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No Alonso for me thanks. Him and Stevie together in the middle of the park will just be way too slow. The others you mention are all great shouts.
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I think out of all the players we could bring in. If there are going to be five I'd hope for:
Bruno Martins Indi (8mil): good young player who is decent on the left too. Wouldn't be first pick, but can see him getting better and being a really decent player. Plus it would save us having to get a back up to Enrique.
Sakho (15mil): He's just a beast, would frighten attackers.
Alonso (10mil): can play in that defensive/holding midfielder roll and has the experience. Would also link up well with Stevie again.
Erikson (20mil): let's just hope. He's got some skills.
Gameiro (10mil): we need another striker, united have 4 good strikers, we could use another one.
These players won't be cheap, but if FSG give out the 20 mil and we sell Carroll, Skrtel, Spearing, Assaidi and a few of the fringe players like Flanno and maybe Robbo, then we might be able to get around 30mil which would give us enough for most of them.
I don't know about Alonso and Stevie anymore. Stevie has slowed a lot, and he basically does what Alonso used to do. We don't need another left winger, especially an "young promising one". Coutinho, Sterling, and Assaidi are enough.
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our team last season was better,if saurez scored half his chances we would have finished 4th,rodgers reminds me of ardiles when he was manager of spurs he had no idea how to defend.i fear for us next season we could lose saurez,reina,agger,skrtel,also carragher
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i do agree he doesn't seem to know or care about defending. set pieces coming into our box is very pinball like. don't mark anyone.
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I think out of all the players we could bring in. If there are going to be five I'd hope for:
Bruno Martins Indi (8mil): good young player who is decent on the left too. Wouldn't be first pick, but can see him getting better and being a really decent player. Plus it would save us having to get a back up to Enrique.
Sakho (15mil): He's just a beast, would frighten attackers.
Alonso (10mil): can play in that defensive/holding midfielder roll and has the experience. Would also link up well with Stevie again.
Erikson (20mil): let's just hope. He's got some skills.
Gameiro (10mil): we need another striker, united have 4 good strikers, we could use another one.
These players won't be cheap, but if FSG give out the 20 mil and we sell Carroll, Skrtel, Spearing, Assaidi and a few of the fringe players like Flanno and maybe Robbo, then we might be able to get around 30mil which would give us enough for most of them.
I don't know about Alonso and Stevie anymore. Stevie has slowed a lot, and he basically does what Alonso used to do. We don't need another left winger, especially an "young promising one". Coutinho, Sterling, and Assaidi are enough. Alonso so is a master tacttian and knows where to be and when. The guys won everything and has never been the low point of a team. His presence alone would be invaluable. Plus, him and Gerrard might not be the quickest, but they know the game and its what they do with the ball that will count. They could show the young guys a few tricks. Who's the left winger your talking about?
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i do agree he doesn't seem to know or care about defending. set pieces coming into our box is very pinball like. don't mark anyone. Definitely defending has been our main problem this season and it was evident even against Villa. I was frustrated that instead of going for the ball we just follow the opponent putting some pressure by being 2 yards off him and expecting him to make a bad pass, we just allow them to play. Hopefully this gets sorted out quickly.
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Teaching the team how to defend is br Achilles heel...
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Teaching the team how to defend is br Achilles heel... I disagree to a certain extent. Kenny had the same problem as did Hodgson and lets be honest it's the type of goal we conceed which worries me. The long ball in between our centre halfs might as well be a hand grenade. Set pieces have been a massive problem since Hyppia left, interstingly our best winner of such battles was Andy Carrol last season who defended better than he attacked. the team needs a dominate centre half and one who can develop a partnership with Agger. There is also an argument for the return of Alonso as he won many aheader at set pieces. Where BR has done well is that he has brought in players who can beat a man. Coutinho, Sturridge, Sterling(played more), Suso along with Suarez and a now reinvigorated Downing offer a genuine threat when one on one with a defender - vs last year of Maxi and Kuyt. The addition of Alonso would/could be magical as he has the passing to release these players. A rigid and strong centre will allow the pacy/skilfull players the platform to thrive. We are a better team that is for sure, but still someway off challenging the top two. Everton are having the best season in years and we are just behind them.
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Teaching the team how to defend is br Achilles heel... I disagree to a certain extent. Kenny had the same problem as did Hodgson and lets be honest it's the type of goal we conceed which worries me. The long ball in between our centre halfs might as well be a hand grenade. Set pieces have been a massive problem since Hyppia left, interstingly our best winner of such battles was Andy Carrol last season who defended better than he attacked. the team needs a dominate centre half and one who can develop a partnership with Agger. There is also an argument for the return of Alonso as he won many aheader at set pieces. Where BR has done well is that he has brought in players who can beat a man. Coutinho, Sturridge, Sterling(played more), Suso along with Suarez and a now reinvigorated Downing offer a genuine threat when one on one with a defender - vs last year of Maxi and Kuyt. The addition of Alonso would/could be magical as he has the passing to release these players. A rigid and strong centre will allow the pacy/skilfull players the platform to thrive. We are a better team that is for sure, but still someway off challenging the top two. Everton are having the best season in years and we are just behind them. Intereting analysis, good post.
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Teaching the team how to defend is br Achilles heel... I disagree to a certain extent. Kenny had the same problem as did Hodgson and lets be honest it's the type of goal we conceed which worries me. The long ball in between our centre halfs might as well be a hand grenade. Set pieces have been a massive problem since Hyppia left, interstingly our best winner of such battles was Andy Carrol last season who defended better than he attacked. the team needs a dominate centre half and one who can develop a partnership with Agger. There is also an argument for the return of Alonso as he won many aheader at set pieces. Where BR has done well is that he has brought in players who can beat a man. Coutinho, Sturridge, Sterling(played more), Suso along with Suarez and a now reinvigorated Downing offer a genuine threat when one on one with a defender - vs last year of Maxi and Kuyt. The addition of Alonso would/could be magical as he has the passing to release these players. A rigid and strong centre will allow the pacy/skilfull players the platform to thrive. We are a better team that is for sure, but still someway off challenging the top two. Everton are having the best season in years and we are just behind them. Did we conceed that many last season? Not sure. It appears to me that Agger and Skrtl partnership was among the best in the league, but, I might be mistaken.
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