It’s goin’ down, I’m yelling timber
- Thread starter Brizzle
- Start date
- Latest activity Latest activity:
- Status
The sources or Timber?
Never knew Wesley and Meije were even sources until few hours ago, I’m gonna go sleep now and if he’s not signed in the morning then I’m making a mental note never to listen to either of them again.
No, his height.
Martinez has done reasonably well at Utd despite being Hobbit sized.
That flexibility might be the key - I wonder if he might be earmarked to play as a DM rotating with Fabs, better cover at RB for Trent than Ramsey and the option of slotting in at a RCB if we did go more rigid 3 at the back.
He’d be like a young Milner able to slot in just about anywhere - although that usually means he doesn’t excel at any one position.
When @rurikbird first mentioned him a few weeks back I replied by asking, "why isn't he playing in MF?"
He drifts to the centre so often.
His contract apparently ends in 2025. Ajax are 3rd, 5 pts behind PSV with 2 games left so will probably miss out on CL qualification, thus chances of them letting him leave will be higher?
If Matip leaves, it'd be nice to have a new ball-carrying defender to replace him. Timber looks fantastic on the ball, and he has pace.
I don't think he can ever play in a 2-man CB at 5'10, but if we're going ahead with this hybrid system with 3 at the back, he'd do quite well at either RCB or LCB.
It seems to me that we're not really targeting an out and out DM, but will try to recruit two all-round midfielders and one pacy, aggressive CB to cover behind.
This only works if we trust that Fabinho will be good enough at that DM position in a double-pivot system.
It's a gamble because the days of single-pivot Fabinho are certainly gone, if we've learnt anything this season.
I don't think he can ever play in a 2-man CB at 5'10, but if we're going ahead with this hybrid system with 3 at the back, he'd do quite well at either RCB or LCB.
It seems to me that we're not really targeting an out and out DM, but will try to recruit two all-round midfielders and one pacy, aggressive CB to cover behind.
This only works if we trust that Fabinho will be good enough at that DM position in a double-pivot system.
It's a gamble because the days of single-pivot Fabinho are certainly gone, if we've learnt anything this season.
You mean double-pivot next to Trent, right? I still cannot decide if the current Trent+Fabinho pairing works. To be fair, against Leicester Fabinho produced probably his best performance of the season – maybe he's starting to get used to playing in this new system.
Yeah, he's clearly great on the ball, but a) I don't want my CB's doing Cruyff turns when if they get hijacked on the ball it's gifting a great chance to the oppo and b) in the world of CBs, a good big'un is definitely better than a good little'un.
So me too. CB in an absolute crisis, but otherwise DM or RB when needed.
So me too. CB in an absolute crisis, but otherwise DM or RB when needed.
It does makes sense. We're never going to afford 2 top class players in every position. So having top class players that can play in 2 or more positions is the only way we can compete with City
You’d like to think so but Ajax are pretty much known as a selling club anyway…they’ll sell for the right price.
That's because he IS way shorter than VVD.
I'd be more worried if he were way shorter than Gomez.
He's about 10 cm shorter than Gomez
- Status
Similar threads
-
- Locked
