Bluearmyfox28

- Sergio Reguilon (permanent, 6 months left on contract) - Right back (loan, has anyone got any realistic suggestions here) - Centre back (loan or permanent, Maguire a potential option with his contract expiring but depends on wages) - Winger (Loan or permanent, has anyone got any realistic suggestions here)

Where have you pulled that one from then? Quick recovery’s are seen as around 6-9 months for an ACL injury! Late Feb would make it around 4 months no? Never happening.

Realistically the starting 11 needs at least a left wing back, centre back, right back, winger and a striker (if Daka doesn’t impress). So 4/5 potential signings are needed to improve the current side. I’m not a fan of utilising the loan market but for the amount we need, we have to use it this January. How many loans can we register in a match day squad? Is it 2?

Right winger. right back. Attacking left wing back. Personally I think the centre backs will be okay until the summer. Sadly, struggling to see where Ricardo fits in now days, just unreliable from an injury perspective.

Praying there is a god and they approve option 1.

I think regardless of whether Rudkin keeps his job or not, with Enzo and RVN speaking in depth about the club (pro’s and con’s) I would imagine Enzo mentioned the need for the board level to expanded and for some reason I feel RVN will be backing that point. Rudkin can take a salary as far as I care as long as his roles are delegated to the correct people and his involvement is just a yes man to Top.

Draw would be a very good result here, very unlikely however with Bounanotte unavailable as well as Bilal potentially after coming off last night.

Agree completely, however, I think Mads passing range is much better than Kasper’s.

To be fair I think your being slightly harsh on Kelleher he’s kept them in multiple games this season and his shot stopping is absolutely class.

We quoted £40m whilst he had never played a game in the premier league, he’s now proving that he is one of the best goalkeepers in the premier league. The current transfer record for a goalkeeper is £71m for Kepa to Chelsea, whilst I don’t think that’ll be happening he’s easily a £50/£60m player which would make him the second highest transfer fee for a goalkeeper. I think Enzo will come calling for him in the summer.

If we can work with Mads to make him more confident in claiming the ball when crosses come in rather than attempting to punch everything, then I genuinely think he’s a top 3 goalkeeper in this league. With regards to eventually replacing Mads when that day comes, it’ll be interesting what happens with Liverpool’s goalkeeper situation they currently having 3 No.1’s in Alisson, Kelleher and Mamardashvili…. I would be looking at the latter of the two to replace Mads as I can’t see him staying after this season, let’s just hope we have him for the full season. I would imagine Ramsdale has a relegation clause too so if Southampton go down and we stay up there’s another potential option.

I think despite their goal both teams knew the game was done after Daka’s goal, game got very sloppy in extra time. 9 minutes added on was ridiculous.

Agreed, I do get annoyed at times with him in the build up though, multiple times last night he could have opened up his body and played it out to Kristensen who had so much space but instead he played it back inside which might be a system thing. I had similar annoyance with Jonny Evans who appeared to refuse to pass to his left back

Honestly McAteer really reminds me of a similar profile to Albrighton. He lacks in a lot of areas but makes up for it with his work rate and determination. I honestly think McAteer set the tempo of the press multiple times last night especially in the first 10 minutes of the game. I do believe his best position is as a wingback in a 5 where he can graft back and forth.

No shot. Against teams where we have more possession RVN will love having him as an option to retain the ball. Similar to Veerman at PSV. If any of the options will be on their way out it’ll be Hamza on loan.

Always disliked Wout for the simple reason of he always appears to highlight his centre back partners downfalls when they make a mistake. The amount of times I’ve seen him get on a players back rather than encourage them is insane. Sign of a poor teammate who thinks he’s better than the rest.

Don’t worry he did the face mask.

I listened to Ruud’s interview on Amazon when I got home from the game and commented on this to a degree, basically saying strikers naturally go to cut inside, but he thinks it’s wrong because it closes the angle and you should go for it instead. Good little insight to what he’ll be educating the forwards. Im going to be honest I think he actually missed his touch to cut inside and quickly reacted to smash it home

May be a hot take but I actually think his principle he had in mind with the wingback pushing forward and the winger tucking in, is a good system and if done correctly can be a nightmare. Problem is Cooper doesn’t have the ability to implement/coach that style effectively. The constant chopping and changing of formations and personnel on a weekly basis was his biggest downfall. Ruined everyone’s confidence.

He was quoting when Man U played Chelsea, he was referencing Enzo mentioning his time with us when they met after the game. Appeared to be more Enzo speaking of his experience here rather than RVN approaching him about it. Interestingly he called Enzo “A good friend”.

For people getting confused by the 3 box 3, just view it as 3-2-4-1 on the ball and 4-4-2 whilst defending

Good picture for others that don’t understand. Either the 8 or 10 numbered from the picture will be one of the wingers drifting inside, with the wingback filling that space left by the winger. I think on the limited time RVN has had he will watch footage from Enzo’s side to see who plays what roles well. Personally I think we will look as follows: GK - Mads LB/LCB - Faes/VK (Faes preferred on the left over Okoli as he’s better on the ball in tighter spaces than Okoli when playing more as a left back whilst defending. Hopefully VK plays the role but we all know the issues that brought up last year) CB - Vesty RCB - Okoli/Faes RB - JJ (Playing as a wingback to accommodate Buonanotte drifting inside rather than Kristensen on the left, McAteer may be an option here short-medium term) CDM - Skipp (Winks out) CDM - Ndidi RW - Buonanotte (Drifting inside from the right to create another CAM) CAM - Ayew/Bilal (Would prefer Bilal here show some confidence in him and his confidence will improve in return) LW - Mavididi (Holiding the width on the left to create 1 vs 1 scenarios as well as making diagonal runs in behind) ST - Vardy (Get Vards back at what he does best run in behind into channels, stretch the back line and make them drop deeper creating space for the CAM’s. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Ayew here tho dependent on what build up play RVN wants from his striker.

Could Buonanotte’s age mean he doesn’t need to be registered in the squad therefore loan rules don’t apply?

Probably too late to say this but only just seen it... please please please for anyone associated or given an opportunity to voice an opinion, choose option 1!!!