Hans-Dieter Flick

[Joan]

Ibrahima Konate?
The thing with any CB signing is that we're unlikely to spend any money until 2026 when Inigo likely leaves.

Buying from Liverpool's always tough but his contract's up in 2026. Think he'd be a really good choice.

 

[Devils]

Aside from signings, team needs to grow mentally too.

We were all over inter and Madrid after we can back from 2-0 down in all 3 matches….but we let them back into the match.

Contrast to Flick’s Bayern that when they took the lead they would just pummel the opposition for the remainder of the game.

Gotta have that next season

 

[MonteCuler]

Aside from signings, team needs to grow mentally too.

We were all over inter and Madrid after we can back from 2-0 down in all 3 matches….but we let them back into the match.

Contrast to Flick’s Bayern that when they took the lead they would just pummel the opposition for the remainder of the game.

Gotta have that next season

My thoughts after Madrid scored the 3rd too. They have gone ball recycling and playing it safe too early. 2 goal lead is still not that much. Maybe it'd be better to first score the 5th or 6th and then do it. When you have that momentum you use it to the full.

There are some problems when it comes to timing of these actions and players understanding of it. Against Inter they went for the 4th when it was few minutes left, against Madrid they played it safe when it was a whole half of football left. Should be reversed. I think they will learn on this next season

 

[khaled_a_d]

We play with a single fullback in Balde, Kounde wasn't meant to be the right-back. Forget abour 4 elite fullbacks, Barca played the CL 1/2 final with a role player in Eric Garcia and Tercera level Gerard Martin and seconds away from the final.

Can we for once accept that players change positions? We waited until they left to accept that Mascherano was CB and Roberto was RB. Those players aren't born with a tag that they can play only one position.

And sure, we need 2 better backup fullbacks, there is no argument from me.

 

[malvolio]

Courtois has the height advantage like Van Der Saar back in the day. He's like an oak in goal and long shots are useless as we saw a couple of times today. Lamine's goal was a blueprint on how to deal with such GK.

He shoots like that vs Sommer and scores at least two goals. Instead he put it in Sommer's reach and suddenly the Swiss is the second coming of Lev Yashin.

 

[M3ls]

f we are talking about a more or less accessible CB who is the absolute top here and now and has all the necessary arsenal of skills to play in our system, and these are physical qualities (speed, strength, height, etc.), game IQ, technical skills (passing, etc.), positioning, playing in the air - this is Saliba.

The problem is the price (I think we are talking about 80 million euros) and the fact that Real Madrid is not targeting him.

 

[M3ls]

I think that buying a central defender with such a set of qualities is a higher priority than buying a striker, winger or right defender.

 

[M3ls]

Eric, Kunde, Kubarsi, Saliba, Inigo, Balde, Martin

Start: Kunde - Saliba - Kubarsi - Balde.

Eric and Inigo - between the starting lineup and the reserve.

Araujo, Christensen - by selling these guys we can get 70-75 million euros, which we can use to buy Saliba.

 

[jamrock]

We had Christensen and Martinez on at the end, two defenders fans were asking for VS inter and how they would have made a difference, we saw what happened, could have easily conceded.

The issue isn't the players, so unless you have 100B to spend on prime Maldini.

We just need to do what we ALL were shouting out for in the chat, Keep the ball when the game is in the closing stage.

But for today, whatever we move because it's celebration time.

Come next season we have to be smarter.

 

[M3ls]

But we must take into account that for Flick it is extremely important that the left central defender is left-footed. However, I do not know any TOP-level players with the set of qualities I mentioned who are also left-footed.

Guardiol? It is unlikely that he is available. And recently he has played more often in the left-back position.

 

[DonAK]

Neither Saliba nor Gvardiol are going to be available. Arsenal will laugh at any 80m offer and work to renew him first.

 

[Porque]

But we must take into account that for Flick it is extremely important that the left central defender is left-footed. However, I do not know any TOP-level players with the set of qualities I mentioned who are also left-footed.

Guardiol? It is unlikely that he is available. And recently he has played more often in the left-back position.

Hincapie. Can play LB too.

Won't be cheap though.

 

[jamrock]

Alves Maldini Nesta Cole

We are all still clinching at the end today.

We just need our strikers to score 4-5 goals most big games and we'll be fine.

 

[KingLeo10]

Alves Maldini Nesta Cole

We are all still clinching at the end today.

We just need our strikers to score 4-5 goals most big games and we'll be fine.

Would be funny seeing that backline run ragged when Flick has set in the upper 3rd of the pitch

Would be the ultimate test of their mettle.

 

[serghei]

I see De Vrij is running out of contract in the summer.