Sempiternal Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I would prefer a Tchouameni type, over Rice. Not him Obvs but in that mould and I do think you can find them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I noticed yesterday that Rice wins most of the 50/50 challenges he’s in and has excellent anticipation of where the ball will be. Bit like Bruno in that regard. He’s an excellent player.. not sure who makes way for him though? As in lineup, formation etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: I noticed yesterday that Rice wins most of the 50/50 challenges he’s in and has excellent anticipation of where the ball will be. Bit like Bruno in that regard. He’s an excellent player.. not sure who makes way for him though? As in lineup, formation etc. Anyone, he’s immense He could probably interchange with Bruno, or go to 4-2-3-1 and have them side by side. Jizzworthy either way TBH. Not sure we have £100m for one player quite yet though. Edited February 5, 2023 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: I noticed yesterday that Rice wins most of the 50/50 challenges he’s in and has excellent anticipation of where the ball will be. Bit like Bruno in that regard. He’s an excellent player.. not sure who makes way for him though? As in lineup, formation etc. Come on, I know Longstaff has been decent recently but obviously Rice gets in this team ahead of him, there's not debate about that is there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Rice seems very built to a counter attacking side, to me I think we've seen with England that when he's in a possession team he lacks range and sometimes seems to play within himself. Very energetic for when games are more stretched though. I think Bruno does the defensive side just as well while also providing excellent possession and final third characteristics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) Rice has been much improved in possession in pretty much every metric this season despite West Ham’s failings. He was poor for England but his best game was against France where he started playing between lines more. He could play in any team imo. Edited February 5, 2023 by Smal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 If Man united signed Rice they would have the best midfield 3 in Europe with Casemiro Rice and Eriksen if you can make it work between him and Casemiro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 43 minutes ago, Smal said: Rice has been much improved in possession in pretty much every metric this season despite West Ham’s failings. He was poor for England but his best game was against France where he started playing between lines more. He could play in any team imo. That's not necessarily an endorsement of him. Attacking play maybe flowing through him more this campaign but they're one of the lowest scorers in the league. Is he creating quality? Would be interesting to see their XG performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Mazzy said: Come on, I know Longstaff has been decent recently but obviously Rice gets in this team ahead of him, there's not debate about that is there. 😂😂 exactly. Rice is absolute quality, he’d be the ideal type of player to sit behind Bruno and protect the back four. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSelecta Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Would love Rice but no chance we sign him. We can’t blow our FFP load on one player, squad needs improvement in too many areas. We have to go out and find the next Caicado plus 3 or 4 others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 So in the summer do you think there'll be a massive overhaul of players? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) Two centre mids Two wingers maybe And a left back. A centre half aswell if lascelles goes. Edited February 5, 2023 by andycap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, andycap said: So in the summer do you think there'll be a massive overhaul of players? Similar to last summer. 3-4 in 8-9 out (as a guess Gillespie, Darlow, Dummet, Manquillo, Lewis, Ritchie, M.Longstaff, Hendrick, Fraser). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 There needs to be an influx for squad depth, given the likelihood that we're going to be playing some form of European football next season. Even more desperately so if that is in the Champions League. Also it's depending on potential outgoings. Personally think similar for what we'll need; A right footed CB in a similar mould to Botman A LB Two forwards or players that can play across the front 3 (as Wilson will be 32 around this time next season and Fraser'll be away) Two CMs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 26 minutes ago, andycap said: So in the summer do you think there'll be a massive overhaul of players? There needs to be, if we're in Europe. We can't play the same XI every week next year, no matter Howe's opinion on sticking with winning teams. He'll need to learn to rotate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 4 hours ago, BoSelecta said: Would love Rice but no chance we sign him. We can’t blow our FFP load on one player, squad needs improvement in too many areas. We have to go out and find the next Caicado plus 3 or 4 others. Exactly. Someone like Alvarez at Ajax is much more realistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) At a rough guess how much do you think we’ll spend in the summer? I mean I’d imagine we’ll be looking to bring in 4 potential starters at least. 180- 200m if you consider new sponsorship deals? Edited February 5, 2023 by ExiledGeordie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 If we get a RCB, a LB and two CMs, that pretty much gives us two players for every position. Pope---Trippier---Schar---Botman---New LB---Bruno---New CM---Joe---Gordon---Isak---ASM Dubs---Ashby---New CB---Burn---Targett---New CM---Longstaff---Willock---Miggy---Wilson---Murphy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: If we get a RCB, a LB and two CMs, that pretty much gives us two players for every position. Pope---Trippier---Schar---Botman---New LB---Bruno---New CM---Joe---Gordon---Isak---ASM Dubs---Ashby---New CB---Burn---Targett---New CM---Longstaff---Willock---Miggy---Wilson---Murphy Miggy isn’t in your first eleven? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Just now, lovejoy said: Miggy isn’t in your first eleven? I was just showing the depth we'd have in terms of being able to rotate a bit more. His place in the team will be form dependant though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: I was just showing the depth we'd have in terms of being able to rotate a bit more. His place in the team will be form dependant though. definitely. We also need the ability to rotate more, so it’s important we have two for each position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) So who are we looking at keeping for squad depth? Murphy Anderson Karius Krafth Anyone else. Then dump Ritchie Fraser Hendrick Hayden Manquillo Lewis Dubravka Darlow Edited February 5, 2023 by andycap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 So our squad Pope Karius Trippier Ashby Krafth Targett Burn Botman Schar Bruno Longstaff Willock Joelinton Anderson Murphy Maximin Gordon Almiron Wilson Isak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I can't stand Rice as a player, personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Reckon we’ll go £200m-£250m in the summer but that will be partly funded through Maxi and Dubs leaving along with a bit of padding from the likes of our dear captain, Manquillo and one or 2 more. wouldn’t be a total shock if Wilson went back to Bournemouth or similar for £20-£25m with a younger player brought in. I’d add that to the £250m if that happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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