Dahnsouff Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 Fancy Brendan has more than one tactical plan in his mind, judging by this signing, unless he views Perez as competition for Maddison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 2 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Fancy Brendan has more than one tactical plan in his mind, judging by this signing, unless he views Perez as competition for Maddison? As mentioned I think Perez will be our flexible friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ClaphamFox Posted 3 July 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 3 July 2019 3 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Fancy Brendan has more than one tactical plan in his mind, judging by this signing, unless he views Perez as competition for Maddison? More than one tactical plan? Well la-di-da. Fancy Brendan indeed! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 (edited) Thought his assists were underwhelming (2 last season) but then I realised he was playing for ****ing Newcastle. Edited 3 July 2019 by urban.spaceman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 1 hour ago, weller54 said: When Rachel retires from Countdown I think you should apply.. Clearly Maths is your strong point ?...? Well, she’ll at least be on maternity leave for a while soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car1os Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 Sorry if already posted but he’s scored 48 goals in 195 appearances for Newcastle... not a bad rate, although some of these will have been in the Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Papasmurf said: Decent player but absolutely no idea where he fits into our starting 11. A wide player he most certainly isn't. If he plays at 10 does that mean Madison isn't in the side? We've seen spending a fortune on forwards and not playing them in their natural positions doesn't work with Slim and Musa. You watch Newcastle or even just his highlights posted in this thread and you can see he's all over the shop and actually seems to start from wide more often than he doesn't. He's not a touch the byline and whip a cross in player, he's going to be more than comfortable in the wider / inside forward role cutting in. Edited 3 July 2019 by Babylon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 Brendan did play with a diamond a lot when Liverpool finished 2nd under him. He might be lining something up like; Vardy Perez Maddison Tielemans Choudhury Ndidi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 3 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Brendan did play with a diamond a lot when Liverpool finished 2nd under him. He might be lining something up like; Vardy Perez Maddison Tielemans Choudhury Ndidi Yummy. Ben and Ricky flying up and down the wings. Would imagine Perez would be slightly withdrawn, but looks 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 10 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Brendan did play with a diamond a lot when Liverpool finished 2nd under him. He might be lining something up like; Vardy Perez Maddison Tielemans Choudhury Ndidi Or the same formation but Barnes behind Vardy and Perez and Maddison alongside Tielemans with Ndidi or Choudhury running the door. It's pure sauce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 This signing reminds me of West Ham getting Arnautovic, just Perez seems slightly less erratic and more trustworthy. He will do well under Rodgers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUHILL Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 5 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Brendan did play with a diamond a lot when Liverpool finished 2nd under him. He might be lining something up like; Vardy Perez Maddison Tielemans Choudhury Ndidi Or... ------------------------Vardy------------------------ ---Barnes--Maddison--Tielemans---Perez--- ------------------------N'didi------------------------ Either way, this is why I can't see us going after a £30-50m winger as well. Already got Gray and Albrighton not getting into this formation. With Chilwell and Ricardo loving to bomb forward and overlap, I think that gives us the width too in either formation. Barnes, Gray and Albrighton will be limited to very few games if we do sign another winger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcsnow Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 49 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Or the same formation but Barnes behind Vardy and Perez and Maddison alongside Tielemans with Ndidi or Choudhury running the door. It's pure sauce. I'm not convinced Rodgers is keen on Ndidi, he was rarely subbed before Rodgers arrived but he took him off quite often, he wants more reliable passer in that position to mix the play up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merchant_Banker Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, STUHILL said: Or... ------------------------Vardy------------------------ ---Barnes--Maddison--Tielemans---Perez--- ------------------------N'didi------------------------ Or...433 rather than 4141? Vardy Perez Barnes Tielemans Maddison Ndidi Edited 3 July 2019 by Merchant_Banker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Filbert Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Or the same formation but Barnes behind Vardy and Perez and Maddison alongside Tielemans with Ndidi or Choudhury running the door. It's pure sauce. Makes you wonder where Mendy fits in the squad now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merchant_Banker Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 Just now, Ginger_Filbert said: Makes you wonder where Mendy fits in the squad now Third choice DM behind Ndidi and Choudhry, just ahead of Amartey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Begbie Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 Good player and will be a good signing but £30m seems a bit dear... Didn't he give Chilwell a bit of a roasting when they beat us at the KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUHILL Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 1 minute ago, Merchant_Banker said: Or...? Vardy Perez Barnes Tielemans Maddison Ndidi Not sure which is Perez's strongest side to be honest but always thought Barnes was better on the left. Team is shaping up to be very flexible though and should have a decent enough bench too, although how decent will depend on players like Gray and Iheanacho and how they respond to BR. Last chance 6 months for either IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxesFourLife Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 Just now, Ginger_Filbert said: Makes you wonder where Mendy fits in the squad now Just now, Merchant_Banker said: Third choice DM behind Ndidi and Choudhry, just ahead of Amartey He will start in the cups need to give them a rest occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUHILL Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 3 minutes ago, Ginger_Filbert said: Makes you wonder where Mendy fits in the squad now Imagine he will go in January if everyone stays fit as won't get the game time. N'didi and Choudhury offer more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 6 minutes ago, Merchant_Banker said: Or...433 rather than 4141? Vardy Barnes / Albrighton Ayoze / Gray Maddison Tielemans Ndidi I reckon it's that formation but looking more like this, based on where players tended to play last season. But Rodgers has shown to be quite flexible. 343 against Watford in his first match, and going 4231 with Ndidi and Choudhury against teams in Europe. I think Ayoze's versatility is again useful here as he could fulfil a number of roles. I'm already looking forward to seeing the preseason games to see what tactics are tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post moore_94 Posted 3 July 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 3 July 2019 3 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said: I'm not convinced Rodgers is keen on Ndidi, he was rarely subbed before Rodgers arrived but he took him off quite often, he wants more reliable passer in that position to mix the play up. I think you are reading too much into him being substituted Subbed off after 87 mins against Huddersfield while 4-1 up - pretty much a nothing substitution Subbed off after 72 mins while 1-0 down and chasing the game against Newcastle - perfectly normal tactical substitution to make Subbed at half time v Arsenal as they had gone down to 10 men and as such didn’t really need him and Choudhury both on the pitch and with Choudhury being a bit more creative Ndidi was the obvious choice to sub Subbed off after 66 mins for Okazaki vs Chelsea for him to make his final appearance 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The whole world smiles Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 23 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Or the same formation but Barnes behind Vardy and Perez and Maddison alongside Tielemans with Ndidi or Choudhury running the door. It's pure sauce. Can Barnes play no.10? don't recall seeing him play there for city although my memory aint what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumbleFox Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 I love a "potential line ups" chat. Does something to my very soul. Looks like we have lots of exciting options. Top 6 definite possibilty. X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 3 July 2019 Share Posted 3 July 2019 5 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said: Can Barnes play no.10? don't recall seeing him play there for city although my memory aint what it was. He played a few games centrally for WBA so he has some experience there, but he's definitely a winger first and foremost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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