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There’s also no downside to extending Myko. Even just 2 years gives Aznou the perfect amount of transition time while retaining a backup

Garner was never built for counter attacking footy. This more relationism leaning approach Moyes has us playing suits him perfectly with non-linear pass and move type play where his vision and IQ comes to light.

Giving him a 3 year contract doesn’t benefit us at all

This is huge. If the club want to get out from under the thumb of PSR we need to hit the global market more. Expanding external revenue outside of matchday ticket and merch sales will also keep going to the games affordable for the average supporters and retain our position and the peoples club

Looks like a pen to me.

With that goal and assuming he score no more goals today, Beto has a better mins/goal record in the past 2 seasons than DCL has had the last 4.

Beto = 271.9 mins/goal
DCL = 362 mins/goal

How does Moyes say he’s lacking quality yet choose Doucoure 2 games in a row now?

To help improve information spreading here’s the source from the PL website

Quick look has his max string of games being 7 PL games in a row. He was only off for 1 game for most of those breaks so seemed to be rotational

Mangala is outside of the English Football Leagues so his loan doesn’t matter. The only restrictions on loans is on domestic loans only 2 at a time and up to 4 in a season total. We can continue to use the loan market outside of England now if we’d like with no changes

We also stand to have a high ROI for Dixon due to him being an academy player. Pattersons fee was a crime but seem to be offset by his wages

If we’re planning to play and develop a young player especially in a system with wingbacks I’d move to Roman Dixon. Physically he looks very capable and had some pretty significant stops and balls played in the game he played showing he also has the technique

Played in 46 matches and started over half of those so I’d say the sample size I there. He never really played for Rangers either and went straight into starting in the PL with little evidence to support he was ready. The eye test also proved he wasn’t

I’d argue that Baines and Digne were great defenders that also were very skilled going forward.

Patterson is being looked at through rose colored glasses I’m afraid. His baseline was poor from the start with his progression being nonexistent due to selection/injury

I think he lends himself well to playing in a team that presses high up the pitch. His defense of spaces and pressuring players on the ball before they have time to set up and come at him is significantly better than defending a take on from a stagnant position

I agree but when all out CM options are available he’s the best suited to play the position we need most at RB

Patterson isn’t ready for the PL yet imo so him being left out is understandable

The CM situation we can’t change until players become available and Mangala’s deal could become permanent

Doucs playing still baffles me

And we need to play one of either Lindstrom or Harrison atm

Mykolenko is a level above Patterson and all our other options are 36+. I’d be tempted to play Dixon over Patterson even. Our RB is a for sure more pressing issue than LB.

Moyes needs to get the set up and personnel right to start then we can move forward with signings

I think in that case, despite having a great CB group for a 3 atb, the limited personnel for wingback means a back 4 is the most sensible way to go. Fullback remains one of the biggest needs in the squad but don’t think there’s a lot of good options out there right now

Lindstrom and Dwight as wingbacks would be a waste of their abilities in the final 3rd. Also Lindstrom has never been a defensive player. Myko and Patterson would need to be the wingbacks with Young rotating in. Maybe the odd game for Harrison at LWB. Garner would also do well at RWB

BVB are in for him. We don’t have much of a chance

The signing didn’t makes sense when we had 3 STs on the books already

Also not concerned about the numbers more of the defensive shape and Dwight’s positioning

That doesn’t mean though that we need signings on the left side. We play on the back foot 80% of the time with our LM being the primary creator requiring him to get forward while also being a vital part of our defensive shape and asking him to defend as much as he has is a borderline crime

That is a very good indicator of how our system as a whole doesn’t work in creating attacking opportunities and how one player playing slightly higher than the previous leaving that side more exposed. That along with poor performances lately and that left side is a disaster.

Idk what constitutes a “ball recovery” but it surely isn’t just defensive actions. FBref has Myko at 3.07 tkl+int p90 while Ndaiye is at 2.92. But this isn’t the point of what I brought up earlier. The heat map comparison to look at is Dwight last season to Ndaiye this season

And this is were the people’s club devolves into my people’s club. I don’t need to look talk or sound like you to know what is happening on the grass and form sound logical arguments for or against anything happening on or off the field

Nearly no other clubs have more than one striker. It not a common practice to have 2 out and out strikers yet alone 4. Chermiti only recently got injured and prior was playing with the u23s. If Broja is successful we would have proved ourselves out of the deal with not guaranteed Chelsea sell to us

Myko at least has the ability. He pocketed Salah a couple derbies ago. He played the rest of that season out extremely well. Patterson hasn’t enjoyed any good form since signing and Coleman and Young should be retiring

I agree he hasn’t played well lately but that doesn’t change the dire situation on the right side that we’re dealing with. Also with Ndaiye ahead of him there’s less cover on his side and with the low block we play his side is the only consistent weaker side of the pitch