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Strong rumors linking us with him. Yey or ney?

A definite no for me.I think he is about 36-37 now.

Another panic signing? No thanks.

Would he really be better than pairing 2 from Micah,Nasti and Lescott? Which one would the chosen one to partner him.

A No from me.

We need to sort this problem properly, not a fucking stop-gap. That obviously worked out well for us with our last one.

We need a top class centrehalf, someone to properly partner Kompany. Lescott, Nastasic, Boyata, Demichelis and urgh, Garcia are just second(99th rate in Garcia's case) rate defenders. If we manage to sign someone really world class, I would keep Nastasic and Boyata, along with using Micah at centrehalf if needed. Send Lescott, Demichelis and Garcia to the glue factory.

Okay, we can't do this till January and maybe our season is fucked by that point, but our leadership seem very calculated and I am sure we're working towards this already.

Slim wrote:We need to sort this problem properly, not a fucking stop-gap. That obviously worked out well for us with our last one.

We need a top class centrehalf, someone to properly partner Kompany. Lescott, Nastasic, Boyata, Demichelis and urgh, Garcia are just second(99th rate in Garcia's case) rate defenders. If we manage to sign someone really world class, I would keep Nastasic and Boyata, along with using Micah at centrehalf if needed. Send Lescott, Demichelis and Garcia to the glue factory.

Okay, we can't do this till January and maybe our season is fucked by that point, but our leadership seem very calculated and I am sure we're working towards this already.

Risky, I know they have been gone from Barca for sometime, however this is the position Barca have been in for yrs, started as Puyol is not as reliable, He is a club captain ! stick with it, oh shit injured again, VK is that player over the last 12 months. We have needed centre halfs for 2 yrs. Vinny, has no competion. Mancini, never rated JL, We are relying on him all be it last yr of his deal. so no confidence from Berigistain he is the future. Blind side for centr halfs ?

Slim wrote:We need to sort this problem properly, not a fucking stop-gap. That obviously worked out well for us with our last one.

We need a top class centrehalf, someone to properly partner Kompany. Lescott, Nastasic, Boyata, Demichelis and urgh, Garcia are just second(99th rate in Garcia's case) rate defenders. If we manage to sign someone really world class, I would keep Nastasic and Boyata, along with using Micah at centrehalf if needed. Send Lescott, Demichelis and Garcia to the glue factory.

Okay, we can't do this till January and maybe our season is fucked by that point, but our leadership seem very calculated and I am sure we're working towards this already.

Risky, I know they have been gone from Barca for sometime, however this is the position Barca have been in for yrs, started as Puyol is not as reliable, He is a club captain ! stick with it, oh shit injured again, VK is that player over the last 12 months. We have needed centre halfs for 2 yrs. Vinny, has no competion. Mancini, never rated JL, We are relying on him all be it last yr of his deal. so no confidence from Berigistain he is the future. Blind side for centr halfs ?

If galas is fit I take him on short term deal til January,can play anywhere along the back four and premiership experience, prob should've just got hm instead of demecheilis but hindsight is wonderful.

The getiatric defenders union will love us, Maicon, then Martin and then this? Sad

Dubciteh wrote:If galas is fit I take him on short term deal til January,can play anywhere along the back four and premiership experience, prob should've just got hm instead of demecheilis but hindsight is wonderful.

I agree ...

But am I the only one who is still annoyed with Demechelis signing ... I mean it just feels just like Fellaini to Scum. He was playing for the same manager before the manager *should* have known everything there was about him, not just how he is as a player but the inner price and salary etc, the works ... and if then the manager wanted him, why didn't he sign him when he was available for cheaper (in our case, fucking free) but wait for later and then end up paying over the top extra for it ...

Won't mind the story drawing another parallel if Fellaini gets injured now, lol.

Not a chance. We overspent of Damocles, we're potless.

AG7 wrote:
I agree ...

But am I the only one who is still annoyed with Demechelis signing ... I mean it just feels just like Fellaini to Scum. He was playing for the same manager before the manager *should* have known everything there was about him, not just how he is as a player but the inner price and salary etc, the works ... and if then the manager wanted him, why didn't he sign him when he was available for cheaper (in our case, fucking free) but wait for later and then end up paying over the top extra for it ...

