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Summer Transfer Window 2023
For all this talk of Amrabat, he played in a team that was second only to Napoli in terms of possession stats this season; he would face a completely different task in a team that often has less than 40% possession.
But he would fit the bill of Moyes desire to play a more possession based game. -
Moyes In or Moyes Out
A striker is a striker is a striker. Give them the opportunities and they will score a good proportion of them. I doubt you get to be Italy’s striker but be unable to play in the PL. He’s been unfortunate with illness and injuries.
He’s a different type of player to Antonio, the main difference is he’s a footballer and I’d trust him far more on one to ones than Antonio.
Antonio is ideal for games where we need a battering ram. -
Fiorentina Wednesday 7th June 8pm BT Sports ECL Final
I get goosebumps when I watch that clip. -
Congratulations Pablo Fornals
I love Fornals. What a week for him -
Congratulations Pablo Fornals
Our little man is getting married today, so I thought a stand alone thread was justified for us all to pass on our good wishes.
Wishing you, your wife and your family the very best of health and happiness for years to come.
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Summer Transfer Window 2023
I think I agree with the idea of replacing Rice’s attributes in a couple of signings. We need a dynamic box to box player & a ball-winning player, both of them need to be tidy at passing. -
Moyes In or Moyes Out
Antonio is ideal for games where we need a battering ram.
I agree, but this is where things need to change slightly. To me, a battering ram is a last resort, and shouldn't be the default plan. Particularly when your battering ram is 34! -
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I don’t buy that Scamacca isn’t a good striker. He doesn’t suit a style of play that requires him to run the channels, ie Antonio’s game. I think he’s quality, and I think the period of time before Paqueta’s injury showed that they can have a very fruitful partnership. I want him to be the main man next year, personally.
Areola; Coufal Zouma Aguerd Emerson; ?? - ??; Bowen Paqueta ??; Scamacca
If those ?? are filled in correctly, I think we could have another great year. I read yesterday that we’re apparently interested in Harvey Barnes, James Ward-Prowse, Joao Palinha and Edson Alvarez with the Rice money. If those signings came off I think we’re in a very strong position. -
Moyes In or Moyes Out
Yeah, I accept that not every signing will work. It's just that we waited so long for a striker, and all the noise from Moyes was that we were waiting to find the right one that would be as good as, or better than, Antonio - a delay that arguably cost us league places - only to sign a striker that 'isn't really good' or not PL standard.
I would have hoped that after 18 months of searching for Haller's replacement, we'd have made sure that whoever came in was good enough for the league, and was well suited to Moyes' tactics. -
Moyes In or Moyes Out
Got to question why we dropped £35m on him then.
Seems like he was either a very expensive punt; did we fail to do the due diligence before signing off on the deal?
As mentioned before, whichever way you look at it Moyes is arguably at fault. If Scamacca's not a good striker, but Moyes has still agreed to the deal, then his judgement is in question. If Scamacca is a really good striker, then Moyes has failed to get the best out of him.
Injuries obviously haven't helped, but if it's true that he's going in the summer, then it's another example (alongside Vlasic) of Moyes - and/or the club as a whole - not really doing enough research into the players we sign, IMO.
We know from previous managers that Sullivan has, in the past, just bought players without the manager's knowledge or consent, but Moyes has stated that he has the final say on who comes in so taken at face value, he's responsible for Vlasic and Scamacca coming in for a combined £65m.
I think we've seen in flashes that Scamacca is a good footballer. I think he has very good technique and can finish really well, but maybe he's just not suited to either the PL, or Moyes' tactics.
