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Emerson Royal

I think he’s a legitimate option for RCB, pushing Romero in to CCB. I feel like that role could suit his strengths more, and also relieves us of Eric Dier.

Royal (New RCB) - Romero (Dier) - New LCB (Davies) is not a bad back three I don’t think. Also allows us to play Porro and Spence in their strongest position and Udogie/Perisic on the left.
 
I think he’s a legitimate option for RCB, pushing Romero in to CCB. I feel like that role could suit his strengths more, and also relieves us of Eric Dier.

Royal (New RCB) - Romero (Dier) - New LCB (Davies) is not a bad back three I don’t think. Also allows us to play Porro and Spence in their strongest position and Udogie/Perisic on the left.

Height and heading the ball would be a concern for me
 
One of the most transformed players with us. He could always defend if that’s all he needed to do, but people criticised him for a lack of attacking skills. Guess what, that’s not his style of game. Get him to do what he does best and he thrives.

Plus it kept Dier on the bench which is huge for our defensive well-being in itself.
 
One of the most transformed players with us. He could always defend if that’s all he needed to do, but people criticised him for a lack of attacking skills. Guess what, that’s not his style of game. Get him to do what he does best and he thrives.

Plus it kept Dier on the bench which is huge for our defensive well-being in itself.

I agree and you only have to read back through this thread to see just that, however he has gone away and you can see that he has worked really hard to improve that side of his game and the results show its working for him. I am really chuffed for him because he was shamefully treated by the macarons in our crowd when he first came into the team, he ignored the muppets and is now proving them wrong and he deserves a lot of praise for doing that.
 
I think he’s a legitimate option for RCB, pushing Romero in to CCB. I feel like that role could suit his strengths more, and also relieves us of Eric Dier.

Royal (New RCB) - Romero (Dier) - New LCB (Davies) is not a bad back three I don’t think. Also allows us to play Porro and Spence in their strongest position and Udogie/Perisic on the left.

Yes...assuming the new guy plays a back 3. If he's a back 4 person, he needs to work out what to do with those players who are more wingbacks than fullbacks and vice-versa if he's a back 3 person. Our CM also needs some thought - we have 5 CM options but the balance amongst them isn't great and lack a true playmaker (though that guy could play as a 10)
 
Yes...assuming the new guy plays a back 3. If he's a back 4 person, he needs to work out what to do with those players who are more wingbacks than fullbacks and vice-versa if he's a back 3 person. Our CM also needs some thought - we have 5 CM options but the balance amongst them isn't great and lack a true playmaker (though that guy could play as a 10)

Yeah, I think our squad is very well set up for a 3 at the back system, it just needs some tweaks to make it more positive than we've seen. I'd like to see Kulusevski as a creative midfielder and Kane is an option, but no doubt we need to sign someone there too. James Maddison and Alex Scott would be at the top of my list.
 
Yes...assuming the new guy plays a back 3. If he's a back 4 person, he needs to work out what to do with those players who are more wingbacks than fullbacks and vice-versa if he's a back 3 person. Our CM also needs some thought - we have 5 CM options but the balance amongst them isn't great and lack a true playmaker (though that guy could play as a 10)
You can play a back 3 with wing backs and the players we have in midfield
Porro will score goals wide
Kulu comes into CM and plays 10 and we buy another, or hope Gil can step into that role
You then play another attacker wide left… ndogie joins and could be anything
That way we have Kane, son and richralison as “strikers”
We would need another (I’d sign Danjuma myself). Parrott will come back and shoudk at least be assessed.
The midfield then would have a holder, a presser and a passer.

Or in other words ….
Bissouma or Skipp holding
Sarr and bentacur pressing
Kulu and another player in that creator role. We cAn also drop Kane into that role too
Hojberg can do two don’t show midfield roles and I may well have for sarr and Skipp in the wrong roles too
It means money can be spent on fixing that defence and keeper at least
 
You can play a back 3 with wing backs and the players we have in midfield
Porro will score goals wide
Kulu comes into CM and plays 10 and we buy another, or hope Gil can step into that role
You then play another attacker wide left… ndogie joins and could be anything
That way we have Kane, son and richralison as “strikers”
We would need another (I’d sign Danjuma myself). Parrott will come back and shoudk at least be assessed.
The midfield then would have a holder, a presser and a passer.

Or in other words ….
Bissouma or Skipp holding
Sarr and bentacur pressing
Kulu and another player in that creator role. We cAn also drop Kane into that role too
Hojberg can do two don’t show midfield roles and I may well have for sarr and Skipp in the wrong roles too
It means money can be spent on fixing that defence and keeper at least

Probably....if we appoint a manager who wants to play 3-5-2 and only 3-5-2. Kulu in that role might work though he's not be tried there yet

Agree that the big bucks needs spending on GK, CB and a creative player of some description (exact type depends on formation played)
 
Probably....if we appoint a manager who wants to play 3-5-2 and only 3-5-2. Kulu in that role might work though he's not be tried there yet

Agree that the big bucks needs spending on GK, CB and a creative player of some description (exact type depends on formation played)
He has played there a few times lately
That’s been the tactical shift vs united and pool
Moving a player form wide to the centre allowing Porro to do his stuff
 
My bad, I was not sure whether he was playing as a right centre back.
I thought you sat in the south stand?

as soon as we kicked off it was a back 4
It worked
It was balanced
Lenglet looked ok too
They had 2 shots on target all game and they were tame shots
 
I'm just glad to see his flying kick celebration is back - love seeing him so enthused every time we score, a proper team player....
 
Royal, Bentancur & Kane are the shortlist

Kane wins because he has managed to stay fit for more of it.

Royal easily wins most improved by some distance
Kane wins it because he's, been our best player, scored 26+ goals, been our best passer of the ball and the only one who has been consistent through the whole of the season. Easily our player of the season, like he should've been for every season for the last 8 seasons, but probably won't get it again and yet we moan about other fans not appreciating him.
 
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