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Well if we signed Lopes then by the sounds of it we'd have cover for LB/RB. Plus we've got Fryers (LB) and Fredericks (RB) We could cash in on Rose and Naughton.
Money in the bank. First team cover. Youngsters making their way into the first team squad.
Sounds too good to be true!
Based on what i saw last season, i couldnt disagree more - Our defending was mostly shambolic, devoid of leadership and on a totally different level to the defending that i saw from the teams that actually made the Top-4.I actually think that is a smart move. The youngsters need to be thrown in the deep end and see if they can compete, which I believe they can.
Save wages and bank on their contracts. Pick someone up in January if failed experiment.
To me our defense has enough for us to be a top 4 team. It's the offensive side of the ball that needs work. We just don't score enough.
Correct in everything you say, if we go into the season with the centre backs we have I fear for us I really do.Based on what i saw last season, i couldnt disagree more - Our defending was mostly shambolic, devoid of leadership and on a totally different level to the defending that i saw from the teams that actually made the Top-4.
Friedel and BAE won't be in there and I doubt that Falque will be either.Foreign quota as it stands:
Lloris
Vorm
Friedel
Vlad
Jan
Younes
BAE
Sandro
Capoue
Paulinho
Dembele
Holtby
Eriksen
Chadli
Lamela
Soldado
Adebayor
Ceballos
Falque
19 and add Lopes it's 20. 3 already too much, so it's bye bye probably to Benny, Ceballos and Falque and as we're looking to offload Dawson and probably bring in some non-hg player, we can cross Friedel off the playing staff. And there's still no flexibility whatsover for jan window, it's foreign player out, foreigin in in principle.
So if Naughton is willing to stay, I'd rather keep him and use that foreign slot on someone else than Lopes.