Ace Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 9 hours ago, buzza said: I would rather buy Phillips at the reported 40 mil he will be going for this summer. two years ago he was miles better than rice, some injuries that persisted and a certain Rodri have stalled his development. The only place Phillips has ever been better than Rice is when some kid is playing with him on FIFA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Phillips is more of a half back type midfielder. Rice has started to become more and more box to box. I honestly didn't rate him much til this season, but he's heading towards a Gerrard type profile, with a better defensive ability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Rice is up there with the very best in the league at driving forward with the ball and into the penalty area. So direct and extremely athletic. That’s not accounting for his brilliant defensive work as well. He’s a very complete player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 19 minutes ago, gbandit said: Rice is up there with the very best in the league at driving forward with the ball and into the penalty area. So direct and extremely athletic. That’s not accounting for his brilliant defensive work as well. He’s a very complete player He'd be the perfect signing if we were able to agree on wages. He can play centre-back, in the holding role, he can pass, he presses higher up the pitch, he's a leader. He's the perfect signing for someone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Rumoured target Alex Scott just won EFL young player of the year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Been watching Ugarte closely since our link to him. Not entirely convinced currently; seen him in 3 full matches and I can count the amount of times he’s passed the ball forwards on one hand. Silky on the ball and great defensively but he’s got this annoying habit of always taking too long to release a progressive ball and then making the safest pass backwards. Still young but for how we like to break quickly, I think he’d infuriate fans (especially if the rumoured 50 million price tag is true). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Holy crap, but Arda Guler in Turkey looks the real deal. This kid has everything to be a top 5 baller. Mental good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 2 hours ago, McCormick said: Been watching Ugarte closely since our link to him. Not entirely convinced currently; seen him in 3 full matches and I can count the amount of times he’s passed the ball forwards on one hand. Silky on the ball and great defensively but he’s got this annoying habit of always taking too long to release a progressive ball and then making the safest pass backwards. Still young but for how we like to break quickly, I think he’d infuriate fans (especially if the rumoured 50 million price tag is true). Fair enough - a prerequisite of our new number 6 has to be progressive passes “forward” (not sidewards) - Bruno was brilliant at the weekend in terms of his passing it’s such a big position this - have to get the right one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 We might be looking to have a backup to Bruno as well as a partner. Not for £50m I guess, but someone who can come in, we've seen at the moment that he's being asked to play through an ankle injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 3 hours ago, gbandit said: Rice is up there with the very best in the league at driving forward with the ball and into the penalty area. So direct and extremely athletic. That’s not accounting for his brilliant defensive work as well. He’s a very complete player Out of all of the players in the league, he's the ultimate "ready-made for Howe" player. Would slot straight into our team without any need to ease him in. I never used to rate him, but I was completely wrong. He's very close to world class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? Depends on which players they are. I’d rather have Davies, Rice and Diaby (can’t think or any other wide player of that value) for £80m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? Depends on who they where of course, but think we would benefit from five 40-50M types in our current position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Bit of a broad question, like, aye. Suppose it could be rephrased as three players who we'd imagine would walk straight into the XI and be significant improvements, versus five who'd essentially be competing for their respective roles and could potentially still be significant improvements despite being "cheaper". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 19 minutes ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? 5 for me - add the value of EH coaching plus their potential and they would be worth 80m in no time - 5 is the optimum number we need to realise our squad strength too - with a couple of young players added aswell 40-50 is still a heck of a lot of money too - Can buy you a Jota, Diaz, Fabinho, Konate and Gakpo (if we use the Liverpool model) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 28 minutes ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? both Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 31 minutes ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? 1 x Rice and 3 x £50m players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) Issue with Rice is the wages. He'll be lookin for £250k+ - Chelsea, Man U type money. Caicedo or Lavia are more proper DMs but both progress play well. The fees might be similar but the wages will be £20-25m cheaper over 4 years. Rice would break the transfer ceiling and change the entire dynamic of the dressing room. He's a genuine PL superstar. Lavia would be a middle earner and Caicedo probably wouldn't be the highest earner. Edited April 25, 2023 by The College Dropout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? We need a bigger squad so I’m going for the latter. Diaby, Maddison, Tierney, Joao Pedro, Tomori. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) I think I’d rather go for 3 “world class” players/ elite prospects for 60+ (on the assumption that they’re truly worth that). Loads of teams looking to overtake us are able to spend 40 odd million so going beyond that should hopefully be able to get the kind of talent that draws a line between ourselves and them. Edited April 25, 2023 by McCormick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 45 minutes ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? Five in the £40-50m bracket, definitely. Firstly, we've seen what we can do with that sort of money already. Botman, Bruno, obviously Isak was more but unsurprising with the striker premium. Secondly, if we've got any chance of remaining competitive across domestic and European campaigns we're going to need bodies in. Our best 13-14 players have shown what they are capable of this season but they won't be able to do it Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday on a regular basis. The aim should be to get ourselves into a position where we have two options for each position without a big drop in quality. That obviously takes time but five Botman/Bruno types is going to help more than a couple of marquee signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Rich said: Would people rather sign three £80M players or five £40–50M players? Three £70-80m players and fill a couple of gaps with the likes of Zaha and Tielemans. Edited April 25, 2023 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 35 minutes ago, Shearergol said: 1 x Rice and 3 x £50m players Think it might be something along the lines of this approach. I doubt we'll be able to attract 3 absolute world class blue chip players in one window, we still won't have the pull of Barcelona or Man City yet. But if we can we'll probably go for it. We seem to have our targets already ear-marked long term, if and when they become available we'll get them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 I’d rather Caicedo than Rice personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Is everyone out on Maddison now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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