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    Quote Originally Posted by selassie View Post
    If that's what you want to call him who am I to argue?

    I have always seen him as a pure CM, he is very good at his defensive duties but is a very good passer and regularly starts and continues attacking moves. He gets about both ends of the pitch very well.

    I have always viewed defensive midfielders as players like Casemiro, Thiaga Motta, Busquets, Maschareno & Makalele etc, more specialist players who's role is to break up play and distribute the ball to the more creative players.
    It looks like the DM role is going through a bit of an evolution at the moment anyway, with most teams now adopting a high-press. Most of that aggressive chasing and breaking up of play is now done early and high up the pitch by the attacking players (which includes any B2B midfielder or fullback who has pushed forward), and the role of the deepest midfielder is increasingly becoming more about countering those high-pressing attackers. The hunters are becoming become the hunted, and I think a lot of the more forward-thinking clubs are now looking for the kind of skill set that we used to look for in attacking midfielders for in their DMs - players with exceptional spatial awareness, who are comfortable taking the ball under pressure, have tight control and can go past a man with ease, can thread a pass and break the opposition lines, and who can help catch the opposition with their pants down, with too many players over-committed too far forward.

    Basically, guys like Cazorla.

    That's what I think we might see, anyway: a GK who's good with his feet, a couple of ball-playing CBs in front of him, and a Cazorla-like midfielder sat in front of them; Then you have a couple of end-to-end fullbacks and 1 / 2 high-energy B2B midfielders (depending on your formation) as the engine, who can overload either the defence or the attack as needed; and finally 3 / 4 hard-working attackers who chase everything down from the front.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bumble View Post
    that's just wrong. a manager does work with players he inherits. they aren't all league one players you know. he has to work with the players already here and it is a slow change to mould the side. but spending big on 10 players isn't going to make us any more successful next season. the team will need to bed in and get used to playing with each other. it is a team game after all. plus what is the real point of spending a massive wad of cash when in reality it will be a miracle in the next couple of years if we finish in the top 3.
    He does to some extent initially as he can't change the whole team, but over time he brings many players that he chooses that fit in better with his philosophy. We have a fair few league one players to be honest, that's part of the issue, many vastly overpaid as well.

    I'd personally try and slowly bring in 1 or 2 top quality players (maybe in the mid 20s) to slowly build a team, buying older players is a bit of a false economy as they will need replacing soon enough, our team isn't that young anymore as it stands either.

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    In time I'm sure Emery will weed out the players who are no good for him but he'll have to earn his money by getting players from the existing squad to raise their game. Wholesale changes are not that practical so for the first year or 2 we will still be reliant on the same faces I would have thought. You'd hope some of the underperformers respond better to a more demanding coach. Most of City's best players are not Pep signings for example but he's transformed all of them into stronger and more effective players. That's what I want to see from Emery, rather than pinning my hopes on big signings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    In time I'm sure Emery will weed out the players who are no good for him but he'll have to earn his money by getting players from the existing squad to raise their game. Wholesale changes are not that practical so for the first year or 2 we will still be reliant on the same faces I would have thought. You'd hope some of the underperformers respond better to a more demanding coach. Most of City's best players are not Pep signings for example but he's transformed all of them into stronger and more effective players. That's what I want to see from Emery, rather than pinning my hopes on big signings.
    Probably true, ust be added that City's players prior to Guardiola were top quality, whereas ours aren't, they were just a bunch of nobodies cherry picked out of nowhere by Wenger.

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    Man Utd sign Dalot for £19 million.


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    Emery will take the Klopp approach and give every player a chance. After a season or two he'll then bring in his own to replace the duds.

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    Jonny Evans to Leicester.

    Phew.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cripps View Post
    The media got their clicks and you fools fell for it
    Not me, the first i knew was on here and i just googled and looked at headlines, no click-throughs, not like a lot of people on here who support the Scum and daily fail by posting links

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cripps View Post
    Emery will take the Klopp approach and give every player a chance. After a season or two he'll then bring in his own to replace the duds.
    He'll work with whomever he's told to work with

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    As usual you've completely missed the point

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