we’d make at 25/35m

They’ve basically realised that you can rehab an ACL deficient knee to be as strong as a surgically repaired knee.. the issue with an ACLr is you lose the proprioception in the joint anyway (as the new ligament has no nerves) so it’ll never fire the same way if you overextend anyway Worth noting that Ive always been a gym goer and played a lot of sport anyway so basically did a shit load of stregth and proprioception work and now have been fine without it, your body eventually gets used to the new joint condition, obviously some people aren’t able to and some are, naturally its even easier for pro athletes to rehab with or without due to them being stronger initially

We were playing 4222 from about 25 minutes Started in a loose 4231/4141 but it was certainly 4321ish in defensive transitions until we moved to 4222 to finish the game off

Could be it yeah, it is certainly a bigger scar then usual which could indicate repairing other structures but doing ball work already is bery promising, he is what.. 2-3 months in ? Many professionals return after 5/6 months these days and there is actually a growing movement of those that carry on without an ACL at all, completely different levels I know but Ive played without one for about 3 years now, McGregor fought without one, theres NFL footballers with none at all etc Crazy how the science moves on

Looking forward to seeing where we are as far as a squad after the Leeds/Leicester reactions… we simply cannot afford to ‘react’ after being a goal down we need to be up for it from the get go Utd will be bouyant after their win on Monday, so lets hope it turns into complacency We simply have to start Che Adams. He is not only in form but integral to our build up play, other than that I wouldn’t be looking to change too much from Saturday —- ———Bazunu—————- KWP - ABK - Salisu - Djenepo ———--Lavia —- JWP——— —Aribo——————-S Armstrong ——-Che Adams—-Mara———- Potentially play Ely infront of Djenepo… I know he doesn’t add a lot offensively and he is a bit boring but what he does is offers an effective aid on the left side in front of a weak LB and until we have a LB that we can rely on defensively

The classic shark bite or knife fight eh

The scar is actually quite interesting and tbh indicates he probably had more issues then just his ACL, with purely ACL you get a couple of smaller key hole scars but the 5 inch lateral scar down his knee I think probably points to meniscus damsge too… not that that means anything really, it should heal quicker than the ACL tear Lets hope the kud bounces back quickly, ACL tears are as big mentally as they are physically but realistically he has youth on his side with this

Poor touch in the build up too if Im being picky Id prefer Kaladjzic tbh

Left I think… yeah can be but rehab is pretty advanced these days, many get back without surgery even

Having been through a couple of ACLs him doing ball work is encouraging, hopefully he’ll be back by post WC

I think he is certainly a good option, played 20 games last year and looked good in most of them Can play CB and CDM.. can’t see us signing him unless we move a CB on though Stats look promising, especially in possession and his defensive stats match that of his Chelsea comrades https://fbref.com/en/players/5515376c/Trevoh-Chalobah

It is and it isn’t It’s all easy when you’re playing well and winning games, it’ll be a lot different when they have to dig in but overall you sort of think they’ll have more in their armoury then Fulham/Bournemouth

Left back… yeah he wouldn’t be awful, gives us next to no experience though in our defence

I kind of feel like they’ve bought enough really, because the team looks… short term anyway… like they are gelled enough The real litmus test will be if they have a period of bad form, how do they respond Its almost certainly a risk though, and there are no way half of these aren’t on some form of relegation clauses though surely?

FWIW I was saying Andersen before he went to Fulham permanently, Ajer before Brentford stayed up and then Collins… they are all the mould we need, intelligent, ball playing CBs ABK looks like he could be that VVD mould, strong, quick and technically proficient

Agree with everything you say Delighted with the prospect and potential of a Salusi/ABK partnership, I also think if we can replace Bednarek with a replacement we should, in my mind that replacement should 100% be a more experienced CB that can directly challenge for a first 11 spot without causing too much damage to ABK/Salisu pathways The vitriol that Bednarek is getting is completely unwarranted

Because he isn’t anywhere near as bad as the bedwetters on here make out, and he was made a scapegoat by fans who couldn’t recognise quite how suicidal our late season tactics were, because before that Bednarek was absolutely fine defensively and then was trying to fight fires in a backline that consistently found themselves overloaded and under pressure Mee/Tarkowski/Coady/Collins/Colwill I agree with but like I said, aren’t attainable considering they’ve moved Bailly is consistently injured, Tanganga/Chalobah are inexperienced, Soyuncu was awful last year and can’t get into the Leicester back line over a midfielder The others we just aren’t signing are we, Id love Adersen or Ajer here but its not happening so yeah… like I said, there isn’t a dozen attainable CBs in the prem for us as a replacement at all Europe is different of course, but that wasn’t the qoute you responded to

If you think Lyanco and Stephens are better defensively than Bednarek then I’m not sure what to say 😂 I do think we should of gone for Mee/Tarkowski… they improve on all 3 of our CBs imo.. Coady definitely improves on JB… Im not sure Holding does at all Im sure there are alternatives abroad, Ive spoken about 3 already in Brooks, Zagadou or Denayer.. all available on a free or Caletta-Car for a fee.. but that wasn’t the original question about the qoute Likd it of not Bednarek is our 3rd best CB, which is why WHU/Villa/Everton have been apparently interested in him and only Watford are looking at Stephens So my point stands, if we can get a suitable replacement then sell, if not than selling makes no sense outside of seeing a few of our fans happy that their scapegoat has gone

You’re ignoring my question… who is available and better than him as a back up ? Ive never said he is first choice

This is where I am, on here you give any sort of positivity towards him you get murdered Still waiting on the names for attainable prem CBs that were better than him…. In fairness if we have a target in mind that we can improve on him with Im all for it, I do think he needs to move on.. but the clamour to move him on just for the sake of it is absolute nonsense… he is still better than Lyanco/Valary/Stephens

The second was almost a carbon copy of the winner vs Spurs