Lesta2014 Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 8 minutes ago, AKCJ said: The worry for him is that why would he go from Chelsea's bench to Leicester's. He's need reassurance that he'd play here. I think for that to happen we'd need to go full time 3-4-3 and to be honest, I think it'd work. I quite like the idea of; Schmeichel Fofana Evans Colwill Ricardo Ndidi KDH Justin Maddison Vardy Barnes I think he’d get plenty of game time as evans won’t play every game is my guess?
Pliskin Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 If we were to sign him he would not be third choice. He would probably walk straight into the first team.
The whole world smiles Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 Just now, Pliskin said: If we were to sign him he would not be third choice. He would probably walk straight into the first team. Drop Evans or Fofana or change system?
coolhandfox Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 8 minutes ago, Pliskin said: If we were to sign him he would not be third choice. He would probably walk straight into the first team. If Evan and Fofana are fit, no chance.
dbtcity Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 “Leicester want to sell players such as Vestergaard first” well that’s us out of the running then 1 2
filbertway Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 3 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: If Evan and Fofana are fit, no chance. I dno, he basically looks like a left footed Fofana. It looks like him and Wes would be a lovely backline for most games.
Pliskin Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 40 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said: Drop Evans or Fofana or change system? Evans would be the one to eventually give way. This guy is really highly rated. He’s just unfortunate he’s at Chelsea who would rather spend then give him a chance.
MadsEmil Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 34 minutes ago, filbertway said: I dno, he basically looks like a left footed Fofana. It looks like him and Wes would be a lovely backline for most games. Not to mention the inevitable 70m fee Chelsea would pay to bring yet another academy product back
coolhandfox Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 42 minutes ago, filbertway said: I dno, he basically looks like a left footed Fofana. It looks like him and Wes would be a lovely backline for most games. I think it would be a case of easing him in, Evans still has a lot to give.
filbertway Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 21 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: I think it would be a case of easing him in, Evans still has a lot to give. In the dream world where we did sign him, I'd be playing Colwill most weeks and then playing Evans probably in games where we intend to sit a little deeper and play on the counter. You notice that we're easy to counter attack at times because Evans has a tendency to drop 10 yards deeper to compensate for his lack of pace, or even he hasn't been quick enough to get out and we get hit on the turnover in our own half. When we're planning to sit in though and be a bit deeper, Evans experience and calmness at the back is still be massively useful. It'd be nice to have different options for different types of games. 1
SemperEadem Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 Saints already signed two CB's this window right?
coolhandfox Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 Just now, filbertway said: In the dream world where we did sign him, I'd be playing Colwill most weeks and then playing Evans probably in games where we intend to sit a little deeper and play on the counter. You notice that we're easy to counter attack at times because Evans has a tendency to drop 10 yards deeper to compensate for his lack of pace, or even he hasn't been quick enough to get out and we get hit on the turnover in our own half. When we're planning to sit in though and be a bit deeper, Evans experience and calmness at the back is still be massively useful. It'd be nice to have different options for different types of games. I've not seen enough of Colwill to tell if he's good enough to be a regular PL start straight away. Options are always good.
Lambert09 Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 1 hour ago, AKCJ said: The worry for him is that why would he go from Chelsea's bench to Leicester's. He's need reassurance that he'd play here. I think for that to happen we'd need to go full time 3-4-3 and to be honest, I think it'd work. I quite like the idea of; Schmeichel Fofana Evans Colwill Ricardo Ndidi KDH Justin Maddison Vardy Barnes just my opinion but if you are playing 5 defenders, there should be no reason to need wilf. Add in a YT type and that could work but barnes would have to adjust to playing more narrow
indierich06 Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 1 hour ago, AKCJ said: The worry for him is that why would he go from Chelsea's bench to Leicester's. He's need reassurance that he'd play here. I think for that to happen we'd need to go full time 3-4-3 and to be honest, I think it'd work. I quite like the idea of; Schmeichel Fofana Evans Colwill Ricardo Ndidi KDH Justin Maddison Vardy Barnes If I were Colwill, I'd look at Soyuncu's abysmal form which shows no sign of recovery, Evans injury record where he's only ever fit if there's an NI game on the horizon, the general state of Vestergaard and come to the conclusion there is a big chance to play a lot of games for Leicester this season.
filbertway Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 5 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: I've not seen enough of Colwill to tell if he's good enough to be a regular PL start straight away. Options are always good. Trust me, I've just watched a 7 minute video, I think that's plenty to have decided him and Wes will result in a record "lowest goals conceded in a season" 1
Pliskin Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 (edited) Naturally this short clip of cherry picked highlights will tell you all you need to know. Edited 14 July 2022 by Pliskin 1 1 1
Nicolo Barella Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 Surely we can sign him... Surely we can afford the transfer fee, and the European wage cap won't be relevant this season, and by next season many high earners will be off the books, so wages won't be the worst thing either
Father Ted Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 He is listed on the agency that Brendan’s son works for and Bertrand is involved with. If we want him, I imagine we will get him. 1
JimJams Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 Absolute genius move from the club, knowing that Colwill is a Saints fan and by extension obviously a massive fan of Vestegaard so brought the Dane in to give Colwill the honour of playing in the same team. This is planning. 2
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 2 hours ago, The whole world smiles said: Drop Evans or Fofana or change system? ....more than likely getting 20 minutes every game if not starting games instead of Evans!!! We do not have to go to a back three to incorporate him into the squad.
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 1 hour ago, filbertway said: In the dream world where we did sign him, I'd be playing Colwill most weeks and then playing Evans probably in games where we intend to sit a little deeper and play on the counter. You notice that we're easy to counter attack at times because Evans has a tendency to drop 10 yards deeper to compensate for his lack of pace, or even he hasn't been quick enough to get out and we get hit on the turnover in our own half. When we're planning to sit in though and be a bit deeper, Evans experience and calmness at the back is still be massively useful. It'd be nice to have different options for different types of games. ...Ndidi needs to be the one deeper to protect the counter, but we attempt to push him forward to aid the press, it is not his game!!! 3
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 1 hour ago, Lambert09 said: just my opinion but if you are playing 5 defenders, there should be no reason to need wilf. Add in a YT type and that could work but barnes would have to adjust to playing more narrow ....I can see your point, and you would have to agree that Wilf is not always needed, depending on who we are playing!!! Rodgers sees the Wing Backs as options going forward as we tend to deploy them higher up the pitch to squeeze the opposition. I do not feel that we use that formation well, as the space vacated by the WBs now becomes our Achilles heel, to be targeted by astute managers.
KFS Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 Can we have a YouTube vid of him pointing at his center back partner? 1 1
Lambert09 Posted 14 July 2022 Posted 14 July 2022 1 hour ago, sacreblueits442 said: ....I can see your point, and you would have to agree that Wilf is not always needed, depending on who we are playing!!! Rodgers sees the Wing Backs as options going forward as we tend to deploy them higher up the pitch to squeeze the opposition. I do not feel that we use that formation well, as the space vacated by the WBs now becomes our Achilles heel, to be targeted by astute managers. I like the formation and it works with JJ and ricardo (at their old standards) and it’s not as well suited for timmy but he does do it for belgium. The problem has been not having the right players to make it work. Or putting square pegs in round holes… which you could argue we would be doing again with barnes. The big thing i remember from survival season, was that having big leo for the full backs to aim at was really effective. We could play nice football with mahrez in the hole but also utilize a good old cross from Sharky. It gave us unpredictability in our approach play. There’s options to work with but i’m not sure if it’s a perfect option when you play bottom half sides 2
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