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rambu

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Just read LB of Augsburg, Philipp Max broke the all time ast record by Lahm (11) with 12, just in league play of course.
Anyone know much about him? Only 23.

Edit: ast record by a defender.
 
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@Bobby__Lucky

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I’m certainly qualified to talk on his abilities, so no knee-jerk. He is max 25-30m player, based on what he has achieved. No way 60m, and I wouldn’t spend that in him neither. I would love him here, but not at a ridiculous price.

I agree with you. Presuming your inferred professional level opinion, do you see him ending up as a striker, winger/wf or a left back? Whilst I also think he's overrated, I don't think he has that defender vibe about him, and whilst decent in many aspects of play I don't think he has the nous to excel top level as a wide forward player either. The one thing he does look like having real potential is movement, finding space, finishing and being in the right place at the right time. Where do you see him?
 

thefierycamel

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Kurzawa has been absolutely atrocious for a while now. Not in the french squad for the first time in ages which shows how bad he is, as deschamps tends to favour him

EDIT: spelling
 
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Hercules

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I agree with you. Presuming your inferred professional level opinion, do you see him ending up as a striker, winger/wf or a left back? Whilst I also think he's overrated, I don't think he has that defender vibe about him, and whilst decent in many aspects of play I don't think he has the nous to excel top level as a wide forward player either. The one thing he does look like having real potential is movement, finding space, finishing and being in the right place at the right time. Where do you see him?

I can see him developing as a wing back, but absolute buckets of work to become s top one. In the EPL, and European top leagues he will not have the time he has now, in the spaces etc. There is raw potential, but not at the ridiculous figures his club wants. And again, he coujd of signed the contract he did, but on his terms, including a set clause, at a set price etc.
 

JUSTINSIGNAL

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It’s it’s a good question but I don’t think it’s final.

Big teams have competition look at man city - no one says “don’t sign Sané because sterling will be unhappy”. They say - “look what strength in depth they have”.

If sterling wants to play he will bust a gut in training and compete. Same with Sané who comes knowing there’s competition for places but that the seasons long. As poch says - footballers get paid to train not to play matches.

Ensuring players play to their limit is an important reason to bring in quality - particularly in the forward positions where consistency is less important (like the gk - cb pairing combo). This is amplified for young players who are rapidly improving and someone like Alli will benefit greatly from the competition.

I’d also add that playing Son up front as cover for Kane and shifting Llorente would be a welcome move.

We differ from those sides as we won’t pay players 100k pw to be squad players.

Poch has a difficult balancing act keeping the squad harmonious as its one of our strengths. Too many players and it quite quickly cliques can start forming, players start getting disgruntled and we have a problem on our hands. Players such as Winks, Toby and Llorente are already struggling to get in the match day squad. Adding to this could be a negative
 
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hellava_tough

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This upcoming window feels very curious to me. Hardly any moves I feel we "need" to do but a lot of moves it feels like we could end up doing based on how contract situations and player satisfaction moods roll. Things like settling on a #2 if Vorm leaves and what if Toby or Rose leave, etc.

Agreed - with no additions, the current squad we have would probably be fine for next season, so that leaves us in a good position to (i) sort contracts out/get replacements if needs be and (ii) spend some cash 'fine-tuning' an already very good group of players.

There are 3 areas I'd like to see some movement in (plus an optional extra):

Firstly, I think we could do with an experienced 'winner' in the squad; someone who can teach the rest of the team what it takes to squeeze out that last 5% of performance, to get you over the line and win trophies. That Juventus team we played, although not being the greatest squad in the world, are full of those sorts of players.

Secondly, we need to start thinking about our central midfield options. Our current choices of Dembele, Dier, Wanyama, Winks and Sissoko are good enough for another couple of seasons, but it wouldn't hurt to plan for the future. Also, does Poch want us to change the way the team plays, in order to challenge City for the title? If so, perhaps we need different personnel in the centre of the park to achieve this? Just a thought.

Thirdly, we could do with 1 more attacking midfielder, as the 'icing on the cake' so to speak, to give us 6 good options in this area so we can completely rest a group of 3 players. Eriksen, Alli, Sonny, Moura, Lamela and another rotating, would be devastating over the course of a season. We could also combine this attacking midfielder with the experienced player in my first point (above), to kill two birds, etc. Someone like Arjen Robben perhaps, although I don't know if he's available or good anymore, but it's just an example.

Finally, a really good back up striker would be nice (lol) but this is obviously easier said than done, so firmly remains an 'optional extra' for the time being. Plus with Sonny in the squad, it's not an imperative.

Think that about does it (y)
 

Shadydan

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We differ from those sides as we won’t pay players 100k pw to be squad players.

Poch has a difficult balancing act keeping the squad harmonious as its one of our strengths. Too many players and it quite quickly cliques can start forming, players start getting disgruntled and we have a problem on our hands. Players such as Winks, Toby and Llorente are already struggling to get in the match day squad. Adding to this could be a negative

To be fair Toby and Winks have had injury problems and Llorente hasn't really had the impact we all thought he'd have so Poch can't really trust them at the moment.