Won't mind the story drawing another parallel if Fellaini gets injured now, lol.

It's nothing like felllaini to the rags. Hes a reasonably solid player. If we signed robert huth then it would have been the equivalent. Scum have bettern defenders than us potentially which is laughable given their aging, broke dick and silly roster.

Dubciteh wrote:If galas is fit I take him on short term deal til January,can play anywhere along the back four and premiership experience, prob should've just got hm instead of demecheilis but hindsight is wonderful.

As an emergency back up I have to agree provided he has been training since his release. At least Gallas used to have pace and can operate at acceptable level.

One big question, why didn't we just let Boyta go if Pellegrini isn't going to trust him even in a situation like this?

Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:

Dubciteh wrote:If galas is fit I take him on short term deal til January,can play anywhere along the back four and premiership experience, prob should've just got hm instead of demecheilis but hindsight is wonderful.

As an emergency back up I have to agree provided he has been training since his release. At least Gallas used to have pace and can operate at acceptable level.

One big question, why didn't we just let Boyta go if Pellegrini isn't going to trust him even in a situation like this?

I've been talking/thinking about the Boyata situation for a while now. I have no idea why we've kept him. We clearly have a defensive crisis on our hands, but it doesn't look like Boyata has even been considered for a start.

If Pellegrini doesn't think he's good enough, and that Garcia is a better option for us, then he should have let Boyata leave.

Gallas! Surely Richards can play there. If/ when fit.

As emergency central midfielder, play Yaya there. He won the CL playing CB. Put Milner or Rodwell in Midfield until its sorted.

Bluez wrote:As emergency central midfielder, play Yaya there. He won the CL playing CB. Put Milner or Rodwell in Midfield until its sorted.

I'm not sure I'd trust Yaya there to be honest, have you seen his defensive skills recently.....or lack of.

Why is Micah never fit?

The main problem we have is that Kompany and Richards are made of glass, and that always creates missing players during the season because their injury records are so piss poor. Sadly this seems to have escaped our hierarchy's attention.

Demechelis was a stop-gap that's panned out about as well Posh Spice's solo career, so we are left in the lurch. Lescott and Nastasic are both soooo left footed it means one of them is playing on the wrong side, though Im still sure Joleon and Matija are our best options given their experience in the position.

Gallas? Nope. There's a reason he doesn't have a club at the moment. Garcia? Nope, he's versatile as he can look slow and uncomfortable on the ball both in midfield and at the back; Boyata just isn't the required class to be a Premier League centre half so the alternatives are Micah (if fit) or even Rodwell or Ya Ya.

Given the utter shambles we witnessed at Cardiff, and the subpar showing against Hull, I fear we will sleepwalk into another defeat at the weekend unless we fookin man up, show up, and the management recognise that away games in the Prem Lge are in fact difficult, especially when you defend set pieces worse than my sons under 8's team.

Goaters 103 wrote:The main problem we have is that Kompany and Richards are made of glass, and that always creates missing players during the season because their injury records are so piss poor. Sadly this seems to have escaped our hierarchy's attention.

Demechelis was a stop-gap that's panned out about as well Posh Spice's solo career, so we are left in the lurch. Lescott and Nastasic are both soooo left footed it means one of them is playing on the wrong side, though Im still sure Joleon and Matija are our best options given their experience in the position.

Gallas? Nope. There's a reason he doesn't have a club at the moment. Garcia? Nope, he's versatile as he can look slow and uncomfortable on the ball both in midfield and at the back; Boyata just isn't the required class to be a Premier League centre half so the alternatives are Micah (if fit) or even Rodwell or Ya Ya.

Given the utter shambles we witnessed at Cardiff, and the subpar showing against Hull, I fear we will sleepwalk into another defeat at the weekend unless we fookin man up, show up, and the management recognise that away games in the Prem Lge are in fact difficult, especially when you defend set pieces worse than my sons under 8's team.

Good synopsis mate. I agree and would like yaya to play there as the stop gap.