Summer mercato thread 2017-18 (39 Viewers)

[Ocelot]

True, he is a bit stockier though. I know Meret is still a kid but he's unlikely to turn into Peruzzi in a few years.

If you look at the best modern keepers now (Buffon, Neuer, De Gea, Courtois, Lloris, Oblak, Handanovic, Navas) only Lloris (1.88m) and Navas (1.85m) are under 1.90m.

It's not a huge deal but you can expect a certain type of keeper when Navas, Bravo, Akinfeev and Ruffier are your kind of height.

I remember Oliver Kahn, now a pundit on German TV, saying that a top level GK needs to be at least 1,88 a few years ago.

Guess how tall Kahn is
@DAiDEViL @lgorTudor

 

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[Bianconero81]

True, he is a bit stockier though. I know Meret is still a kid but he's unlikely to turn into Peruzzi in a few years.

If you look at the best modern keepers now (Buffon, Neuer, De Gea, Courtois, Lloris, Oblak, Handanovic, Navas) only Lloris (1.88m) and Navas (1.85m) are under 1.90m.

It's not a huge deal but you can expect a certain type of keeper when Navas, Bravo, Akinfeev and Ruffier are your kind of height.

Good. I will never forgive that fucker for standing too far off his line in the 96 CL Final

I guess I'm too short by goalkeeping standards

 

[JuveJay]

Good. I will never forgive that fucker for standing too far off his line in the 96 CL Final

I guess I'm too short by goalkeeping standards

I'm 1.75, GOML.

 

[lgorTudor]

I remember Oliver Kahn, now a pundit on German TV, saying that a top level GK needs to be at least 1,88 a few years ago.

Guess how tall Kahn is
@DAiDEViL @lgorTudor

I have a rough idea

 

[Bianconero81]

I'm 1.75, GOML.

Flamboyant and extravagant. Awesome keeper. Is that from the 94 World Cup?

I'm 1.85, so I can play as an AM

 

[JuveJay]

Flamboyant and extravagant. Awesome keeper. Is that from the 94 World Cup?

I'm 1.85, so I can play as an AM

Of course it is. The era where wearing clothes three sizes too big was all the rage.

 

[DanielSz]

In: Tolisso, Sanchez, Caldara, Spinazzola

Out: Khedira or Lemina, Benatia (buy and flip, 17m is a bargain. Can sell him for 20+), Mandzukic, Bentancur (loan him to Atalanta or Sassuolo)

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Buffon

Alves Bonucci Chiellini Sandro

Tolisso Marchisio Pjanic

Dybala Sanchez

Higuain

 

[il brutto]

I remember Oliver Kahn, now a pundit on German TV, saying that a top level GK needs to be at least 1,88 a few years ago.

Guess how tall Kahn is
@DAiDEViL @lgorTudor

If only I had been 0,5 cm's longer I would have been a top level GK.

@Siamak I need some of that special height growth hormone.

 

[Zacheryah]

In: Tolisso, Sanchez, Caldara, Spinazzola

Out: Khedira or Lemina, Benatia (buy and flip, 17m is a bargain. Can sell him for 20+), Mandzukic, Bentancur (loan him to Atalanta or Sassuolo)

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Buffon

Alves Bonucci Chiellini Sandro

Tolisso Marchisio Pjanic

Dybala Sanchez

Higuain

Get the fuck out peasant fool

 

[j0ker]

Mandzukic should stay at all costs, Khedira meh, Benatia most probably won't be bought.

 

[Zacheryah]

Mandzukic should stay at all costs, Khedira meh, Benatia most probably won't be bought.

Khedira is very good in this 4-2-3-1. Benatia is a questionmark


But i love how these peasants are shitting on Mandzukic, while he is basically the reason why we play this audacious 4231 with pjanic-CM - Dybala in the middle

 

[rakib567]

Lemina --> Tolisso
Evra --> Kolasinac

Given the change in formation we have an overload of CMs with not enough RW/LW/AMs. Given we need at least 2 players for each position:

RW: Cuadrado, Berardi
LW: Sanchez Pjaca
AM: Dybala, (Pjanic)
CF: Higuain, Mandzukic

To be honest, in the CM position we have Khedira, Marchisio, Pjanic, Tolisso, Rincon Sturaro and even Asamoah. Thats 7 players for 2 positions. We need to get rid of at least 2. Rincon and Asamoah?

 

[il brutto]

Evra plays for Marseille. Are they replacing him with Kolasinac?

 

[DanielSz]

Khedira is very good in this 4-2-3-1. Benatia is a questionmark


But i love how these peasants are $#@!ting on Mandzukic, while he is basically the reason why we play this audacious 4231 with pjanic-CM - Dybala in the middle

It's a little thing called business. Mandzukic is 30 years old. You sell high, not low. Sanchez is a winger, perfect in this current formation, and a world class player. I'm not shitting on mandzukic. He's a good player, but I'm not about to say no to Sanchez because of him. Now THAT is the peasant mentality. Get lost.

 

[DAiDEViL]

Khedira is very good in this 4-2-3-1.

Exactly.

Marchisio, Pjanic, Khedira and Tolisso = 4 quality players for 2 positions.

Selling Khedira and Mandzu (we only have 2 CF's ffs) makes zero sense.

 

[zizinho]

Exactly.

Marchisio, Pjanic, Khedira and Tolisso = 4 quality players for 2 positions.

Selling Khedira and Mandzu (we only have 2 CF's ffs) makes zero sense.

+ Rico. Thats 5

 

[DanielSz]

Exactly.

Marchisio, Pjanic, Khedira and Tolisso = 4 quality players for 2 positions.

Selling Khedira and Mandzu (we only have 2 CF's ffs) makes zero sense.

Makes zero sense for you, the fan, but not really the case when you're running an actual business, with real money.

If we want to buy tolisso and Sanchez, we will have to sell as well.

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Mandzukic should stay at all costs, Khedira meh, Benatia most probably won't be bought.

It makes no sense to not buy benatia. 17m is nothing. We can buy him and then immediately sell him elsewhere for a profit. When scrubs like John stones go for 60m or whatever insane number, we can easily get 20+ for benatia.

 

[DAiDEViL]

Makes zero sense for you, the fan, but not really the case when you're running an actual business, with real money.

If we want to buy tolisso and Sanchez, we will have to sell as well.

Real money.

Real money we earn by having quality players like Mandzu who assure that we finish first in the league.

Not to mention that we need a replacement if we sell him.

 

[il brutto]

Makes zero sense for you, the fan, but not really the case when you're running an actual business, with real money.

If we want to buy tolisso and Sanchez, we will have to sell as well.

It also makes zero sense for Marotta, you know the man running the show.

Are you sure they use real money anyways? Beppe seems more like a guy who deals with Monopoly money

 

[rakib567]

+ Rico. Thats 5

+ Sturaro. thats 6

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Makes zero sense for you, the fan, but not really the case when you're running an actual business, with real money.

If we want to buy tolisso and Sanchez, we will have to sell as well.

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It makes no sense to not buy benatia. 17m is nothing. We can buy him and then immediately sell him elsewhere for a profit. When scrubs like John stones go for 60m or whatever insane number, we can easily get 20+ for benatia.

Zaza, Lemina, Coman + the money we saved last year by selling pogba +morata (we did not invest extra money on the transfer market as we used generated sales revenue only).