18 Nov 2025 17:18:18
Ed I see your comments on you would prefer a Xabi type midfielder to be brought in. Would you not like to see us move for Wharton? Has similar attributes for me and also HG, prem experience and very young. I think he’d be an excellent signing.
{Ed001's Note - he is nothing like Xabi, he is not a defensive midfielder at all and has none of the positional sense. He can pass but, nowhere near an Alonso level. He is a better version of Mac Allister, so yes I would like him, but not to play an Alonso-type role.}
18 Nov 2025 18:19:03
Who would you like to see brought in ed?
{Ed001's Note - there isn't really anyone of the quality required for that role that I know of, but I would rather move for a Baleba/Ederson type anyway, even though Slot doesn't favour that type. We need the bite and mobility to allow Wirtz freedom to play.}
18 Nov 2025 18:53:03
I agree, Pavlovic looks decent but I would imagine very unlikely.
18 Nov 2025 20:37:46
I find it baffling that Slot doesn't want to play with a Baleba type. Quite honestly i'm not sure how he wants us to play.
18 Nov 2025 21:49:03
Maybe he wants us to play the way we won the PL last season.
19 Nov 2025 09:04:16
Rome1977!, well clearly we are not playing that way now, are we? Which is the actual problem, btw.
19 Nov 2025 12:56:57
Ed indeed, people think Wharton is a DM and I have no idea why esp. since Will Hughes and/ or Jefferson Lerma often play DM or in a pivot with Wharton. It's strange.