WAKE UP BHENCHODS fucking none of these cunts are cheap. For that kind of outlay (fucking €7m, unbelievable) I expect, no, demand at least a few free kick goals, preferably against Roma.
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WAKE UP BHENCHODS fucking none of these cunts are cheap. For that kind of outlay (fucking €7m, unbelievable) I expect, no, demand at least a few free kick goals, preferably against Roma.
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7m-8m a year can be too much, or not. Considering it's only for 1 year, it isn't bad at all.
The other important point is Conte's stubbornness with this fucking formation. If we stick by that, then I'd welcome Kolarov at LCB.
You can remember that for large parts of the season, especially in all matches in EL at the end (with that horrible midfield and D'Ambrosio at RWB), our only attacking threat came via long balls to Lukaku and hoping he can do enough to bring the others in play. And the only one doing that was Bastoni. De Vrij didn't do enough on this aspect during this phase, and Godin isn't great at it. Now at least, we can do this better with Kolarov, and also a little better from RCB if D'Ambrosio or Darmian play there.
But the other important aspect are the overlapping runs that these players could provide from both flanks. As long as we stick with this formation, it seems the right way to go.
But of course, best is to change the fucking formation, especially if we get Vidal and Nainggolan back. We should be playing a 4-man midfield then.
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Another way to look at it is, our total cost per year for 2019-20 in FFP terms was ~220mn. This includes the amortized value and wages of all players on our books. This was spread across ~40(!!) players, leading to an average of 5.5mn per player.
The above would include a Lukaku who is at 23mn per year, Eriksen at 10mn, Skriniar at 10mn, etc.
Does Kolarov at 7-8mn justify his? If he starts and does well in a decent number of matches, then it's a no-brainer.
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Totally not excited about him. Would have been perfect LWB, like 8 years ago.
Its cool to have people like him in the squad, but we already have Young as experienced wing back. He is soon to be 35, coming after 2 mediocre seasons where his contribution has been free kicks mostly. He doesnt have the stamina he used to have and he doesnt even bother defending.
That being said, imo transfer that was not needed at this time. We need to build for present but also future, having two 35 years old LWB might fuck us up badly..
Edit: he would be awful LCB. He has played like 10 games there his entire club career. His defensive workrate, positioning and marking have been a problem for him his entire career. That stopped him from being the best LB in the world.
Totally not excited about him. Would have been perfect LWB, like 8 years ago.
Its cool to have people like him in the squad, but we already have Young as experienced wing back. He is soon to be 35, coming after 2 mediocre seasons where his contribution has been free kicks mostly. He doesnt have the stamina he used to have and he doesnt even bother defending.
That being said, imo transfer that was not needed at this time. We need to build for present but also future, having two 35 years old LWB might fuck us up badly..
Edit: he would be awful LCB. He has played like 10 games there his entire club career. His defensive workrate, positioning and marking have been a problem for him his entire career. That stopped him from being the best LB in the world.