Last season, we slipped out of the top 6 and back below Palace.
This has obviously sharpened minds at the club. A new medical team has been imposed in an effort to sort the injuries problem out along with a new management and coaching set-up in the hope that sulking and moaning is eradicated.
In terms of playing staff, we now have some incredibly exciting options as cover for March and Mitoma on the wings. We won’t be caught short again in these areas.
However, it’s the midfield that is undergoing a complete transformation. Gone or going are Potter and RDZ picks. They seem to be being replaced by players who will fit into the sort of Hürzeler formations we saw at St Pauli. Goal scorers, passers and powerful units.
Confirmed outs
Lallana - Southampton, Free
Alzate - Free
Rumoured outs
Gilmour - Napoli - £8m - £12m
Groß - Dortmund - £6m - £8m
Moder - Leicester - £10m px
Dahoud -
?
Confirmed ins
Wieffer - Feyenoord - £25m
Yalcouye - IFK Göteborg - £6m
Rumoured ins
Gomez - Inter Miami - £12m
Gruda - Mainz05 £18m - £40m
Probable Continuing midfielders
Milner
Hinshelwood
Baleba
Enciso
Buonanotte
I believe it’s this position that could make or break our season. A midfield of ‘Great Grosses’ will surely see us back into the top 10, maybe with a sniff of Europe. But if we end up with a load of ‘duff Dahouds’ we’ll surely struggle to hit 11th again.
Thoughts?
This has obviously sharpened minds at the club. A new medical team has been imposed in an effort to sort the injuries problem out along with a new management and coaching set-up in the hope that sulking and moaning is eradicated.
In terms of playing staff, we now have some incredibly exciting options as cover for March and Mitoma on the wings. We won’t be caught short again in these areas.
However, it’s the midfield that is undergoing a complete transformation. Gone or going are Potter and RDZ picks. They seem to be being replaced by players who will fit into the sort of Hürzeler formations we saw at St Pauli. Goal scorers, passers and powerful units.
Confirmed outs
Lallana - Southampton, Free
Alzate - Free
Rumoured outs
Gilmour - Napoli - £8m - £12m
Groß - Dortmund - £6m - £8m
Moder - Leicester - £10m px
Dahoud -
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Confirmed ins
Wieffer - Feyenoord - £25m
Yalcouye - IFK Göteborg - £6m
Rumoured ins
Gomez - Inter Miami - £12m
Gruda - Mainz05 £18m - £40m
Probable Continuing midfielders
Milner
Hinshelwood
Baleba
Enciso
Buonanotte
I believe it’s this position that could make or break our season. A midfield of ‘Great Grosses’ will surely see us back into the top 10, maybe with a sniff of Europe. But if we end up with a load of ‘duff Dahouds’ we’ll surely struggle to hit 11th again.
Thoughts?
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