Blake Griffin
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dembele and allen would be the two players i'd be looking at to replace modric.
The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 23rd May 2012
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Blake Griffin
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Yay, the Joe Allen appreciation club grows stronger with each day. Soon, soon....
But yes, maybe undervalued him in today's market. Swansea aren't exactly rich but they're not in debt or anything and he's a local lad I think. Might not be so easy to just waft any old offer under their noses for him.
Now watch as assnal get him for £5m + Yossi Benayoun.
benayoun still belongs to chelsea.
whitelightwhiteheat
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We have a system?! Fuck me pink. I hadn't really noticed.
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Yay, the Joe Allen appreciation club grows stronger with each day. Soon, soon....
But yes, maybe undervalued him in today's market. Swansea aren't exactly rich but they're not in debt or anything and he's a local lad I think. Might not be so easy to just waft any old offer under their noses for him.
Now watch as assnal get him for £5m + Yossi Benayoun.
Benayoun is under contract with Chelsea.
But I agree with Bill_Oddie, 8-10 is a freakin bargain and if Arsenal gets him they'll have two of Britains most talented young midfielders. Oxlade, Allen and Pogba are, in my eyes, the three most exciting young midfielders in the PL (other than Bale and whatnot).
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Now watch as assnal get him for £5m + Yossi Benayoun.
Now that would be a good deal, a small fee and a Chelsea player for one the the best young talents in the league...
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That Sigurdsson fella too. Hoffenheim are only after about £10m I think. All the guy does is link midfield with attack seemlessly and hit the target with every shot he takes. Be a nice player to rotate in and out of the team with Rafa.
But anyways, I'm off now. Dry your eyes. I'll stop waffling on about my footballing wet-dreams. We have even signed Vertonghen yet FFS.
But anyways, I'm off now. Dry your eyes. I'll stop waffling on about my footballing wet-dreams. We have even signed Vertonghen yet FFS.
Misfit
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Yeah yeah. I'm already lying prone on the floor. Get your kicks in.Now that would be a good deal, a small fee and a Chelsea player for one the the best young talents in the league...
whitelightwhiteheat
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the rumour was Sigurdsson was available to buy in January for £6m - up to £10m now he had a superb half season in the Prem?
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Rotation. Why would we want to do that? It's not like it would help stop the team capitulating after February each year.
Football is a simple game. Ask Sir Alex Ferguson he doesn't rotate, why would he need to, oh wait....
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For me football at the moment is leaning towards deep-playmakers. Like Pirlo, Schweinstieger Lampard has done it, Xavi has dropped into it, believe it or not Yaya Toure as well, ad of course Scholes.
If you watch football these days how man players tackle? I remember watching Bilbao's Europa League campaign and their midfield worked hard and work the ball back alot, but more through "nicking" the ball than the kind of tackling you'd associate with Vieria, Keane and Parker.
So maybe losing Modric would force our hand into adopting this role. Huddlestone if he could get fitness and form back would be perfect for this role. An outside shout would be van der Vaart, the role he plays behind the striker is slowly being phased out I think and he is good enough to do what Schweinstieger has done.
SO yeah I think selling Modric (as much as I want to keep him as he is an excellent player) could work in our favour and force us to re-jig the CM into a 3 of Huddlestone, Sandro and VDV, or maybe Parker, Huddlestone and VDV (maybe a bit slow?)
Joe Allen is a great prospect, I think he should stay at Swansea for now. James McCarthy at Wigan though needs a move and I think could develop into a fantastic CM he has had a good season in a not so great Wigan team.
EDIT: Forgot to mention Dembele who is utter class, his finishing is not the best and if you thinK Ade isnot a good finisher..Dembele will make you sad. But my mate goes Fulham every week and has a great eye for players and told me about Dembele being moved to CM and how much he wins the ball and his close control.
Dembele would be a really impressive signing for us, this guy is utter class and only 23 and can play in so many positions.
If you watch football these days how man players tackle? I remember watching Bilbao's Europa League campaign and their midfield worked hard and work the ball back alot, but more through "nicking" the ball than the kind of tackling you'd associate with Vieria, Keane and Parker.
So maybe losing Modric would force our hand into adopting this role. Huddlestone if he could get fitness and form back would be perfect for this role. An outside shout would be van der Vaart, the role he plays behind the striker is slowly being phased out I think and he is good enough to do what Schweinstieger has done.
SO yeah I think selling Modric (as much as I want to keep him as he is an excellent player) could work in our favour and force us to re-jig the CM into a 3 of Huddlestone, Sandro and VDV, or maybe Parker, Huddlestone and VDV (maybe a bit slow?)
Joe Allen is a great prospect, I think he should stay at Swansea for now. James McCarthy at Wigan though needs a move and I think could develop into a fantastic CM he has had a good season in a not so great Wigan team.
EDIT: Forgot to mention Dembele who is utter class, his finishing is not the best and if you thinK Ade isnot a good finisher..Dembele will make you sad. But my mate goes Fulham every week and has a great eye for players and told me about Dembele being moved to CM and how much he wins the ball and his close control.
Dembele would be a really impressive signing for us, this guy is utter class and only 23 and can play in so many positions.
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I never laughed!!
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If we sold Modric and bought Sigurdsson I wouldn't be too unhappy. Looks like the new Lampard to me, 20 goals from midfield if he played a whole season like he did the second half of last.
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The Journalist
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i heard to Joe Allen rumour; but apparently arsenal never got a reply because Huw Jenkins still hasnt stopped laughing. from what im told the bid was less than £5million. rumours were about £3m or £4m.
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vertongen, kaboul, King Dawson and Gallas =5 caulker will go back on loan. Kaboul + gallas make the need for a RB to cover Walker less of an issue.
King will prove that he's still the best after this op and a summer rest. He'll still be needed in the very biggest games next season. Well worth the money. Gallas and Dawson to be sold/let go before Ledley in my opinion
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I'd prefer Sandro ahead of either of those. Not that I have anything against either player but I think Sandro is going to be a hell of a player. If we sell Modric I would go for more steel in the middle with Sandro and Parker and use the money on a striker and wide right attacker.
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Prefer Kovacic and Sigurdsson
Blake Griffin
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neither would replace him diectly though, well sigurdsson wouldn't, i have no idea about kovacic.
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