Christian Pulisic

robertgoulet said:

Possibly due to his current situation with a lack of wing-backs on the roster? If they won't provide width he may feel they need a few more options that do.

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dtxspurs said:

It is a bit strange to me that Poch, the manager who regularly only plays one winger, is all the sudden seeming to put a ton of focus on wingers. Anybody struggling to piece this together? I understand we can focus on different transfers at the same time but it seems like we are prioritizing this first. Or is that just all the names we're getting in the media?

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WiganSpur said:

I don't get signing Pulisic unless we're going 4-3-3 with Alli and Eriksen as number 8s. There's been little indication of Poch wanting to do that though. Even then if it's possible i'd much rather Martial as that gives us another striker option.

If he was to do it then we'd probably only need to sign one number 6 to start behind them. Rabiot or Emre Can could fit that role well, with one of our current players being a backup. A 3 man midfield set up will also give us chances to play Onomah and Winks with slightly less defensive responsibility.

As I said, I can understand it providing the above is correct. I just can't see it happening though which leads me to question how valuable Pulisic would be to the squad. In a 4-2-3-1 shape we already have two/three no 10s in Lamela, Eriksen and Alli with Son and Moura already there on the wing. Couldn't see him getting the game time to develop in that case.

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coy-spurs1882 said:

he always want one, but both njie and gkn failed after departure of townsend

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dtxspurs said:

I'd imagine that Dier would be playing that 6 role.

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WiganSpur said:

Possibly. I've made my opinion clear on Dier. I don't rate him in midfield but if he has to play there then i'd want him in that kind of anchorman role.

I still think in that case we could do with a progressive passer to play that role too.

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dtxspurs said:

Doesn't the 6 act as an anchor man for the midfield anyway? He sits behind the two further advanced CM and allows them to get more advanced while he stays behind.

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WiganSpur said:

Yep as i've said I don't rate him as a midfield player but he would be more suited in that role than his current one in a CM2.

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doctor stefan Freud said:

I’d prefer a more dynamic anchor too; Dier’s a better CB

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dtxspurs said:

If we're spending big on a pure winger I've gotta believe we're moving Eriksen deeper. Just doesn't make sense that in our current line up we line up Eriksen wide right to start. But then we'd have Lamela who we play off the right and then Lucas and Pulisic who also prefer to lineup on the right? Idk, I think we have much bigger priorities than this. Give me CM, Toby replacement and backup striker/Martial before Malcom/Pulisic/Zaha, etc.

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dtxspurs said:

It is a bit strange to me that Poch, the manager who regularly only plays one winger, is all the sudden seeming to put a ton of focus on wingers. Anybody struggling to piece this together? I understand we can focus on different transfers at the same time but it seems like we are prioritizing this first. Or is that just all the names we're getting in the media?

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Cochraam said:

I agree it's odd to hear so much about wingers currently; also, I agree we seem to have more pressing needs, unless Poch is looking to shake things up and play with more direct attackers on the wings. On Pulisic specifically, I think long-term he may settle more into an AM or #10 role than a pure winger. I think he gets played as a winger now because he's got good pace and at 19 probably doesn't fully grasp the positioning, passing, and vision that a more central role requires. Kind of like how Alli got played out on the left a lot his first year before moving more centrally this year (although it's all fluid with our attacking mids). So, eventually as he improves, I would see Pulisic rotating with and competing with Eriksen and Alli more than Son, Lucas, and Lamela, even though he may start out playing on the wings until he figures things out. I've really only watched him with the US Men's Team though, so maybe I'm way off on all this, though. Overall, I think he would be a fantastic signing - tons of potential, lots of good qualities (speed, aggressiveness in attack, dribbling, vision, familiarity with pressing).

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dtxspurs said:

The problem is that Eriksen lines up on the right so naturally those players rotate with him. It's too many players and too much money when we have bigger issues. Since we acquired Lucas and Lamela became healthy, I have not once thought man we are struggling at winger or we could really use another wide option. All the problems were at CM and at fullback, I would love to bring a Kane backup in but even then we whipped Chelsea by playing without a striker. We would be so much better off spunking a huge amount of Milinkovic-Savic and not spending a penny on a winger.

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dtxspurs said:

The problem is that Eriksen lines up on the right so naturally those players rotate with him. It's too many players and too much money when we have bigger issues. Since we acquired Lucas and Lamela became healthy, I have not once thought man we are struggling at winger or we could really use another wide option. All the problems were at CM and at fullback, I would love to bring a Kane backup in but even then we whipped Chelsea by playing without a striker. We would be so much better off spunking a huge amount of Milinkovic-Savic and not spending a penny on a winger.

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tiger666 said:

Seeking attention. The sad thing is there's a boatload of gullible morons on social media that are too fucking dumb to see what's happening. It's easy money.

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