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  • I’ve been calling for this for a while. If Vieira is considered an option in midfield, then Leo should be as well. He has the skills to be very effective in those central areas and he loves to carry the ball from deep, weaving through players, which is something we lack in those areas. Obviously I wouldn’t start him there vs Newcastle or City, but there are a lot of match-ups where he could excell in that position. Contrary to this sub’s belief he’s actually a very competent presser, he ranked third in final third interceptions last season when we bought him.

    We’ve already seen him play there a bit last season vs Southampton and in preseason it was his most played position. Recently, because of the Kdb, he’s been starting in midfield for Belgium and has looked really good.





  • Can’t say I agree with this article. He’s comparing us to Liverpool and Man City and suggesting that they have more options on the wing than us, which is just not true. Man city has only one pure winger in Doku, all the other ones are not 1v1 speedsters and arguably Foden and Silva are not wingers at all, as even Pep has mentioned before. Liverpool on the other hand only has Salah and Diaz as pure wingers and their backup is basically Jota and Gakpo, which is very similar to our situation.

    I don’t see the point in getting another winger, when we have 5 players who can play those positions, whereas we are very thin in the striker department. And again the discussion about Saka’s playtime, which is becoming really tiring. How often do Salah or Vinicius get rested?





  • As he said last time, the links with all these players was mostly agent talk. The way some fans want to constantly buy new players makes it seem we are having a bad season. We are joint first with eddie starting and Partey injured for most games. I can only imagine how much better we will be with Jesus up top and partey/rice/ode midfield. We have plenty of options in other areas, but some fans need to allow players to have bad games without wanting to replace them. Barring any major injuries, I think we should not do much business in January and save up for the summer.