The reality is that we’re probably going to buy one fullback at the most this summer and it’s going to be a LB. Forget about Spence - we’re not in for him and it’ll just upset you.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
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The reality is that we’re probably going to buy one fullback at the most this summer and it’s going to be a LB. Forget about Spence - we’re not in for him and it’ll just upset you.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Spence is going to Spurs as well.
Chelsea and Man U are starting to annoy me now - feels like their new owners / managers haven’t had a chance to put any plans together yet so they’re just following us around. Fuck. Off.
Have you even watched Tomi play? Ok, he had injury problems but when fit he's one of our best players, if he'd been fit throughout we'd have made top 4 no problemQuote:
Originally Posted by LDG
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Originally Posted by Mac76
The type of fullbacks we need come down to those 5 lanes of attack - left, right, centre and the the two half-spaces.
We don’t currently need overlapping RBs because the right attacking lane and the right half-space are covered by Saka and Ødegaard, who drifts to that side. Tomiyasu is a great fit for that side, and we have decent lookalike-cover for him now with White and Saliba.
We do need overlapping LBs (or at least we have up until now) because we’ve either played with a double-pivot or we’ve had Xhaka as the left-8, who is more likely to drop back and cover than attack the box. Martinelli / ESR move into the vacated left half-space and Tierney / Tavares go down the outside.
This is where I find our interest in Martinez really interesting - I’m guessing we’re looking at him as a Man City-inspired inverted LB, so does that mean we’re planning for a more attacking left-8 who we won’t be expecting to drop back as much? 5 defensive players staying back and 5 offensive players staying forward? Or maybe even planning to go with a back 3 more often? We have attacking options there already so it would give us a hell of a lot of flex.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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Originally Posted by LDG
Sounds like Martinez could be more likely to sign for United, as Ten Hag has the inside track with Ajax.
The latest is he’s open to both moves, personal terms won’t be an issue either way and Ajax are going to let him choose. We’re having talks with Ajax this week, apparently.
United will have an edge because of Ten Hag - these things do make a difference, as we saw with Jesus - but I have a feeling the biggest factor will be how and where the two sides want to play him? United very much see him as a CB whereas we’re viewing him more as a LB.