sphericalfox Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 (edited) I am absolutely undisputably certain about Roberts' capabilities and have formed an opinion that I will share once I have seen 15mins of his debut in one of our preseason friendlies. I will be wearing the appropriate footwear, however, should I need them. Edited 9 July 2018 by sphericalfox 1
Ted Maul Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 Worth a go at £10m but I'd be concerned if he's the only player we bring in to replace Mahrez. Him and another top level winger who can come in and hit the ground running and I'd be pretty satisfied. We're going to have a lot of potential in wide positions, but nobody at the level we need at this stage.
Dr The Singh Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 1 hour ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: I think that could get you banned. He’s either shit or quality. You have to make your choice now. I've made my choice, I think he is a quality shit! 1 1
MC Prussian Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 (edited) We could potentially be at the better end of this deal. £50m (allegedly) for Mahrez plus a young talent in the shape of Roberts, a promise for the future. I suppose with add-ons, we're likely to get even more money in with time, once certain criteria are met. At the moment, I have my doubts whether Mahrez will be able to replicate his scintillating form with us for Manchester City, loads more competition for places up there. And he's getting nearer the critical age of 30. And Roberts could turn out the real deal on the right wing - I think he's equally talented as a central attacking midfielder, so could push Maddison to some extent (healthy competition and all). Plus, he's English. Imagine having homegrown players like Vardy, Chilwell, Maguire, Maddison, Roberts in your starting XI. Edited 9 July 2018 by MC Prussian 2
FoxinNotts Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: We could potentially be at the better end of this deal. £50m (allegedly) for Mahrez plus a young talent in the shape of Roberts, a promise for the future. I suppose with add-ons, we're likely to get even more money in with time, once certain criteria are met. At the moment, I have my doubts whether Mahrez will be able to replicate his scintillating form with us for Manchester City, loads more competition for places up there. And he's getting nearer the critical age of 30. And Roberts could turn out the real deal on the right wing - I think he's equally talented as a central attacking midfielder, so could push Maddison to some extent (healthy competition and all). Plus, he's English. Imagine having homegrown players like Vardy, Chilwell, Maguire, Maddison, Roberts in your starting XI. Could have some good English and young talent in Puel’s usual 4-2-3-1: Schmeichel Pereira Maguire Evans Chillwell Silva Ndidi/Choudhury Roberts Maddison Gray Vardy Edited 9 July 2018 by FoxinNotts 2
OhYesNdidi Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 4 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: Could have some good English talent in Puel’s usual 4-2-3-1: Schmeichel Pereira Maguire Evans Chillwell Silva Ndidi Roberts Maddison Gray Vardy Swap Gray for Diabate
FoxinNotts Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 1 minute ago, OhYesNdidi said: Swap Gray for Diabate Yeah maybe, but my point was the young English players that could but accommodated
mozartfox Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 24 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: Could have some good English and young talent in Puel’s usual 4-2-3-1: Schmeichel Pereira Maguire Evans Chillwell Silva Ndidi/Choudhury Roberts Maddison Gray Vardy Wot no Wes?? You do know he picks the Team, or did.
Foxxed Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 Does Pep want Mahrez enough to ship off a young English international? Seems to good to be true. Would love it though.
La-li-lu-le-lo Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 1 hour ago, FoxinNotts said: Could have some good English and young talent in Puel’s usual 4-2-3-1: Schmeichel Pereira Maguire Evans Chillwell Silva Ndidi/Choudhury Roberts Maddison Gray Vardy Not going to lie I would be terrified if we lined up against United like that ? 1
BKLFox Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 5 minutes ago, La-li-lu-le-lo said: Not going to lie I would be terrified if we lined up against United like that ? But barring Roberts & Gray is that not the nucleus of the team for the season? Who in current squad would you have in & who do you believe we should be looking at as other options? If Mahrez was there instead of Roberts would you still be terrified? i think your in for a long hard season my friend ?
AlloverthefloorYesNdidi Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 14 minutes ago, La-li-lu-le-lo said: Not going to lie I would be terrified if we lined up against United like that ? I know what you mean, but maybe with Pereira instead of Simpson the fear of having no width would be reduced. Having 2 attacking fullbacks would change the dynamic enough that maybe such a systém with such players would be effective for us now
kingfox Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 1 hour ago, FoxinNotts said: Could have some good English and young talent in Puel’s usual 4-2-3-1: Schmeichel Pereira Maguire Evans Chillwell Silva Ndidi/Choudhury Roberts Maddison Gray Vardy That team would probably end up in a relegation scrap.
FoxinNotts Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 5 minutes ago, kingfox said: That team would probably end up in a relegation scrap. Yeah maybe. You’d better get used to it though, as let’s face it, it ain’t gonna be much different to that, is it?
Beechey Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 2 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: Yeah maybe. You’d better get used to it though, as let’s face it, it ain’t gonna be much different to that, is it? I'd much rather we play a front 2 of Vardy and Iheanacho with Maddison in behind them.
ARM1968 Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 Whatever team we put out our pashun will see us through. Puel fist pumping and jumping around in the technical area
kingfox Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 6 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: Yeah maybe. You’d better get used to it though, as let’s face it, it ain’t gonna be much different to that, is it? Too much inexperience, relying on the likes of Chilwell, Roberts, Gray and Diabate week in week out will probably bite us in the ass.
lgfualol Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 Not that keen on this but it could work out. Bit like selling Vardy and bringing in tammy abraham as a replacement
jamfox Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 1 minute ago, ARM1968 said: Never win anything with kids. It's coming home
Guest Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 1 hour ago, kingfox said: That team would probably end up in a relegation scrap. No. it wouldn't.
The_77 Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 2 hours ago, lgfualol said: Not that keen on this but it could work out. Bit like selling Vardy and bringing in tammy abraham as a replacement Perhaps, but I don’t think we can look at any of this summer’s transfers in those terms. There are few players out there who are at Mahrez’s level, and even fewer who would give up Champions League football to come here. We’re certainly going to take a hit in Mahrez’s spot but we just have to hope that we can make up the difference with enough quality in that position plus upgrades elsewhere on the pitch (Evans, Maddison and others). There's also a financial upside to buying young players that could protect the club in case things go haywire while we’re investing in an expensive new training facility and looking into expanding the stadium.
RowlattsFox Posted 9 July 2018 Posted 9 July 2018 It seems we are relying on our young players fulfilling their potential. Its exciting but also a little risky. I guess we still have the likes of Albrighton and Okazaki around if we want to go all old-school again.
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