• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

Mohammed Kudus

Rafa87 said:
Oh dear.

Well, transfer market or bust here for the club. I’ll look forward to us signing an unknown on the last day of the window for a back rub and packet of crisps.
Click to expand...

The crisps will only be delivered once the player has made upwards of 40 appearances, with a half packet being delivered then and the second half being sent once an international cap is gained.
 
thfcsteff said:
You could not make this up.

For a side whose only realy methof of 'creation' is to look wide, we now don't have a fit natural winger. Brilliant.
Click to expand...
Appreciate the point you're making. But at the same time concerns about Kudus never getting a rest, repeatedly being put into really tough physical battles, looking fatigued have existed for a while. Him getting injured was definitely on my 2026 bingo card.

Time for a back 3/5? Wing backs to provide the width. Get Richarlison and Kolo Muani closer together as a partnership up front.
 
papaspur said:
View attachment 21164

I think Kudus needs some rotation/competition. I get maybe Johnson is not the one but we need someone to push Kudus. He seems too comfortable and borderline complacent at times (body language armchair expert etc.). Not entirely his fault since Kudus isn't the manager.
Click to expand...
We should always have 2 quality wide man challenging for the starting role so even without his injury we were short.
 
Bishop said:
We should always have 2 quality wide man challenging for the starting role so even without his injury we were short.
Click to expand...
Only because of another injury to Kulusevski though? On paper those 2 for RW looks decent enough.

Whether Frank should have been limiting Johnson’s minutes and making him surplus to requirements by Jan knowing the extent of Kulu’s injury is another question though.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
Only because of another injury to Kulusevski though? On paper those 2 for RW looks decent enough.

Whether Frank should have been limiting Johnson’s minutes and making him surplus to requirements by Jan knowing the extent of Kulu’s injury is another question though.
Click to expand...
Personally I wasn't the biggest fan of Kulu out on the right beyond his first 6 months there. His form really dropped off for me and he only really looked reinvigorated when Ange moved him centrally and he displaced Maddison.

We obviously don't know how Frank would play him but central is Kulu's preferred position and where I think he actually does play his best and has the biggest direct influence imo.

In my ideal world you would have a Kudus along with another quality option. The second option could be a younger player or even someone who is versatile and can play either side potentially but I don't think we should ever go into a season relying on having a single quality wide attacker for and available for the duration of a season.
 
Bishop said:
Personally I wasn't the biggest fan of Kulu out on the right beyond his first 6 months there. His form really dropped off for me and he only really looked reinvigorated when Ange moved him centrally and he displaced Maddison.

We obviously don't know how Frank would play him but central is Kulu's preferred position and where I think he actually does play his best and has the biggest direct influence imo.

In my ideal world you would have a Kudus along with another quality option. The second option could be a younger player or even someone who is versatile and can play either side potentially but I don't think we should ever go into a season relying on having a single quality wide attacker for and available for the duration of a season.
Click to expand...
We went in to the season with
Kudus
BJ
Kulu (injured)
Tel
Oderbert
Muani/Richi (counting this as just 1 option as 1 has to play CF with Solanke out)
Xavi (can and has played wide)

So the numbers were there (6 fit players at season ko for 2 spots), it’s just you can obviously argue about the quality.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
We went in to the season with
Kudus
BJ
Kulu (injured)
Tel
Oderbert
Muani/Richi (counting this as just 1 option as 1 has to play CF with Solanke out)
Xavi (can and has played wide)

So the numbers were there (6 fit players at season ko for 2 spots), it’s just you can obviously argue about the quality.
Click to expand...

I think you can even keep going and put Bergval, Sarr and Spence into the right role especially if you tweak into a 4-4-2.

We're not that short of right sided options.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
We went in to the season with
Kudus
BJ
Kulu (injured)
Tel
Oderbert
Muani/Richi (counting this as just 1 option as 1 has to play CF with Solanke out)
Xavi (can and has played wide)

So the numbers were there (6 fit players at season ko for 2 spots), it’s just you can obviously argue about the quality.
Click to expand...

For the right hand side I'd argue we only went into the season with Kudus and Johnson with a potential Kulu who was long term injured. In terms of quality for me we only had Kudus so yes I'd say the squad needed alternative configuration.
 
Bishop said:
For the right hand side I'd argue we only went into the season with Kudus and Johnson with a potential Kulu who was long term injured. In terms of quality for me we only had Kudus so yes I'd say the squad needed alternative configuration.
Click to expand...
Yep like I said personal opinions, personally I like Kulu out there and so might Frank. The numbers of senior squad players were clearly there though, it’s not like we were counting on Moore or LWB in this.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back