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With Mac, Szo and Thiago, suddenly there's a lot of technical ability in midfield
We just need to fix the defensive/hard yards side of it now, a good no.6 and a defender would be nice.
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* and yes!
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Im thinking we will lean more to Lavia now as he is much more a 6 than Thuram. But then I reckon Thuram will cost much less.
If we actually buy a no.6 and a defender then you ain't gonna hear me talking s**t about FSG ever again
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It'll be Thuram once France are done with the U/21 Euros.
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Lavia is also home grown. Probably gettable for 30-35. Seems more likely. Fab can show him the ropes before moving on.
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No s**t right. I'll even stop being salty about not getting Bellingham.
If we are still buying Thuram then we're 100% playing him at no.6
Who knows with Lavia, I can see it happening now with the home grown situation, but definitely will cost more than Thuram
Who knows with Lavia, I can see it happening now with the home grown situation, but definitely will cost more than Thuram
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Agreed but imo it’s not just down to 1 player - we were defensively weak last season largely because the whole system of our press broke down after introducing players in attack and in the midfield who weren’t capable of pressing the opposition at the standard required for that system to function.
New players like Nunez & Gakpo who are many levels below Firmino & Mané in terms of defensive output.
Youngsters like Elliott who might get there but don’t quite have the game IQ yet to be completely reliable defensively.
Older guys like Thiago who despite being an elite footballer, will never be pressing at the level of some of the other midfielders we’ve had over the years.
And then a lack of continuity in midfield (and the predictability that comes with that) when guys like Thiago, Keita, Ox just can’t get on the park.
When it works it works brilliantly but when you get chinks in the armour like this^ you start to see the opposition getting through the press cheaply, our players being caught out of position, etc.
That’s where I’ll be looking for change and improvement defensively. Hopefully even just the 2 signings we’ve already made will help.
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Dont reckon he is a 6 though. I'll admit not having seen much of him outside of every video I cant find since we've been linked. And from all the info I've gathered on him, he seems more box to box with dribbling and driving at defenders a real strength.
Lavia would be the more natural 6. I reckon Saints ask way too much money for him though rather than probably being able to get Thuram for 30-35.
Even if we ride Fab/Hendo/Bajcetic at the 6 for this season and bring in Thuram now which would likely be a Thiago replacement as he is in his final year.
So then next summer, Thiago out and a DM in.
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Easier to understand after being in England for a few hours than my Grandpa who had been in Australia for 40 odd years before he died and his brother who was here for ~50 years.
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Tap in seems to think we're in contact with Soton for Lavia and he's been pretty accurate about us all summer
Not sure about this one, he's a bit raw for my liking and we'd need someone ******* amazing to play at no.6 considering how open we play, but with the home grown situation we probably have no choice
Not sure about this one, he's a bit raw for my liking and we'd need someone ******* amazing to play at no.6 considering how open we play, but with the home grown situation we probably have no choice
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The thing with Lavia, he's obviously one for the future but even if we bought him right now, would he be ahead of Bajcetic to back up Fabinho. I'd doubt it.
Carra was in my cafe the other day, almost feinted
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France out of U21 euros. Guess we hear shortly about Thuram if it's on.
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Van de Wen / Timber the most linked. Timber looks to be Arsenal bound.
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Bajcetic isn't expected back until September or something. Lavia will be ahead of him for the moment if he joins. They'll both get plenty of minutes if he joins which is a good thing preventing chronic injuries in young players.
