No player will be giving us the Champions League this season.
No player will be giving us the Champions League this season.
Yeah, it's the only real logic I see in going for a bunch of older, cost-effective / free players. There's 3 young CBs there in desperate need of a mentor, and Bellerin's progress has also stalled, so guys like Lichtsteiner and Sokratis do actually fill a need (even if they're not particularly exciting). And the attitude throughout is way too casual - we need some serious characters in the group.
I'm still hoping for a couple of quality players in their early / mid 20s too, but I only see them making so much difference unless we can get more out of the existing twenty-odd players - that's where the potential big gains are for us in the immediate to short-term, and that's where Emery really has to earn his keep...
Everyone wants a young CB but we have Marv. He was top qualitiee against Utd so I think Sokratis and him at the back could be a good pairing.
I quite like this signing.
It’s exactly the sort of player that we need to whip the younger bitches in line
He’s a winner for 7 years straight, he knows what it takes and how to keep the guys switched on and fighting.
Took us a bit of time to get this guy signed up, which considering he had no club and wasn't going to the world cup is surprising. Hoping it doesn't take long to sign more players.