Thats the thing isnt it.If the manager wants him then that's the important thing.
It might not work out and the experts on here will tell us it was dead obvious because he's shit.
But backing the manager is getting the players in he wants to implement his vision.
Simple as that.
well re: solomon id say squad building is a ballancing act. We have lost two wide attackers, he is apparantly good (ive not seen much of him to be fair) and he was free, so you can spend more elsewhere.Fair enough, although you're left with not very many players of any real quality in that list at all, if any. Would also argue that if that's the brief and we're really desperate for a HG player then I'm not really sure why we've signed Solomon as our 5th choice forward.
I was more arguing in general that you don't have to sign a player simply because the manager might rate them. If you do, what's the point having the scouting team at all?
Just speaking to an avid footy fan and Crystal Palace season ticket holder I work with.
He thinks Gallagher is good enough for Spurs - but only if he is used in the 'correct' way which is an attacking midfielder that is almost a second striker. That is where his best form came from at Palace.
So thinks it would be a strange buy after Maddison.
He said he's not good enough for a CM2 and would certainly need a disciplined defensive player in CM if we were to want to play him deeper.
Said he wouldn't want Palace to pay more than £35 million at the very, very most
Good points, not sure he's too different to Skippy.I know, I’m just fooling around, and if Postecoglou wants him then we should probably trust him and try. But not at the prices suggested as you both say. I personally don’t rate him, he’s hard working but limited. We already have a couple of players in that mould. Don’t see the wisdom in swapping Højbjerg for him for example. And if it’s his running and pressing we want, why not just use Skipp?
As others have suggested there are better players out there for lower fees too.
He played a lot as a CM for Bristol last season also i believe. I know they played a few different system, 4231, 433 and 442 but he often played deeper from what i saw not just as an AM. I think his ability carrying the ball meant they would often utilise him across the pitch to help with transitions, but im not a Bristol City fan so can't say I know enough about the nuances of their tactics.He plays a lot deeper for the England U-19s from what Iv seen. He could easily adapt.
Yeah this is v.true. I think a big reason he struggled at Chelsea was because they often used him too deep and he was at his most effective for Palace when he was higher up the pitch.Just speaking to an avid footy fan and Crystal Palace season ticket holder I work with.
He thinks Gallagher is good enough for Spurs - but only if he is used in the 'correct' way which is an attacking midfielder that is almost a second striker. That is where his best form came from at Palace.
So thinks it would be a strange buy after Maddison.
He said he's not good enough for a CM2 and would certainly need a disciplined defensive player in CM if we were to want to play him deeper.
Said he wouldn't want Palace to pay more than £35 million at the very, very most
More than anything else I’d be shocked to see us deal with Chelsea, especially how they’ve became Arsenal’s feeder club over the last few seasons
I'm not sure selling a club the players you don't want makes them your feeder club. Arsenal have become their Sunderland/StokeMore than anything else I’d be shocked to see us deal with Chelsea, especially how they’ve became Arsenal’s feeder club over the last few seasons
Is this the Spurs Ange system we are yet to see? He has said in a couple of interviews, that what you see with Spurs may be different to what he has played before, due to some of the world-class players he has. However, the underlying values will be the same "to attack with an intensity and press high.In Ange’s system, both number 8s are meant to be creative and good at progressing the ball and building play too.
Gallagher simply doesn’t have the vision, creativity or passing skills to play this role.
Of course we all say back the manager etc but we are also allowed to disagree with them on player ID. It won’t be a case of Gallagher or no one, we will have a list of players. I’m just saying I hope we end up going for somebody else on the list because I disagree with Ange on this one. Gallagher isn’t good enough.
We have Maddison for the De Bruyne/Odegaard role in the midfield 3. Now what we need is the link player 8, in the Gundogan/Xhaka role. That isn’t Gallagher.