Matt1892

Again against a quality team our flat midfield formation is left wanting in defence and attack. We really need to bring Willock on if he’s fit.

I put it down to the years of mediocrity that fans struggle with the concept of developing youth players and rotating them in to the team to get games under their belts, especially against teams that are inferior to us in nearly every position on the pitch. Anderson is fine and has played well when the team has played well when given extended minutes this season, there is also a bigger gap in quality between Trippier and Livramento than there is between Anderson and Longstaff.

The only way I can see us spending big money on a midfielder is if we always intended on doing that this window, I don’t see us going in a different direction because Tonali is out other than a loan or a cheap pick up. Arguably we need a defensive midfielder to sit with Bruno against the better teams so maybe we kill two birds and make that move in January.

It is a legitimate concern when you follow the logical steps. Maybe keep your gaslighting responses for your poor other half that has to tolerate you.

My concern is that this won’t be the end of it, as I am presuming that if he is a gambling addict that he didn’t stop betting on football once he signed for us, meaning the FA could still get involved with a separate ban for his time here. You would think that this would run concurrently but they took an age with Toney’s case that it might not.

He isn’t though, he just had a poor season when Leicester went down but was one of their better players prior to that. He nearly went to Bayern in the summer still and will likely get a decent move between now and next summer. If we could afford a top level player then fine but we can’t until at least the summer, I’m not sure if we would want to spend big on a CM even then.

It won’t be a popular suggestion on here but if we are looking for a low cost midfielder in January then Wilfred Ndidi would be a good pick up, he is out of contract in the summer and Leicester could have one foot back in the Premier League already by then. Not only is he a capable Defensive Midfielder but he has reinvented himself this season to play in Longstaff’s role on the right. Here is a good read about him this season. https://theathletic.com/4980582/2023/10/21/the-reinvention-of-wilfred-ndidi/?amp=1

They have only played against 3 teams that finished in the top 10 last season so it will even out.

I’ve just ordered it so hopefully it isn’t a bad copy, not that he will notice. Thanks for that.

My boy wants the third kit for Christmas with Schar on the back but £38 for a pair of kids shorts is insane.

After a full review of the evidence too. Shame.

I don’t think City and Arsenal have looked as dominant this season and with more clubs up there competing I think the league will be won in less points than last year, I also think we are capable of picking up more points than last year, considering we drew 14 games in the league last season.

I did see that, pretty much sums up the toxicity of twitters football patter.

Presuming any legal cost would exclude FFP then I can see PIF putting a lot of money in to it, you see big organisations do this as a tactic to intimidate those of a lesser financial position as part of the litigation process to come to a settlement. I would also think that PIF would rely on the advice of its expert legal team on if it has reasonable prospects of being successful or not, rather than people on an internet forum who don’t have the full facts.

We might not and there might be no case at all; however you can bet that the club will be exploring the possibility and if there is a potential case that they will throw a lot of money at it.

To elaborate on the above, the first port of call for the club would be speaking with Tonali to ask if Milan were aware and if they were, how were they made aware and how much did they know. From there the club will take legal advice to find out if they are in a position potentially take legal claim against them. I would guess that from there it would go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) who would hear both sides and issue a finding based on that, since it isn’t a criminal court then it will not need absolute proof, only reasonable belief when deciding the outcome.

For example if he has a document that says he has been diagnosed with a gambling addiction and he has shared that with Milan before they decided to sell him.

This was before this current weekend, so Liverpool were seen to have an equally difficult start, Arsenal a slightly easier one but Man City and Spurs have had it quite a bit easier.

If Milan knew then there would be serious repercussions from this in terms of what we will throw at it from a legal point of view. I can see someone else coming from there at a lower fee as some sort of settlement.

I wasn’t including Krafth. We had Trippier, Manquillo and Ashby. Left back is one of our weakest areas in the starting eleven in terms of quality, if not the weakest. I don’t know anything about Juan Miranda but if we want to improve our starting eleven then left back is a position that is overdue upgrading.

I’m presuming an obligation to buy includes the player wanting to stay, which he might not if he isn’t getting any sort of game time even when we are winning 4-0.

We had 3 right backs when we signed Livramento.

https://www-fichajes-net.translate.goog/noticias/newcastle-united-une-carrera-juan-miranda-20231021.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp Juan Miranda linked, it says we will look to buy him cheap in January as he is out of contract in the summer.

It all just seems so surreal at the pace that it has moved, made worse that it was over an international break. I see it similar to Barnes’ injury in that he hasn’t been here long enough or put in any sort of performances on the pitch where it will be a huge miss, compared to someone like Toney at Brentford who had been their star player for a number of years but we will miss the depth he offers the squad, which was the point of signing him in the summer.