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I'd definitely keep him - very useful squad player.
We'd still need to sign another top quality wing-forward as competition for Brennan etc.
We'd still need to sign another top quality wing-forward as competition for Brennan etc.
Real top class wingers in this system would make such a difference to our play
I go back and forth on it but if you look at him simply as an upgrade on the collective Perisic, Gil and Solomon it makes sense.
Persic wages gone, take what we can get for Gil. No idea what will become of Solomon.
Ideally you want 2 new starters in our forward line.
Son -- CF -- RW
(Werner) - Veliz - (Johnson)
Kulu and Solomon also in the mix.
If we get a top class CF and flog Richy we should be okay with one of the young strikers as emergency cover. We would always have the option of Son/Werner through the middle anyway.
Persic wages gone, take what we can get for Gil. No idea what will become of Solomon.
Ideally you want 2 new starters in our forward line.
Son -- CF -- RW
(Werner) - Veliz - (Johnson)
Kulu and Solomon also in the mix.
If we get a top class CF and flog Richy we should be okay with one of the young strikers as emergency cover. We would always have the option of Son/Werner through the middle anyway.
I can see a whole 9 posts using that hashtagThere's #notowerner campaign on X from some of our fans because they don't want us to sign him, God we really do have se pathetic clowns in this fanbase
But I thought it was #backange
5 of them in 2022 or earlier
#fraud
#grandstander
#ok
The guy making the OP is right though.
We get Werner in early, which is fine in itself. But that releases the pressure and leaves room for the one we really want to flop because the selling club are unreasonable or the player wants high wages...It's the "we tried" pattern.
I thought I heard on a pod cast that he has had two goals and five assists in 11 games.
What has kulu done in those 11 games?
He is a decent squad option for next season for 15 million.
I hear the argument that we should put the money into a bigger name and a better player . We could and he then does his knee and is out for the season…. As happened to sess, peresic and Solomon. That can happen.
What has kulu done in those 11 games?
He is a decent squad option for next season for 15 million.
I hear the argument that we should put the money into a bigger name and a better player . We could and he then does his knee and is out for the season…. As happened to sess, peresic and Solomon. That can happen.
Spot on.
Signing him wont even dent our balance sheet. It's a no brainer. We saw what can happen with injuries / suspensions etc.
He is lacking finishing , we all know, but he is also a nightmare for defences and has proven himself in Ange's system.
As soon as you're playing a "modern" high press we've seen time and time again, not least from Liverpool and City, that you need to pretty much have 6 good forward players for the 3 roles. They need to rotate not only between league/fa cup/champions league but also substitutions around the 70th minute.
Even more so now that every game is usually 95-100 minutes long.
So getting one of those rotation players for the absolute cut price we're getting? And that player also being hungry, fit, great mentality, loved by the coach?
Come on, we can't afford not to buy him!
Even more so now that every game is usually 95-100 minutes long.
So getting one of those rotation players for the absolute cut price we're getting? And that player also being hungry, fit, great mentality, loved by the coach?
Come on, we can't afford not to buy him!
I think Ange will just want to see him attacking Brennan's crosses with a bit more hunger and anticipation. Once he gets that right it's a no-brainer to sign him.
When was the last time we backed out on a transfer only then not to fulfill the position?
I'm taking a wild guess that they are 99,99% #enicout to?!There's #notowerner campaign on X from some of our fans because they don't want us to sign him, God we really do have se pathetic clowns in this fanbase
But I thought it was #backange
There is no doubt we could and should do better than Werner. But, as others have said, for the cost involved he seems to me to be a good signing. Some of his approach play has been excellent, skinning full backs and getting in crosses for assists and setting up chances that with better finishing from others, should have resulted in more goals. On a rotation basis and as a squad player under Ange I think he will continue to do well and improve.
As long as we accept his limitations in front of goal where faced with real golden scoring opportunities he often morphs into a combination of Soldado/Janssen/Sissoko. On these occasions, if the side netting was the goal he’d be a 30 goal a season player.
As long as we accept his limitations in front of goal where faced with real golden scoring opportunities he often morphs into a combination of Soldado/Janssen/Sissoko. On these occasions, if the side netting was the goal he’d be a 30 goal a season player.
Eh?
We were meant to be bringing in 2 CBs for about 5 summers in a row.
We were after a Bastoni level CB and Lenglet on loan but ended up with just Lenglet on loan.
Just this summer we were chasing 2 CBs. the story coming out of POk was that we might even end up with VDV AND Tapsoba at one point. We ended up with 1 CB.
This kind of stuff about signing one doesn't mean we won't sign 2 is classic.
I guess i'm in the minority here, but i think Timo has been really good for us!
Of all the wingers we'we got, he's the one that regularly takes people on, and actually beats them.
Sonny, BJ, and Deki often hesitates, stops play, and passes backwards or sideways. Things we hate when we play a low block.
Sure he sometimes put crosses into row Z , but more often than not they are good.
We all cry out for wingers that takes people on and beats them, Timo does just that. So i can take that he is not a goalscorer and that he puts some crosses into the stands.
It's a no-brainer for me.
Of all the wingers we'we got, he's the one that regularly takes people on, and actually beats them.
Sonny, BJ, and Deki often hesitates, stops play, and passes backwards or sideways. Things we hate when we play a low block.
Sure he sometimes put crosses into row Z , but more often than not they are good.
We all cry out for wingers that takes people on and beats them, Timo does just that. So i can take that he is not a goalscorer and that he puts some crosses into the stands.
It's a no-brainer for me.
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Fair enough.