25 Jun 2025 09:54:18
Ed’s what’s your gut saying of our LB situation come September 1st.
{Ed001's Note - my gut is saying 'eat more fibre'. I think that is saying we will have Kerkez and Tsimikas as our left-back duo going into the season. I really can't see Tsimi leaving, though the club would like to move him on.}
25 Jun 2025 10:17:26
Indeed, Ed lol. Fibre is the way to go and yes, I don't see Tsimikas leaving cos I think he himself said he is happy to stay.
Say regarding the last podcast a day or two ago, was that you in the flesh on the top right corner of the youtube stream?
Or was that AI-generated, lol?
{Ed001's Note - AI could never make anything that gruesome. Oh wait you said the top right? Sorry I thought you were talking about Seamus! Yes mate, that was me, trying hard to find an angle that hid the extra chins....}
25 Jun 2025 10:28:57
Ed001 where do I go to find the podcasts? Sure it's me being thick but can't seem to find them.
{Ed001's Note - youtube - Football-rumours youtube channel or this last one, as it is all about Frimpong, I embedded within the player profile of Frimpong as well.}
25 Jun 2025 10:42:37
So do you think that Robbo will go to Athletico Ed?
{Ed001's Note - yes.}
25 Jun 2025 10:59:23
Don’t see Beck or Chambers having any chance?
{Ed001's Note - Beck will go on loan I expect. Chambers is recovering from injury, I seem to remember it would rule him out of preseason.}
25 Jun 2025 11:03:23
Would rather Tsimi left. He’s average and on 75k a week, plus we have two young left backs to try out.
{Ed001's Note - 3, you have forgotten Scanlon.}
25 Jun 2025 11:14:07
Good point Ed001. Even more backup.
25 Jun 2025 11:43:12
Tsimikas is underrated as a reserve left back. Never really let's us down, his corners are amazing, helped win us 2 carabao cups, played enough games last season to be integral in us winning the league, happy to be a number 2 and looks like he is a positive influence around the club. Can’t remember any other better number 2 at left back we’ve had before. I’d keep him if he’s not blocking a Bradley quality player from coming through.
25 Jun 2025 12:02:27
Tsimikas does not get any respect on this page. Can anybody here name a better reserve left back in the league?
{Ed077's Note - Maatsen?
25 Jun 2025 12:23:15
I like Maatsen, Ed077 even since his Dortmund days even tho, he is not the best defensively, where Tsimikas actually excels compare to him, IMO.
Ed01, so that is what you REALLY look like in the flesh? Nice one, man. I'll put it on full screen to judge if you look that good looking in 4k, lol.
And Seamus does look good, as well. Now I can put a face on the comments you make on this forum going forward. Awesome Sauce!
{Ed001's Note - you would be better on lower quality, the blurrier the picture, the better I will look.}
25 Jun 2025 12:59:21
PB, Tsimikas is fine as a back up. The issue the last 2 years has been Robbo wasn’t good enough to start at times and also missed a few games with that shoulder injury. It put responsibility onto Tsimikas to start a lot of games and his weaknesses were exposed. If Kerkez comes in he is young and ultra fit. He played all 38 games last season. That will hopefully allow Tsimikas to resume his role as a domestic cup rotation option or a late substitute if needed. People loved him when he was just a back up, but he wasn’t good enough to phase out a declining Robbo and that was the issue in my opinion that probably led to people forgetting that he wasn’t never signed to play regularly in important PL and CL games. As a back up, he’s as good as you will get. Top class players don’t often move to play second fiddle and left backs are currently few and far between; so it’s one of the harder positions in the current football market to recruit a good back up, as they know they can go and start elsewhere. Maatsen being the best Ed077 could come up with is proof you don’t get a good LB nowadays to sit on the bench.
{Ed001's Note - Maatsen the Villa left back? If so, he is very good.}
25 Jun 2025 15:26:26
I like him a lot, Ed01 since his days at Dortmund even tho, he is not as defensively sound as I would like BUT that is mainly due to the way Villa play which is on the front foot.