I think squad harmony and the drive to improve those player could keep them happy, sounds ridiculous I know but since Poch has been here I haven't heard many players moan about lack of game time if it's deserved.
 

JUSTINSIGNAL

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To be fair Toby and Winks have had injury problems and Llorente hasn't really had the impact we all thought he'd have so Poch can't really trust them at the moment.

I think squad harmony and the drive to improve those player could keep them happy, sounds ridiculous I know but since Poch has been here I haven't heard many players moan about lack of game time if it's deserved.

They’ve been injured but could easily be fit. Point is you start having 6 AM’s for 3 positions, when you can only fit 2 on the bench, then the one missing out becomes a problem. Similar with any position we are well stacked. And tbf who out of our current AM options deserves to be left out of the squad if we spend £50m on Malcolm? By all accounts all of them are good trainers, want to improve and get on with the rest of the squad. I don’t see any clear opportunities to upgrade. It’s a case of people wanting to shiney new toy without considering the whole picture.

Squad harmony and the overall dynamic is really important to Poch and I don’t see him wanting to upset the balance we already have too much.

And as I said unless we are gonna start paying huge wages for squad players the happiness of our squad players of always going to be a balancing act.
 

THFCSPURS19

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amadou haidara is a very interesting player. 20 year old cm for rb salzburg, similar style of player to naby keita. i imagine he'll end up at leipzig but he might be someone we're keeping an eye on.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...m-contract-amadou-haidara-salzburg-exclusive/

Tottenham are also keen on Red Bull Salzburg midfielder Amadou Haidara.

The Mali international, 20, has caught the eye in this season’s run to the Europa League quarter-finals.

The Austrian side signed Haidara from Malian outfit JMG Academy Bamako two years ago and he has broken into the first team.

Spurs see Haidara as a star in the making and are weighing up a move in the summer.
 

BringBack_leGin

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I’d definitely go for like Shaw, really fits the mound of what has succeeded with us and already loves our manager. When Utd signed him he was a certainty for this summer’s World Cup, probably as first choice, now pretty much completely thanks to Mourinho that’s definitely not going to happen.

Pochettino would be getting a young, hungry left back with bags of ability, a lot to prove, who has far more going for him than Rose did at the same age, and one who he’s worked with very successfully before.
 

bceej

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@Ossie85 seen much of Lautaro Martinez? Just seen an article about him going to Inter, or Dortmund. Versatile, intelligent Argentinian attacker.
 

fecka

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I can see him developing as a wing back, but absolute buckets of work to become s top one. In the EPL, and European top leagues he will not have the time he has now, in the spaces etc. There is raw potential, but not at the ridiculous figures his club wants. And again, he coujd of signed the contract he did, but on his terms, including a set clause, at a set price etc.

I'm completely with you on this. Aside from having scored the goals he has I still haven't seen a single thing that warrants the hype and price tag he's got as of now. It would have been fine to get him last summer but he made the sensible choice and stayed.
I think we should move on to other prospects.
 

danielneeds

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I’d definitely go for like Shaw, really fits the mound of what has succeeded with us and already loves our manager. When Utd signed him he was a certainty for this summer’s World Cup, probably as first choice, now pretty much completely thanks to Mourinho that’s definitely not going to happen.

Pochettino would be getting a young, hungry left back with bags of ability, a lot to prove, who has far more going for him than Rose did at the same age, and one who he’s worked with very successfully before.
I’m somewhat torn on this, on the one hand we know Poch could get him feeling motivated and confident

On the other hand, no matter what psychological warfare Jose has engaged with him in, the guy is Manchester United player and looks to be at least a couple of stones overweight currently. It’s embarassing he can’t look after himself.
 

@Bobby__Lucky

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I can see him developing as a wing back, but absolute buckets of work to become s top one. In the EPL, and European top leagues he will not have the time he has now, in the spaces etc. There is raw potential, but not at the ridiculous figures his club wants. And again, he coujd of signed the contract he did, but on his terms, including a set clause, at a set price etc.

Interesting, thanks. Yeh I think somewhat he is like the fastest kid in the playground that everyone looks for syndrome. Id much rather we went for James Maddison for our English quota, who I think would be cheaper, more fruitful and a better risk over reward bet. Different positions aside. I've no doubt Rose will leave come summer, but I just don't think Sess would be any where near ready to compete for a place next year in our team. As it stands I would rather take a punt on cheap shaw that an expensive one on Sess. And I'm not overly keen on that, though he does have a peach of a left foot at times.
 

Snuzzy

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I don't know why we'd want to sign a left-back who is considered surplus to requirements to an immediate rival, is comfortably inferior to our current options, and is unfit.
 

George94

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I don't know why we'd want to sign a left-back who is considered surplus to requirements to an immediate rival, is comfortably inferior to our current options, and is unfit.

I would agree, but when the manager at that club is Jose Mourinho - you can see why Shaw is having a hard time there.

Salah, De Bruyne, Lukaku, etc etc ...

I genuinely think Shaw needs a bit of love - he's clearly not getting that at United. Poch would get him back into shape with a good full pre-season and he wouldn't burn out playing matches for us as we like to rotate full backs.
 
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