Premier League 25/26

Who will win?

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Maradona37

Maradona37

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jamrock said:
Conclusions
Jumping
Time

Words that does us all well.
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Or maybe he's just not that good. Everyone always hides behind 'he needs time' with every player. .I have seen him about a dozen times now and he has never impressed me.

I can't see City improving much so he will go down with the ship.
 
Maradona37

Maradona37

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JamDav1982 said:
He is a good player but also is 27 and won nothing in his career and was outshone by Scott McTominay last season.

Usual folk who are desperate for him to be better than FDJ when has not even been close to date gets him mentioned and hyped for good games.
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Exactly.

Hipsters rating someone who's a good player but a Milan level player at best.

He will never be at de Jong's level.
 
jamrock

jamrock

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Maradona37 said:
Or maybe he's just not that good. Everyone always hides behind 'he needs time'.I have seen him about a dozen times now and he has never impressed me.

I can't see City improving much so he will go down with the ship.
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If you've seen him 12 times and he's never impressed you, it simples means you have not seen him 12 times.
 
Maradona37

Maradona37

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jamrock said:
If you've seen him 12 times and he's never impressed you, it simples means you have not seen him 12 times.
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Or maybe you're easily impressed?

Just because it takes you ages to evaluate a player doesn't mean it takes me that long.

You're a hipster.
 
serghei

serghei

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Overall, he needed a new set of players, but the ones they've signed are not of the same quality in midfield especially but also on the wings with likes of De Bruyne, Bernardo, Gundogan from his old core.

Too bad this means Madrid is likely gonna pick Rodri out of that side. Rodri and partly Haaland are the only players worth getting anyway.
 
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JamDav1982

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Maradona37 said:
Exactly.

Hipsters rating someone who's a good player but a Milan level player at best.
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He can be a good signing for City if they get the balance correct and would be good for Netherlands national team if does.

Looks a bit one paced defensively if asked to be deep a lot. Thrivs more in chaos of final third more than anything it looks to me.
 
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JamDav1982

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serghei said:
Overall, he needed a new set of players, but the ones they've signed are not of the same quality in midfield especially but also on the wings with likes of De Bruyne, Bernardo, Gundogan from his old core.

Too bad this means Madrid is likely gonna pick Rodri out of that side.
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Wide players is a huge issue and players like FDJ and Pedri who take the ball deep and are very very diffiult to press.

If teams swarm Rodri they find it hard difficult at times.

Last week Spurs swarmed their DM area and pressed high by defending 1v1 all over park. They lacked press resitence and players with 1v1 ability to make them pay for that gamble it looked to me.

Imagine Spurs do that and Barca get ball to Yamal 1v1.. he would kill them.

Pep can still fins solutions but he looks at a loss just at moment.
 
Maradona37

Maradona37

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JamDav1982 said:
He can be a good signing for City if they get the balance correct and would be good for Netherlands national team if does.

Looks a bit one paced defensively if asked to be deep a lot. Thrivs more in chaos of final third more than anything it looks to me.
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The point is he's a drastic downgrade from when they had Yaya Toure, David Silva, KDB, Bernardo, Rodri at his best (yes I know he's a different type of player or position to most of these but I mean in standard). And that's true of so many of the players they have signed. A clear level or 8 below the legends they have had in recent past.
 
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JamDav1982

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Maradona37 said:
The point is he's a drastic downgrade from when they had Yaya Toure, David Silva, KDB, Bernardo, Rodri at his best (yes I know he's a different type of player or position to most of these but I mean in standard). And that's true of so many of the players they have signed. A clear level or 8 below the legends they have had in recent past.
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He will only get better from here. Still a good player.
 
jamrock

jamrock

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Maradona37 said:
Or maybe you're easily impressed?

Just because it takes you ages to evaluate a player doesn't mean it takes me that long.

You're a hipster.
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Weren't you saying I wasn't a hipster a few months ago, when I agreed with you on Bellingham? 😂

Just say you haven't seen him play 12 games, you got caught in a very obvious lie.

No one can see him in 12 games and never been impressed, it's literally mpossible and a obvious lie.

But anyways, not doing the 10,000 back & forth with you, ain't got the time for that.
 
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JamDav1982

Senior Member
Maradona37 said:
Or maybe you're easily impressed?

Just because it takes you ages to evaluate a player doesn't mean it takes me that long.

You're a hipster.
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Dont think he has seen much of him.

Didnt even really know his position for Milan last season and claimed would be better for Barca than Frenkie.
 
Maradona37

Maradona37

Well-known member
jamrock said:
Weren't you saying I wasn't a hipster a few months ago, when I agreed with you on Bellingham? 😂

Just say you haven't seen him play 12 games, you got caught in a very obvious lie.

No one can see him in 12 games and never been impressed, it's literally mpossible and a obvious lie.

But anyways, not doing the 10,000 back & forth with you, ain't got the time for that.
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I generally agree with you on plenty of stuff, just not this.

I do agree with you on Bellingham.

The point is you're probably impressed by him running the show against Cremonese for MIlan, whereas I am not. hence the difference in opinion.

Like Jam Dav said, his team finished 8th in Serie A last season, how good could he and they have been, really? Maybe he was brilliant and let down by his team-mates but it's a hugely risky signing by Pep, and you know that.
 
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