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Roberto De Zerbi *OFFICIAL*

Legohamster said:
The man is going to be under serious pressure to get top 6 with the spend and targets we've acquired this season.

These are levels of backing for a manager we've not seen before.
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I don't think it's going to be that pressurised. There will be obvious question marks do we not finish in the top half. But we have finished 17th twice in a row and we were relegated were it not for him.

No amount of investment guarantees anything, if we were to finish 8th (or even worse than that)I don't think his position would be under threat. It's the following season where I think results are going to be under real scrutiny....
 
Sandman said:
was top 5 stats wise in his 7 games in charge so far. ill take that for next season.
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ricky2tricky4city said:
We'll walk the top 6 with our eyes closed
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Outside the club, we will still fly under the radar (unless we are sitting top of table in December), pretty much every pundit not only has us not in top 6, but has Villa (who has been picked apart) ahead of us in their PL predictions

Inside the club, RDZ will have pressure, if we give him 9 PL ready players at a cost of 400M+, the goal is not top 10, it isn't even Europe, it has to be CL football. He'd be well served to prioritize whichever of the two domestic cups we get a more favorable draw in as well.
 
Sandman said:
was top 5 stats wise in his 7 games in charge so far. ill take that for next season.
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I never really got to the bottom of what you said. I know we were 5th on the form table over his 7 games, but never saw the double click into the other data points. It just felt like we conceded less but scored about the same and got over the line. We need to be scoring about twice as many as we concede this season in Roberto's new setup. Then we'll really compete.
 
Raziel said:
Outside the club, we will still fly under the radar (unless we are sitting top of table in December), pretty much every pundit not only has us not in top 6, but has Villa (who has been picked apart) ahead of us in their PL predictions

Inside the club, RDZ will have pressure, if we give him 9 PL ready players at a cost of 400M+, the goal is not top 10, it isn't even Europe, it has to be CL football. He'd be well served to prioritize whichever of the two domestic cups we get a more favorable draw in as well.
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De Zerbi will be putting that pressure on himself and the players anyway. You can tell from the way he talks and acts that his aim is to win and not just make up the numbers. Personally I don't think De Zerbi would be happy with a Champions League place, I think he will only be happy if we win the league.
 
Who else will be shown is on Roberto's farewell list, he only wants 21/22 players

In this moment I think no, we have Archie Gray, he prefers playing in the midfield position, but he can play very well also as a right-back.I think we are good. I don't want 25, 26 players, I want 21, 22 players, I think that's enough, especially if these players or more players, they can adapt in more positions on the pitch, and I think we have many players who can play in different positions, Gray midfielder, right back, Gallagher number 10 or number 8, it's the same Micky van de Ven or Ben Davies left back, I think we have Kudus, winger or number 10, we have a lot of solutions.
 
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harr1984 said:
I don't think it's going to be that pressurised. There will be obvious question marks do we not finish in the top half. But we have finished 17th twice in a row and we were relegated were it not for him.

No amount of investment guarantees anything, if we were to finish 8th (or even worse than that)I don't think his position would be under threat. It's the following season where I think results are going to be under real scrutiny....
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I think RDZ is the type of A+++ personality that he will put himself under a tremendous amount of pressure to have the team playing the very best they can regardless of pressure from outside or upstairs.
 
SirPercyHotspur said:
Who else will be shown is on Roberto's farewell list, he only wants 21/22 players

In this moment I think no, we have Archie Gray, he prefers playing in the midfield position, but he can play very well also as a right-back.I think we are good. I don't want 25, 26 players, I want 21, 22 players, I think that's enough, especially if these players or more players, they can adapt in more positions on the pitch, and I think we have many players who can play in different positions, Gray midfielder, right back, Gallagher number 10 or number 8, it's the same Micky van de Ven or Ben Davies left back, I think we have Kudus, winger or number 10, we have a lot of solutions.
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30 listed there, with Savinho, Marmoush & Gakpo not included (so could go as high as 33).

- Xavi and Odobert not in squad consideration likely until January (-2)
- Scarlett, Takai not really part of plans (-2)
- Moore & Souza likely to go on loan (-2)
- Sarr likely to be sold (-1)
- One of Richi/Solanke will likely be sold if Marmoush comes in, maybe both if Marmoush and Gakpo (-1)
- Maddison, Deki, Kudus to prove fitness over this season

My expectation is he will have a 25 man squad including the recovering players (Maddison, Deki, Kudus)

Next summer will be another move on of players (Davies, whoever of Richi/Solanke still here, probably 2-3 of Maddison, Xavi, Deki, Odobert, Tel, Gallagher, Bergvall) with only 2-3 upgrades coming in
 
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