ShiftyPowers
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Alex is turning off sugar daddy soon. I think you're the guy who has to take the next season with your attention to detail and youth development.
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And Alexandre too. However, I think the advantage of Kipre is he adds something different. A Target Man. AK47 is 100% definitely our number 1 striker, and was used as such throughout. But Kipre is handy to have in the squad as an alternative, or a compliment to AK47s game.ShiftyPowers;3208889 said:Okay, here are my thoughts on the squad:
1) Bye bye Kipre. I don't ******* care what you say Alex, AK47 is the #1 striker and Andrey Lozbinev is the exact same kind of poacher with even more potential. You compare him to Juric, but that's a joke. Kipre isn't a good passer, isn't creative, and has poor composure. I don't mind him as a third, emergency, striker, but that's it. Lozbinev is ready and he has legendary stock.
Agreed. Budakov definitely has to go now. Not sure who else though. This is the issue when people bring in guys every year, and it's something I've CONSISTENTLY complained about in succession games.2) The squad is unconscionably big. Several of these players need to be sold. Like 10 of them. Top of my list would be Budakov now that our Belorussian keeper is Russian.
Firstly, no i didn't - Dragan isn't Russian and was injured half the year. Once he was fit (and the patch fixed that Russian second nation thing) Gitinov got loads less games than Dragan.3) Albi Gitinov isn't developing. Naturally, Alex signed him and likes the name, so he is playing him ahead of the vastly more talented Dragan Damjanovic.
Lucas was still a gun when I left things. Reus is good, but too slow in my eyes. I don't think he was a necessary signing in the first place. If we can get good money for him, we should sell him though. We have PLENTY of depth in the Inside forward positions.4) This was a problem in my Gladbach game as well, but Reus and Lucas are players that seem to regress for some reason as the game goes on. I'd dump them both.
Two inside forwards just left us undefeated in the League, and I think works. Towards the end of the season, I actually preferred Ganso as my Left Inside Forward, and Cassiano in the middle, basically because Cassiano won us games with long shots. He is a freak, and getting him the ball more often is only a good thing.5) Svec, Lashankov, Cassiano, and Ganso look as vital as when I left. I'd suggest a team modeled on Spain, basically with Cassiano playing like Iniesta on the left/inside, the other mids knocking the ball around, and then having a pure winger on the right Damjanovic/Luizao, and the poacher up top.
I was looking at a guy that was really good, ande was at Lyon I think. Had a really short name. He was the ONLY guy that ticked every box for me as far as LBs go. Fast, good tackler, crosser etc. There is no point buying ANOTHER mediocre guy (like Slama was) to move Lukin back into rotation with Kryvtsov and Canevaro. My concern with Lukin is still around his strength, jumping and heading skills too. Even though I was trying to train him in those, he stats just naturally fitted LB better - fast, tackler, crosser (I think).6) Bigvava is a legit star. Wow, Lukin is only 19 years old? Anyway, we lack a world class left back still, which I think is an issue now. Someone who is as good as Bigvava. Now that most of the squad is Russian we can look foreign and I'd suggest Vladimir at Palmeiras to join our Brazilian contingent. He's shockingly good at defense and has been dropping 7.9+ average ratings in Brazil for the last 5 years.
Agree, and if you get a good offer, you should. But you shouldn't push him out. The guy was just the top scorer of the Champions League - I mean what more evidence do you want that he can get results. It just seems like you have a personal thing against him, and have made up your mind, regardless of results.Anyway, good squad. Needs some trimming. I'm not kidding, I will absolutely sell Kipre when I'm running the team if I get a good offer.