Smirking_Saint

Ahh I forgot about Saints 3 ancestral tenants my bad

We’re signing Modric ?

Ely has had a good season when he is employed as a wide midfielder… that is mainly down to the fact that he works very hard and defensively he is solid… the main argument against his inclusion is his lack of ability to see a pass/execute a pass effectively which leads us to squander possession in good areas… so what does NJ do ? Ahh.. play him at No.10

Unfortunately spot on

Arguably we had more direction/identity then we did today 5 formation changes and a team of which half of it looked like it wanted to press/half didn’t… Brighton were very good but make no mistake we were an absolute mess You need to question why the players were allowed 2 weeks off and what exactly NJ has been working on the last 6 weeks because we look even less tactically aware than previous On paper this was an underwhelming and bizarre appointment and I see nothing to change my mind… Ralph was a good manager that was deservedly sacked because he had lost his way… I don’t see how a progressive (apparently) owner like us looks at NJ for 6 months over the likes of De Zerbi or Tadesco etc… its baffling….. He wasn’t even that cheap !!

Whats your point exactly ? How many have performed as well as Lavia, Bazunu and ABK ?

I’m feeling a lot of last minute panic signings across the division tbh

Doesn’t really matter if we’re left light

Most dutch fans agree he isn’t a No.9, they’ve tried him there and it didn’t work He is a left winger This is our major forward signing, we won’t sign him and a striker

He’s vice captain after L De Jong who is injured

We wanted Broja but thats not going to happen I think the move towards 433 varients has seemingly cooled our requirement for another starting ST so we’ve prioritised a goalscoring wideman that can cover at ST In short… I don’t think we’re getting another striker

It could even be a bit of brinksmanship who knows

We have until tomorrow to conclude a deal, him being in the matchday squad isn’t necessarily indicative of a sale not happening as much as him being OUT of the squad is a likely indicator that things are moving PSV are looking to sign a replacement, all the right noises are there.. people around the club are confident Its moving

Hopefully equally busy tomorrow too 😍

I imagine we’d persue more thsn one deal at a time tbh… all eggs in one basket is a bit silly 2 days before window close

I think we’ll see movement today personally and Im comfortable of atleast 3 I think before the deadline

Thank you mate

Not necessarily, depends on the length of injury but not sure we’re cancelling ORs transfer because of a single injury in MF Id be baffled if we don’t have someone coming in

Just back from the game….. no not really, I have a 6 day old so watched it on IPTV What can I say, what a performance from front to back, part of me is glad for the telegraph (or whatever rag it was) leaking about a player rebellion because christ the reaction has been a squad that looks firmly begind Ralph Salisu/Kotchap looks like they’ve played together at this level for years.. KWP is sensational and what can I say about Romeo Lavia 😍 Tactics we’re absolutely spot on, we went 4231 again but implemented JWP in the No.10 which looked as though was primarily to stop them playing from the back to Jorginho/DLC… AA and Ely tucked in whilst we attacked to allow and overload and they tracked the chelsea WBs in defensive transition.. small changes to our usual but hugely important Diallo was integral to winning this midfield too, we all know RLs qualities but Diallo buzzed around and disrupted and made that AA goal AA/Ely worked hard and AA definitely deserved his goal on his last couple of games form Lastly… give Che the bloody contract, immense again, he just bullies and causes problems to back lines, he leads the line so so very well Just fantastic, absolutely fantastic

Whats wrong with Diallo ? Was brilliant tonight

We were pushing for him as late as the weekend just gone and by all accounts Broja saw us as a pathway to prem minutes but looks like Chelsea have decided to offer him more gametime I think he’ll feature tonight

Seems like the ship, train, bicycle…. Whatever preference of your mode of transfer transport has sailed,departed etc etc on Broja Chelsea see him as one of the top young strikers in Europe

i think in this case Id rather listen to the Rik guy… infact he has already shut down Sky who I’m genuinely shocked are so consistently bad transfer wise considering their contacts At 25m he’d already be gone I think he moves for a fee around 40m.. however thats made up

I’m not usually a fan of writing off players before they’re given a fair crack of the whip but it took me all of about 25 minutes to realise he’d never amount to anything much at the top level He was genuinely awful and arguably the worst transfer I ever remember us making and there has been a few rough ones

I wouldn’t be surprised if we’ve had to up our budget due to the clubs around us spending freely I said before that we’re seeing the financial freedom of the Prem, compared to Europe in action here.. and the prem clubs are taking advantage snd grabbing talent whilst we can From our perspective our rivals in the lower prem are also strengthening considerably so maybe we are going for it to keep up I wouldnt want to be under Gao ownership this year… I think we’d almost certainly be for the chop