I've been banging this drum since we last qualified for Europe 25 registered with 4 HG players - 21 registered with 0 HG players With Longy and Miley (although we don't need to register Miley) we can register 23 currently including those 2. Currently I think Tim Krul, Fraser Forster, Freddie Woodman, Kevin Mbabu, James Tavinier, Matty Longstaff, Elliot Anderson, Adam Armstrong and Andy Carroll are the only ones we could bring in to boost HG numbers but none of them improve the squad IMHO bar Elliot Anderson. We are probably better off looking in the youth squad to see if any of them can step up. An overview of the squad gives 22 senior players so we have space of one additional player who isn't homegrown and that probably needs to be a RW based on the below: GK: Pope, Dubravka RB: Tino, Trippier, RCB: Schar, Krafth, Lascelles LCB: Botman, Burn LB: Hall, Targett RCM: Bruno, Longstaff CM: Tonali, Miley LCM: Joelinton, Willock RW: Murphy LW: Gordon, Barnes CF: Isak, Osula After that you could look at getting Krafth, Lascelles and Targett out and bring in a RCB and a LB leaving space for one more - probably a CF. Then a replacement for Dubravka OR bring in one of the keepers above to play 3rd chocie behind Pope and Dubravka
As I'm allowed to change my list, I shall now go with: GK - Lucas Chevalier (Lille) CB - Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta BC) CM - Malik Tillman (PSV) RW - Arder Guler (Real Madrid) ST - Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz) To be fair, it's just the CB that's changed and Scalvini has only made 6 appearances this season due to 2 big injuries, so it is, in fact, a very silly suggestion
Mind not as silly as the vast majority of my posts, so you’re alright! Read that the transfer committee is now Howe, Howe, Nickson and Reuben. Lot on Jamie to get things sorted but it’s not necessarily an elite transfer team.
The other way of looking at it is you have: Positional identifier: Howe Highly respected talent spotter: Nickson Team culture expert: Howe Ace negotiator: Reuben What more do you need?
The PL to fook off with their stupid rules that help the dirty six on the pretence it is actually to protect the smaller clubs.
So all we need to do is get the other 14 clubs to all vote in the same way to help bring a level playing field to the Premier League? How hard can that be?
Easy, you tell them that without Christmas, there's no need for any turkeys, so they'll all be slaughtered. Likewise, with football clubs, tell them that without financial restrictions saving the big six and suppressing the other clubs, they might be the next target for a huge financial takeover as there is more scope for them to grow, compete and be successful.
Yeah it's interesting that bar Joelinton, Schar and Murphy all the starting XI are new buys and anyone from the Ashley era are now back up who need replacing quite badly. Trippier, Burns, Barnes and Oslua are probably the best of the back up there and they are all buys in the last few years since the takeover.
perhaps our owners have this saudi tax thing in their head too much. some clubs will take the piss but not all. perhaps the going rate for PL experience is just quite high..
You could argue Man U pay a heavier tax than anyone. £35m for Bruno seemed ok. Same for Botman. £40m for Barnes, not so much. Perhaps the answer lies in the target markets.
