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mondonewc

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  1. mondonewc

    England

    Les Ferdinand on stick to football this week and chooses Shearer over Kane, think Walker's the only lock from the current crop to get in.
  2. mondonewc

    England

    Yeah my team is from their respective eras, not playing now.
  3. mondonewc

    England

    Seaman Walker Terry Rio Cole Gerrard Scholes Saka Rooney Gazza Kane I had Rice in first with Gerrard in Scholes' position but just can't not have Scholes in, such a waste how we used him for England. Feels wrong excluding Beckham and Lampard but can't fit everyone in. So yeah, I get 3 of the current crop in, Kane vs Shearer feels much of a muchness as well, but my point is whilst we do have a very exciting squad, it's no better in my opinion than the previous lot, harmony in the squad seems much better and many of the current bunch are media savvy and therefore likeable to most supporters, but it's just very tough to win an International tournament.
  4. mondonewc

    England

    Task for anyone with some free time So much hype about the current squad, disgrace if we don't win Euro's etc etc... pick an England 11 choosing players from Italia 90 to now, selecting based purely on ability rather than how they performed for England, how many of the current group are getting in that team? For me back 5 can only really consider Walker, front 6 is interesting...
  5. Fair enough, all gud. I would say the scenario now would be different though given when we made those signings, whilst there was a risk attached, in almost all if not all cases they were always going to be an upgrade on what we had previously whereas now we would be selling our best asset to allow us to manage FFP, and I would expect improve the team in multiple positions, so for me that's not the same as the example you suggested. Time will tell which route we go, hopefully FFP gets changed/scrapped and we can keep Bruno and Isak and build the team around them, one can dream!
  6. Very interesting way you have of communicating with people, would suggest a slightly less arrogant approach rather than factually stating someone's opinion that differs to your own is plain wrong, but you do you! Anyways... Yes, we could sign another unproven Striker who has potential, similar to what we did with Isak, I fully understand that, BUT, it's extremely unlikely they'll be remotely close to his level, as one of the best Strikers in the league. Arsenal want a Striker, Chelsea want a Striker, possibly Man U want another Striker, to name just a few. It's my opinion, just an opinion, that we'll find it extremely difficult, bordering impossible, to replace Isak suitably, but sure we can gamble £80m on an unproven Striker when we are handcuffed already by FFP and hope it works out, it may well do so, but it's not an approach I'm a fan of and would do everything possible to avoid.
  7. Well the discussion I'm having is who would be viable candidates to replace Isak should he be sold, and outside of Haaland, Isak is arguably the best Striker in the league right now with significantly higher potential, in my opinion. You're suggesting that there are hundreds of candidates on a database, albeit with risk, and I think that's a very questionable statement. I think suggesting it would be a risk to find a like for like replacement for Isak who's of similar ability with 100's of other players is inaccurate, I think that number is much, much lower for realistic targets who are even close to the level that he's at, and those who fit the bill will all be targets for bigger clubs than us, and that's the point of concern for me, thus my suggestion he's arguably irreplaceable.
  8. 100's who can replace Isak??? Guess we have very different opinions on how good Isak is!
  9. Can you give a few examples then of who we could sign that could replace Isak?
  10. Strikers are just so rare though these days that I think Isak has to be the most irreplaceable player we have, Bruno would be very tough to replace, Isak I think is literally impossible, there's nobody even close to his level that would consider signing for us, too few top class Strikers and too many teams looking for one. Bruno's likely our most important player, but not most irreplaceable for me.
  11. Wouldn't be so sure about that, he's obviously not taking Rodri's place, and he can't do the role Stones plays either, Silva is levels above him in my opinion as well, so not sure how that would fit for Bruno to play every week?
  12. And with Botman's injury surely CB has to be #1 priority now, we are so weak now in that area.
  13. Why doesn't Wilson have a future here as 3rd choice Striker? If he was willing to play the role think it would be perfect for us, much less likely to be injured if he rarely starts and just plays 20-30 minutes, he could score double figures doing that next season.
  14. mondonewc

    England

    Whilst I agree with the general point, not sure why there'd be a fuss about the price of the shirts like it's a shock, ours are £70 and there shite, nike's much better quality, sadly it's just standard for the times. And yeah, as @Charliessaid, great job from Nike's marketing team, everyone talking about it and it's a load of bollocks.
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