02 Nov 2026 15:12:40
Just seen that Yasin Ayari is out of contract next summer. Surely at 23 a player we should be looking at to replace Macca.
02 Nov 2026 15:38:05
Good player but would rather we sign for the system from now on. We need passers.
02 Nov 2026 17:14:21
Get him on a free.
02 Nov 2026 17:36:20
OP you won't believe this but I have been a huge fan of Ayari for the past couple of years. I think he will be good for us in that CM because he has the technical, passing and goal scoring ability that we need.
02 Nov 2026 17:39:52
we have the ammunition (Isak, hopefully to be Hugo, Danns? also), we just need someone to load the gun?
02 Nov 2026 18:36:32
Good player on a free. FPF are Macca and Nyoni not good passers through the lines? Seems our forwards get plenty of the ball. Its what they're doing with it when the get it that's the problem.
02 Nov 2026 20:06:09
FM, Nyoni is an excellent passer and will get better.
Macca is ok but I wouldn't call him a good passer per se. He's solid and better than Szobo and Grav on that.
We need a couple more, whether at fullback or in midfield.
02 Nov 2026 21:26:51
Whartons the best at what your looking for but apparently he would be incapable of taking aboard what Andoni would want from him.
02 Nov 2026 23:00:10
Flo, Wharton is not mobile enuff to play that role. Macca (who isn't mobile himself) is a better passer from deep and in the final third as well but what he does is that for this season, at least, he is very experienced and tries to ancticipate and intercept passes to make up for his lack of mobility.
What we need is a passer who has some defensive nous and mobility about him and Wharton simply ain't that, imo.
03 Nov 2026 06:22:54
Wharton is the best progressive passer in the league. However his running style is incredibly flat footed which means he has very poor acceleration both going forward and back. He is good positionally but that doesn't make up for his flat footededness unfortunately.
{Ed001's Note - I really don't see how he is the best progressive passer or even a good progressive passer any more. He was when he joined them, but not any more. He had ample opportunity to play progressive passes in their last match, despite them being down to ten, Spuds gave their players acres of space to play in every time they got hold of it, but he continuously gave the ball away or played it backwards. He has regressed to a shocking degree during his time under Glasner.}
03 Nov 2026 10:17:56
Glad you said that Ed as I've never been keen on us moving for him so fingers crossed we've moved on from him now!