Summer '21 transfer lunacy and overpayment

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Not sure about Odegaard personally but it doesn’t look like we’ll be signing anyone else in this position so just get him in.

Think these number 10, creative/between the lines type of players are a bit dated. Would prefer someone a bit more dynamic with tangible end product. He will struggle to make a serious impact in a team where most of the play is just geared towards the wide areas and getting crosses/cutbacks in.

I get the feeling the club are banking on Saka and ESR developing into that kind of player - they’re already there with the dynamic running and ball-carrying but, yeah, we need to start seeing consistent end product now.

Agree that Ødegaard is unlikely to come in and instantly start winning games single-handedly for us, but he’ll at least add much needed variety to our creative options as a passer who can unlock a defence, and he’ll add an extra body to allow us to rest and rotate those other two. (Hopefully having a 10 in there will also stop our 9 from having to keep dropping off to do the job leaving us with no one in the middle when the ball comes in!)

[Chippy]

I get the feeling the club are banking on Saka and ESR developing into that kind of player - they’re already there with the dynamic running and ball-carrying but, yeah, we need to start seeing consistent end product now.

Agree that Ødegaard is unlikely to come in and instantly start winning games single-handedly for us, but he’ll at least add much needed variety to our creative options as a passer who can unlock a defence, and he’ll add an extra body to allow us to rest and rotate those other two. (Hopefully having a 10 in there will also stop our 9 from having to keep dropping off to do the job leaving us with no one in the middle when the ball comes in!)

We actually need a striker.....Auba kept us in the top half of the table last season.

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We actually need a striker.....Auba kept us in the top half of the table last season.

Agreed. But in the meantime actually playing Auba as a striker would help.

Also Lacazette is actually one of the most clinical strikers around once he gets in the box - the problem is he’s always stuck in midfield linking play so he’s not there half the time.

In both cases I think Ødegaard helps. It frees up ESR to play left or right attack (which I think will suit his all-action running style better than playing as a traditional 10), and it means there’s no need for either striker to keep dropping to link play.

[GP]

Ornstein reporting that Ramsdale is pretty much done.

We've spent a lot of money this transfer window.

[Chippy]

Ornstein reporting that Ramsdale is pretty much done.

We've spent a lot of money this transfer window.

Yep! Not quite Wenger "Top, top signings" unfortunately. Hey ho.

[LDG]

We actually need a striker.....Auba kept us in the top half of the table last season.

Auba was shit last season.

He kept nobody in the top half of nothing.

He has the touch of a rapist, can’t pass, and is past his best. Get rid

[Marc Overmars]

Spending 30m on Ramsdale a year after flogging Martinez.

This club is weird.

[Niall_Quinn]

Auba was shit last season.

He kept nobody in the top half of nothing.

He has the touch of a rapist, can’t pass, and is past his best. Get rid

Got a good contract when it counted though - which is what really matters.

[Chippy]

I get the feeling the club are banking on Saka and ESR developing into that kind of player - they’re already there with the dynamic running and ball-carrying but, yeah, we need to start seeing consistent end product now.

Agree that Ødegaard is unlikely to come in and instantly start winning games single-handedly for us, but he’ll at least add much needed variety to our creative options as a passer who can unlock a defence, and he’ll add an extra body to allow us to rest and rotate those other two. (Hopefully having a 10 in there will also stop our 9 from having to keep dropping off to do the job leaving us with no one in the middle when the ball comes in!)

https://www.sportbible.com/football/...sfers-20210819

I agree with this tbh

[dazthegooner]

Jamie O'Hara? The *cough* player surprised he has time to write with all the medals he won