04-06-2018, 08:55 AM
nefremo who would be the ideal LW for you (realistically within reach)? I presume you'd want to shift to pretty much a 4-2-3-1 with that idea or at the least pull Hakan back in place of Jack.
In principle I'm up for the idea, but I do have a couple of concerns. The first is I'm not sure who we'd get of the very highest calibre for the LW (hence I ask), as players within our reach seem more likely to be strong additions rather than gamechangers or young prospects with huge potential.
The second is that imo we've been seen to still have difficulties in midfield this season, which remains a problem area imo. Despite his improvements as a regista under Tedesco, I'm not sure Meyer alone is going to be able to help us make the necessary leap in the middle to really improve us.
I'm not against anything you're saying if we can get the right players, but I'm concerned we won't be able to. For example, if we could have got a guy like Alexis Sanchez for the LW, I'd be jumping up and down like a loon.
It's also why I've talked a lot about Vidal as an addition. We'd be bringing in a world class talent to strengthen our spine. Not only is it important that he has quality, but imo arguably more important is he brings experience and a winning mentality. We've seen against Arsenal and Juve that when going 2-1 down after a prolonged period of good play, we pretty much give up and make it easy for opponents. Gattuso commented on this after both games (or at least after Arsenal), but I'm sure having a character like Vidal wouldn't let that happen.
Imo there are 4 priorities that we need to address in the summer:
1) A reliable experienced CF (I'm open to trusting Cutrone and Silva, but we need a fallback option)
2) A quality wide man, one capable of opening spaces on the pitch
3) A technical CM
4) A world class CM (e.g. Vidal)
In that list, I wouldn't expect to spend huge on the CF (even free if Porcho's suggestion of Ferreyra works out) or on one technical midfielder (with options like Meyer, Wilshere and Badelj all available). Where we need to potentially spend is the wideman (though if Suso is set to leave, then we should go for two, one of which being Bernard for free) and the world class CM.
In principle I'm up for the idea, but I do have a couple of concerns. The first is I'm not sure who we'd get of the very highest calibre for the LW (hence I ask), as players within our reach seem more likely to be strong additions rather than gamechangers or young prospects with huge potential.
The second is that imo we've been seen to still have difficulties in midfield this season, which remains a problem area imo. Despite his improvements as a regista under Tedesco, I'm not sure Meyer alone is going to be able to help us make the necessary leap in the middle to really improve us.
I'm not against anything you're saying if we can get the right players, but I'm concerned we won't be able to. For example, if we could have got a guy like Alexis Sanchez for the LW, I'd be jumping up and down like a loon.
It's also why I've talked a lot about Vidal as an addition. We'd be bringing in a world class talent to strengthen our spine. Not only is it important that he has quality, but imo arguably more important is he brings experience and a winning mentality. We've seen against Arsenal and Juve that when going 2-1 down after a prolonged period of good play, we pretty much give up and make it easy for opponents. Gattuso commented on this after both games (or at least after Arsenal), but I'm sure having a character like Vidal wouldn't let that happen.
Imo there are 4 priorities that we need to address in the summer:
1) A reliable experienced CF (I'm open to trusting Cutrone and Silva, but we need a fallback option)
2) A quality wide man, one capable of opening spaces on the pitch
3) A technical CM
4) A world class CM (e.g. Vidal)
In that list, I wouldn't expect to spend huge on the CF (even free if Porcho's suggestion of Ferreyra works out) or on one technical midfielder (with options like Meyer, Wilshere and Badelj all available). Where we need to potentially spend is the wideman (though if Suso is set to leave, then we should go for two, one of which being Bernard for free) and the world class CM.