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wokeupnew said:
I think the way we play under Ange will allow him a very free role in midfield. If it was another system he'd have to do more. I remember seeing Leicester fans moaning about him not doing a lot of defending last season and "giving up" on plays. Leicester had a shit defense last season so idk how much of that is on Maddison and/or their system. There was definitely a relegation discount because if Leicester hadn't gone down I don't think he'd have moved clubs at all this summer.

Ange plays with two "attacking 8s", one is Maddison and the other Skipp/Sarr (It'll be Bentancur when he comes back) with a sitting DM (Bissouma). He also uses inverted full backs that everyone seems to be doing now, with Cancelo, Zinchenko, etc. Because the fullbacks tuck inside rather than getting high and wide the DM is supported a lot more in possession and allows the 8s to get super advanced. Skipp scored 2 goals at Barca last week as an attacking 8 (!!). Maddison will probably get a handful of goals himself. He's 26, probably in his prime right now. I've always been a big fan of his even when he was at Leicester. I think he'll have a stellar season for us this year.
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I think it goes on longer than that at Leicester. Rogers often used him cutting in off the left as he didn’t always trust him as a 10 either.

I’ve always liked elements of his game. Set pieces, taking up clever positions, subtle passing. But I’ve also had questions over his work rate, tracking back and attitude when the chip are down. He also needs to score more goals to justify the freedom his game requires.

Ange does advance the left and right central midfielders in his three that’s for sure, but having watched a lot of Celtic the last 2 years none of theirs was quite as much a 10 playing at 8 as actual 8s with a a more attacking mentality.

He definitely has enough talent, whether he’s a success or not will come down to other things, including attitude, set up, the team around him and luck! It will be interesting to see how it goes.
 
Joe Mac said:
So not ironic then?
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Nah its more of a curse rather than irony at this point....Zinchenko never used to be injury prone until he got here....Jesus same story. Rice NEVER gets hurt, already got hurt since joining (albeit he only missed a preseason game but still), Timber never got hurt at Ajax and now boom.

I hope this leads us to keeping Tierney cuz Tomiyasu is not the answer on the left side.
 
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Joe Mac said:
Ouch for Liverpool 2.0. Reports that Lavia has also turned them down in favour of joining Chelsea…

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Did Chelsea target players who are against European football or something!??!

I’m Just Ken said:
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If this is about City it'd be a record breaking 4-peat if they win this year
 
Joe Mac said:
Name the other 4 teams to have won 3 titles in a row (without google).
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Arsenal and United are the only other 2 I know off the top of my head. Probably some old school clubs like Sheffield Wednesday for the other 2


(by old school i meant they were great 100 years ago lol)
 
Joe Mac said:
Ouch for Liverpool 2.0. Reports that Lavia has also turned them down in favour of joining Chelsea…
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Arsenal signed David Raya as Harry Maguire’s move away from Manchester United ‘stalled’ on another busy day in the transfer window
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Well when you screw around your 3 other bids, each under what Southampton wanted and then go splash your cash for another target that you value over him, you can't help Lavia feeling like he wasn't wanted. Plus, he gets to play with that midfield. I don't blame him. FSG are still shitty.
 
Joe Mac said:
Name the other 4 teams to have won 3 titles in a row (without google).
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Jonathan Y said:
Arsenal and United are the only other 2 I know off the top of my head. Probably some old school clubs like Sheffield Wednesday for the other 2


(by old school i meant they were great 100 years ago lol)
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I did the google....Would've never got the other 2. 1 of them I wouldn't of guessed. The other one I only think about twice a season and sometimes during the transfer window LOL
 
Jonathan Y said:
I did the google....Would've never got the other 2. 1 of them I wouldn't of guessed. The other one I only think about twice a season and sometimes during the transfer window LOL
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The Huddersfield and Arsenal ones were back to back and begun by the same manager. Herbert Chapman. Won the first two with Huddersfield and left for Arsenal then one two with them and died during the third season, 98/99 to 00/01 and 06/07 to 08/09.

Liverpool in the 80s and 90s were as dominant domestically as us in the 90s and 00s and we did it twice.
 
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