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Decent deal if it gets done. Brings the floor of the squad up and gives us PSR headroom. It gets the Christ seal of approval.

Yeap, he was just loose when he was the "lead" CB with responsibility.

If we're using FM Rules. Concentration is the level of consistency a player has within 90 minutes of football to perform at their best mentally - Decision making, positioning, team instructions, etc.

Also worth mentioning, we can't even sign a pre-contract with him until the beginning of June, right? Though I guess he could informally agree first.

Bramble had all the tools quick strong and great in the air could hit a raking pass aswell but just switched off far to much. Wasn't as evident when he was alongside woody. He probably was shouting non stop instructions to Titus. 😂

Yehhhh. I really wanted 2 FTs for the double / GW38 so might just roll with what I have and see if Ederson's back for the double.

Away fans and the holiday makers who watch the documentary, so they can get a whiff of Hollywood.

If we're able to get Tosin and Kelly then I would be very into the idea of finding somewhere to send Targett on a subsidized loan with a buy clause. There has to be some creative way to offload him.

Hang on, just need to check with Liverpool, Spurs and Man U.

44k live in Wrexham so having a stadium bigger than your urban population is brave

Is Santiago munoz still in the u21s?

RB: Trips, Livramento RCB: Schar, Tosin (Lascelles injured) LCB: Burn, Kelly (Botman injured) LB: Hall, Targett I'm just assuming Dummett leaves us and Targett is not sold for a moment. There are some unique combinations that could be played here.

Are there even that many people in Wales LOL???

So much about being a good defender is about the mental side of the game and just being switched on and alert to danger all the time. An attacking player can mess up numerous times but do one really good thing that makes a goal and they've had an effective game. A defensive player can do really good things all game but mess up once and they're Titus Bramble. Labelling any mistake as a lapse in concentration, instead of, say, lack of awareness or decision making can be unhelpful, which is kind of timeEd32's point I guess. Take Isak's first goal vs spuds - from the moment Bruno wellies it upfield and for the whole pasage of play Isak's on Romero's blindside. Romero doesn't once look round and doesn't notice Isak until he's committed & Gordon plays him through. Is that poor concentration, poor awareness, poor decision making? Basically, he's a good defender until he's not, like all defenders. The question is, how often is the not?

Stefan Broccoli?

This is the problem with trying to define 'poor concentration'. We've now strayed in to just listing all our mediocre-to-shit defenders where regular mistakes were a given, rather than generally quality defenders who have lapses.

I know the information was very vague but joeyt has mentioned him It was Esteban Cardona Lopez, incredible name but sadly did nowt

Arsenal obviously would like him, they are using their mouthpiece media to try to unsettle him. Part of their long game of knocking the price down well before the bid actually comes in Sir Jim Ratshit-style.

Think he was described as mentally unhinged rather than lacking concentration

Maybe but I don't really remember that being a common criticism. He just wasn't very good so his normal performance was an adventure in defending.

I feel like 18 years olds shouldn't be allowed a tattoo with the phrase "Never give up on your dreams" tbh, you're literally 12 hours into being an adult ffs

See the latest page of the Longstaff thread, though I get your point.

Estaban Lopez was my favourite https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/esteban-hopes-follow-footsteps-tino-1360964

Shocking tattoo but class lad. I would keep him next season at the moment, bring him on towards the end of games instead of Longstaff. Depends on any midfield signings of course.

Might need some more details their chief, as that is limiting the search to anyone who has ever come through the youth team