And we’ll be finishing mid table, again. An organised midfield of players performing in their actual roles will walk all over a midfield thrown together with players out of position - see Spain v England. Play him as the holding midfielder, we’ll see how much better than Ekwah he is.
Ugbo makes sense. Trained & played with Poveda so they’ll have a natural understanding. Sheff Wed fans won’t be very happy with it mind.
Rice as the holding midfielder, Bellingham as the 8 and Foden as the 10. Where all of them have performed for their clubs.
I think we have to sign Ugbo purely for the Sheffield Wednesday fans headloss. It’ll be sensation viewing
I must say, after Mendy's impassioned and very public plea to join Sunderland, I'm going to feel bloody sorry for him if we go for someone else!
Seen their fans having a moan on twitter about Poveda coming here and blaming their financial situation.. I knew they had issues before but I assumed they resolved them to offer Rohl big money to stay. They’ve made some decent signings who’ll be on big money too so not sure where they stand? Are they in the **** financially or are they not?
César Pérez says goodbye to Unión La Calera and leaves for Argentina César Pérez will join Defensa y Justicia https://www.radioagricultura.cl/dep...e-union-la-calera-y-parte-rumbo-a-argentina1/
Shame about that Perez, but our midfield is packed at the min. I always felt if we did sell and then replace, we'd go for a higher proven calibre of player. The pedigree of many of our targets is sensational. Mendy for instance, was at a good Ligue 1 club and went down the levels until he hit his peak. Poveda has yet to find his peak, like Roberts and Clarke before him. Even Ugbo who I've heard we have genuine interest in, played for Chelsea and has went for good fees in the past. I hope the championship striker who has scored a few goals comes in alongside Mendy, it'd ready us for the season immensely. Better to own strikers in these tough financial times. On the winger situation, my opinion is both Ba and Bennette need a year playing 30 games from the start. I don't see how Ba gets in this side if Roberts and Poveda are fit. Plus, should we loan both those lads out, you've still got Watson, Rusyn and possibly Aouchiche that could be wide options. I'm in two minds with Watson, personally I think he could do with hanging around the squad till Jan, but I'd not wanna stunt his ever quickening development. I do wonder about this squad, it's extremely exciting.
I don't think we'll start the season with Clarke, Roberts, Mundle, Bennette, Ba, Poveda & Watson as wide options. I expect Clarke to leave, even if he starts the season with us. Watson is a curious one - he's got a lot of talent, but is incredibly raw. Would another year in the u21s, with occasional appearances for the first team be beneficial for him? Or do we send him somewhere like Gateshead or Salford to get 50 games under his belt and bruises on his calves?
Poveda seems thrilled to be here. Big win that. The way he speaks about the recruitment team is pretty interesting. Really hope he is one of our waif and stray contingent who get back on track here.
