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    Transfer thread

    I didn't set Romero as the standard, unless you're saying the standard is excellent. I'm saying we need more players with more ball playing ability and ability to progress the ball in our squad. Having one or two players who are excellent at that isn't enough. That can be done with or without...
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    Transfer thread

    He's perfectly fine as long as he's not under pressure, under pressure he struggles a bit - still fine, but not much more. Vicario by a similar standard (imo) is perfectly fine. Palhinha is also perfectly fine. Romero is excellent under pressure, as is Porro imo. Udogie and Spence are really...
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    Squad

    For UEFA U21 players have to be at the club for 2 years to qualify for the b-list. So next year, 26/27. From what I remember, didn't look it up.
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    Cristian Romero

    I don't disagree with you either, I think at least. But would perhaps word it differently.... He'll probably still push up at times. Like Danso did against Arsenal in the preseason game setting up the goal. Get that wrong and get turned and you end up looking silly, but that doesn't mean the...
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    Cristian Romero

    Not looking to rehash any Ange discussions, I'll wait with that for at least a couple of months 😉 But the difference in goals conceded with Romero and VdV vs without was quite frequently discussed at the very least pointing towards just how good those players are. I thought he mostly looked...
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    Tyler Dibling

    I don't think players like Gray, Odobert or (if it should happen) are funded separately. Even if it is a different budget it's the same pool of money that the club can use as they see best.
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    Tyler Dibling

    Sure if we have that money available to spend for a teenager mainly for a position where we already have Kudus, Johnson and probably Kulusevski as options? I think we'd be better off spending that money on a 10, a versatile attacker that can play as a lone striker and/or a full back option...
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    Transfer thread

    Assuming Takai and Dragusin stay this season we have 6 centre backs including Davies. Should he enough to occasionally play a back 3 at times. Depends on injuries of course. But if we're a bit lucky with injuries we'll end up with centre backs unhappy with game time this season. Unless Frank...
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    Cristian Romero

    I agree that he has to show more consistency to be considered truly world class. Difficult to know what that inconsistency is a result of. Is it the player, the system he's had around him, the absolute mess of a season we had last year, injuries and fatigue or something else. On his day and...
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    Transfer thread

    ACM/10 went from a priority to the absolutely biggest priority with the signings of Palhinha and the injury to Maddison anyway. So that's where we should be prioritising our money anyway. Been some talk about Kolo Muani? Think that kind of versatile forward could make a lot of sense, but...
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    Radu Drăgușin

    Agreed. I've been one of those more critical of his ball playing abilities and somewhat of his abilities to defend in a high line and in space. Frank should suit him much better though and wouldn't be surprised at all to see him do really well when back to full fitness. Need to improve on our...
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    Tyler Dibling

    I don't think it's particularly unlikely that if Moore had been at Southampton and Dibling with us their seasons would have been reversed for the reasons you mentioned and others. Predicting the future and predicting how good a player will become is super difficult. But if we had the chance to...
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    Tyler Dibling

    Seems like we're valuing at least good experience this summer for players we're spending significant money on. Think that's smart with CL football and a fairly young squad also losing experience in Son and possibly Bissouma/others. Last season was a bit of an anomaly with a very strong focus on...
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    Tyrese Hall - on loan at Notts County

    Good luck to him. Will hope get a lot of regular game time and a chance to show what he can do.
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    Transfer thread

    I agree that right now our front line isn't good enough for where we want to be. I'm really excited to see what Frank can do with those players though. Think there's a lot of potential there and he did good things with Brentford attackers getting them to step up.
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