cityfanlee23

Very strong window from rudKING. Well played, back to the blueprint please. Jordan James is especially good business if indeed we have a 5m agreement written in stone as an option.

Great window, well done LCFC and well done RudKING. A step in the right direction and hopefully a return to the blueprint that made us one of the best run clubs in world football.

This. I hope we haven't made basic errors and not got Jordan James over the line because that would have been a fantastic deal, but even if we haven't got them over the line, I think overall we've taken a big step in the right direction this window.

Rob Dorsett worded it as an obligation

All in all he's clearly forced his way out, doesn't want to be here. £30m deal (roughly?) is fair for both sides, he really isn't as good as most make him out to be in the English leagues, will probably do better in Germany i'd expect. If even 10% of a player at this club wants to leave they need to go. 110% committed to the badge and the club or go.

Has an obligation to buy though, afaik it doesnt include any way to get out of signing him.

I read your comment and thought what on earth is this guy on about?!? Then I read my own comment back and realised 🤣 Not a clue why or how I wrote that

Yep I’ve been quite miffed by the Soumare/winks combo and I was ready to scream today but both had relatively good games despite not really being in the game in the first half defensively. He seems to be recognising his mistakes by dropping the high line, it just feels like this squad is massively unbalanced atm in terms of having the personnel to play the style well. We really need Rudkin to pull off a masterclass and bring in the players you’ve mentioned and we could come good. Marti showing huge faith in the youth too which is something we’ve needed for a long time. Marti seems to “get it” so far.

We are definitely still in a mess because of the poor running of the club over the last 5 years, but JR isn’t going anywhere, so let’s just hope and pray he’s learned from all of this and from the way the fans are reacting to him. He needs to be better, so much better when dealing with players contracts and whatever his role is regarding actually bringing players to the club he needs to properly recognise a good deal and a bad one. This window has been a step in the right direction moving on some earners, if he can secure 30-35m (with a big chunk upfront) for Bilal, then bring in a striker and a midfielder along the lines of Ivanovic or someone in that mold we could sit back and genuinely say he’s done a decent job this summer. At the end of the day if he can get a couple of decent players in and he continues to move on the dead wood and we go back to the blueprint that made us so great, there will come a point where we can all move on and forgive and forget the mess that we have been through, although his record will always have a massive stain on it for blowing such a huge opportunity over the last 5 years to continue to grow the club and instead regressing it. He really doesn’t have any more chances left with the fans so he really needs to finish this window strong.

Yeah

It feels like Wout might be here so long he ends up retiring at 38 and becoming manager.

Personally I know i'm probably in a minority here, but whilst i understand the comparisons to Dibling, I genuinely think Diblings ceiling is far higher than Bilal, maybe not statistically but just from what i've seen of both players. I think £40m is too high for Dibling, but i'd pay more for him than BEK for sure. Imo he looks like a serious prospect and under Moyes he will improve massively, I think he will end up at an elite club.

He’s got a lot of potential but I don’t think he’s worth £30m at the moment based solely on his own performances. Sure you can argue that based on other players fees we could demand that, but what has he actually done that’s worth £30m? Hes gone missing in just as many games as he’s turned up and put in a half decent performance, and the amount of performances where he really excelled are few and far between. I agree we can all see his potential, but thousands of players never live up to their potential and end up bang average players compared to what was expected of them. Hes better than the championship, but if Leicester were on the other end of this deal paying £35m for him, most here would not really be that happy I’d imagine. If we get £35m for him I’d applaud Rudkin as that would be decent business. The pool of players that he’s currently in isn’t exactly tiny. Hope he stays and I think his options will be far stronger if he leaves after dominating the championship for a year, but if his head isn’t fully in it then get rid and bring someone in who is.

£10m is a fair fee, but he was NOT the issue. I'd much rather have him at LB than Thomas or Kristiansen, his pace can make up for the gaping hole we have on the left hand side every time we press the right side of the pitch. Best of luck Justin, heavily criticised during that torrid run where he was making multiple errors under Cooper, but he kept professional and by the end of the season was one of our better players. Works hard and always played for the badge.

I'd still offer Chancel Mbemba a 1 year deal with an extension for promotion. Guy is absolutely miles clear of what we have.

Justin can play Left Back and he's a better player than Thomas. Thomas and Vestergaard individually are good enough for this division, but together they leave us massively vulnerable to long diagonal through balls, the exact issue Marsch has in his tactical system. We NEED pace in both full back positions if this system is ever going to work, so selling Justin seems stupid. Would much rather sell Thomas first even though I like him as a player, looks like we are stuck with Kristiansen for another season so I don't really see this as a good sale unless we can replace him. Since christmas JJ has been a very steady player.

Massively average, club is a mess, squad is a mess, squad selections are a mess, Marti needs to make better decisions, we had a better squad and played awfully, again. Sign Brownhill, bring in Kroupi on loan, sign a proper CDM destroyer and then let either Winks or Bouba go.

At this point I'd snap your hand off to sign Brownhill.

Fantastic strike.

Honestly, just head straight for the spirits

We said this after the opening game and yet it’s still happening, and it will happen next match, and the match after. You can see a mile away that he’s going to be another stubborn manager that refuses to fix really basic issues in the system. He can have all the slack in the world when he stops making these decisions.

It is, but he’s actively picking players that cause problems to his system. So far he’s made the same mistake every game that has left us open at the back, he triggers a press that pushes our entire team onto one side of the pitch, leaving a massive gaping hole on one side often Luke Thomas and Vestergaard. One simple diagonal ball across and we are opened up with ease. He’s made this same mistake in every game so far, and the wild thing is, this isn’t some new flaw in the system that has been exposed, it’s the exact reason Jesse Marsch’ Leeds team were opened up so easily, we have videos from 2 years ago on YouTube explaining this flaw, and Marti is making the same mistake by picking 2 defenders in Luke Thomas and Vestergaard who expose that. Then picks Soumare and Skipp every match. Nobody is forcing him to make these very basic mistakes that me and other armchair fans can spot a mile away. He can’t be blamed for what he inherited but he absolutely should be criticised for the poor decisions he’s repeatedly making so early on.

Cash in if he doesn’t want to be here. Another player with a big ceiling but often fell massively short when we needed him last season. Will probably thrive at a well run club like palace so best of luck to him.

Justin is better than Thomas, and Choudhury has been a better player so far than Thomas also so he can easily cover RB. Nobody is forcing him to play Vestergaard who is completely caught out on the counter pretty much every single time, atleast under Enzo we controlled the ball slowly which led to less chances of being hit on the break, Marti-Ball is a far more offensive system so we cannot be making these mistakes of playing Vestergaard. Faes or Nelson should be there, regardless of how badly Nelson played he is the priority going forward. The issue here is I'm concerned your initial comment will come true in a literal sense, that nothing will change unless Marti gets his players in, that includes Marti playing this system. If he continues to try to play LT/JV as a left side of our defence we are going to finish mid table.

Agree he needs to bring players in, but nobody is forcing him to play Vestergaard, and Thomas is not a very strong left sided partner for him if we are going to play this brand of football. He won't have many chances with the fans if he continues to play this style and has Vestergaard in no mans land 5x per match. Early days.