Mole_Toonfan

Never said anything about that i just said outside of his weakness he's a good player, those players you mentioned outside of those obvious weaknesses are still shit where Yanga-Mbiwa is not. Carry on.

I agree but my point is Colback doesn't play the position very well IMO, Anita actually can that's the difference. Either way i'd like an upgrade in that position but i'd much rather see someone who plays the role properly rather than someone who doesn't play the role properly.

They are not the only ones, Chelsea fan i know said they haven't done anywhere near enough either. Looks like we won't be the only ones who have had a horrendous pre season

What changed? The one quote from McClaren? He's said from day one that it need to be the right players and if i remember right he said just the same just a few days ago. It wasn't just one quote though, everything he has said since then has been a drastic change from what he was saying before. It's almost Pardew like in it's delivery since and setting the fans up not to get too disappointed.

Who did he play with? because that's important when discussing him, every time i have seen him alongside Sissoko for example he looks good because he actually just plays his role and allows Sissoko to push on. When he's alongside Colback both of them try to be something they are not and they both look like crap. Thus why i believe he would look good alongside Wijnaldum because he doesn't need to involve himself in the attacking duties and by doing so he can protect the back 4 a lot better.

It's the attitude of the club, it all suddenly changed when Mbemba was done They clearly think they have done enough.

The fact that compartmentalise a player's traits to judge them in this way shows how little you actually understand the game of football. LOL. So it's okay to compartmentalise Riviere's finishing, Tiote's passing, Williamson's technique but question a defenders aerial ability - you don't understand the game of football? GTFO. Those areas happen to be the weakest part of those players game, they are still shit though even if you ignore it. MYM isn't as much as you want to think otherwise.

It's not about hiding tbh, it's not he positions himself a lot better as the holding midfielder as it's his natural position. Colback on the other hand often acts like he's playing as a B2B midfielder and leaves massive holes for opposition to exploit. There's just a lot more balance both defensively and offensively with Anita because he plays his role properly allowing the others to do the same.

Preparing some Kobe gifs for Kaka just in case.

Massive clutching at straws there Nah one is an attacking midfielder and one is a pacey forward, not interchangeable at all.

We are not signing anyone, i don't usually get negative about this sort of thing so soon but it's clear as hell that nothing is happening.

As much as anyone else in past two years, he's just crap now. He's not even 10% of the player he was and not even better than what we have, best to just let it go.

Aye and there's a reason why

I so badly want Aguero because when fit he's as much as a guarantee as you can get, but the 13m pricetag is hard to get around.

A diamond is probably the best fit for the players we have outside of Aarons, not sure it's ever going to be considered though

Copa America so came back to pre season late, Messi and Neymar only came back for Barca last week iirc.

Sanchez not being available to start the season really has prevented from doing for what i want do, the money i would be saving from not having Hazard allows me to have a much stronger team overall without him. I'm happy with what i have to start the season with, but unless things go really badly i expect my idea for a post wildcard team after transfer window to be much better.

Until about two games in when you realise he's crap now. Haidara hasn't convinced me of anything and Dummett is a better centreback than left back. If a loan was available, it would be a good deal, imo. No one is expecting him to recapture the 2009-2011 form, but I don't think he is just finished as a player. Enrique is worse nowadays, believe me he's awful there's a reason he's not even 2nd choice now

Didn't know this but i added him anyway because he's probably their cheapest starter and they are good defensively as a team.

Until about two games in when you realise he's crap now.

Really hope we never see Colback-Anita tbh, it's crap and Wijnaldum was miles better when he moved to CM against Gladbach.

Dunno was just responding to Ian's post, should have quoted it in hindsight.

His lack of stamina to cover a 2 man midfield isn't my issue, his lack of awareness leading him to run into positions which lead to gaps is what i have an issue with. Anita doesn't exactly cover the ground brilliantly but he understand the position a lot better and is much more aware of where he should be.

Considering he'll be instructed to cover a defense which he's proven in the past he can't do i'd say it's pretty damn significant.