Marc Guehi

[Pablo]

2 hours ago, teohgk said:

Defence is our main issue last season

Midfield and goalkeeper was our main issue last season.

[teohgk]

2 hours ago, madras said:

Injuries were our main issue last season.

I stand corrected, you can't predict injury nor prevent it from happening ever again. The best you can do is improve your depth , defence is our main weakness last season , not to mention we will have 2 CB out of a period time. Guehi would be much needed than a RW

 

 

Edited August 11, 2024 by teohgk

[The Prophet]

7 hours ago, rebelrouser said:

What? How does Guehi stepping in for Schar or sitting on the bench mean more for the club than updating a low goal scoring and old rw? I feel better about Burn/Schar than MIggy/Murphy. 

 

I think you could argue the toss either way, but we're an injury away from Krafth playing at CB for a decent chunk of games.

 

It's more about the lack of depth more than anything else.

[The Prophet]

I wonder if Villa make a move, shifting Carlos.

[SUPERTOON]

Carlos going to Fulham has Villa fans suggesting they may move for Guehi.

[Geogaddi]

The longer we mess about with the fee the more we leave ourselves open to someone else coming in and getting him.

[gdm]

10 hours ago, Terrymac1966 said:

Sick of these comments Almiron is a very committed player with Newcastle at heart.

Love the bloke and his attitude.

 

 

I don’t dislike him. He seems a great guy but he’s not good enough. He doesn’t get on the bench never mind start for any of the top half sides. It’s no surprise no one wants him 

[ExiledGeordie]

6 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Carlos going to Fulham has Villa fans suggesting they may move for Guehi.

And they have champions league 

[gdm]

2 hours ago, jonny1403 said:

We can’t force clubs to sign our players man  I’m genuinely intrigued as to what people expect us to do when it comes to selling these sort of players. Nobody wants them, for obvious reasons.

 

10 hours ago, gdm said:

Yeah. I’m not blaming the club. PSR is mind numbingly depressing & boring 

can’t you read? I said I don’t blame the club it’s PSR that’s the issue. At no point did I say I expected anything. Doesn’t change the fact the window has been frustrating and underwhelming 

[Danh1]

7 minutes ago, gdm said:

I don’t dislike him. He seems a great guy but he’s not good enough. He doesn’t get on the bench never mind start for any of the top half sides. It’s no surprise no one wants him 

Seen someone yesterday saying they won’t cry if we sign a RW but happy to go with Murphy and Almiron. 6 months aside, the two of them have been average at best.

[jonny1403]

1 hour ago, LFEE said:

Don’t recall our defence being shocking. Do you not think the drop was us A losing Pope and B the reduction in our pressing game from our forwards and midfielders due to our injury situation and limited options to rotate?

We conceded 63 goals last season compared to 33 the season before. Almost double. It was quite clearly a big issue that needs solving by adding depth.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

24 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Carlos going to Fulham has Villa fans suggesting they may move for Guehi.

They need to go back in time a week then. 

[gdm]

30 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Carlos going to Fulham has Villa fans suggesting they may move for Guehi.

Well they do seem to copy everything we do 

[LFEE]

10 minutes ago, jonny1403 said:

We conceded 63 goals last season compared to 33 the season before. Almost double. It was quite clearly a big issue that needs solving by adding depth.

Yes but like I said the reasons for that weren’t solely down to those playing in the back four positions.

[Myleftboot]

2 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Yes but like I said the reasons for that weren’t solely down to those playing in the back four positions.

Aye it was that constant big gaping hole in front of the back four that used to annoy me.

[Yorkie]

The lack of stand out quality at RW is compensated by the effectiveness of the team as an attacking unit. I'd be far more worried I'd we didn't recruit at CB than if we didn't recruit at RW.

 

In fact I'm more concerned about the backup goalie situation than anything at all; being forced into signing Vlachodimos as opposed to who we actually wanted is frustrating. 

[gdm]

Trippier was effectively doing the job of the RW last season. He got 10 assists in 28 games 

[Smal]

3 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

The lack of stand out quality at RW is compensated by the effectiveness of the team as an attacking unit. I'd be far more worried I'd we didn't recruit at CB than if we didn't recruit at RW.

 

In fact I'm more concerned about the backup goalie situation than anything at all; being forced into signing Vlachodimos as opposed to who we actually wanted is frustrating. 

 

agreed with this. We could really do with some legs at CB.

 

And your point about the attacking unit… there’s no greater evidence of this than Jacob Murphy having the most assists per 90 minutes of any winger in the league (and top percentile across all top 5 leagues) last season.

[janpawel]

4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

The lack of stand out quality at RW is compensated by the effectiveness of the team as an attacking unit. I'd be far more worried I'd we didn't recruit at CB than if we didn't recruit at RW.

 

In fact I'm more concerned about the backup goalie situation than anything at all; being forced into signing Vlachodimos as opposed to who we actually wanted is frustrating. 

Agree with all 3 of your points 

 

Getting a CB will improve the baseline of the team, we can score 100 goals next season  but as we seen, if we ship goals, it's gonna knack us

 

With Murphy / Almiron we still got a record scoring season. Don't get me wrong, it's a bit ridiculous we haven't upgraded the position in 6 transfer windows, but needs must right now with PSR and last seasons results etc

 

Wish we had gotten Marmaduke or even Trafford

[Smal]

6 minutes ago, gdm said:

Trippier was effectively doing the job of the RW last season. He got 10 assists in 28 games 

Murphy got 7 in only 13 90s and 14 starts tbf

[maybe_next_year]

The main reason why we conceded far too many goals last year was not because of the back 2. A lot of the issue came from the massive Joelinton shaped hole in front of them. A lot of injuries (and a ban) to our midfielders really exposed out back line last year. Longstaff/Anderson/Miley were never going provide them the cover needed, especially when Bruno pushed further up the field. 

[Kid Icarus]

Can't believe no one's mentioning Dubravka tbh. He almost single handedly messed up our defence because he can't do the sweeper keeper thing.

 

I'm hoping that our new Keeper, even if he isn't a particularly great shot stopper has a bit more about him in terms of sweeping up like Pope does.

[magorific]

2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Can't believe no one's mentioning Dubravka tbh. He almost single handedly messed up our defence because he can't do the sweeper keeper thing.

 

I'm hoping that our new Keeper, even if he isn't a particularly great shot stopper has a bit more about him in terms of sweeping up like Pope does.

Spot on. His refusal to change his starting position was a disgrace. Created so much space in behind us, and totally undermined our pressing game.

[LFEE]

6 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Can't believe no one's mentioning Dubravka tbh. He almost single handedly messed up our defence because he can't do the sweeper keeper thing.

 

I'm hoping that our new Keeper, even if he isn't a particularly great shot stopper has a bit more about him in terms of sweeping up like Pope does.

Read my posts. I gave losing Pope the main reason for our defensive problems.

 

That and we clearly pressed less aggressively (especially away from home) as our injuries piled up.

[SUPERTOON]

Still think we scored more due to the chaotic nature of how we played. I’d be amazed if we played the same way this season with a fully fit squad.