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The Right Back Thread

Finney Is Back said:
I keep saying it in every thread but Corona at Porto is out of contract in the Summer.... Better than just about all the other suggested options and him being Mexican should appeal to Levy in terms of increasing our Social media following.

Another good option would be the Uruguayan, Nahitan Nandez from Cagliari. He is a specialist right midfield player (though can play in several positions). Tenacious, brave, loves a tackle, can beat a player, is good on the ball, uses both feet, is quick (especially over the first few yards) and has a good delivery. Most importantly for a wing back though he has lots of stamina and makes lots of sprints in a game. £15 to £20m gets him I reckon and he would immediately be first choice as a RWB (at which point I would consider moving Royale to RCB).
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What's the deal with Corona and Porto? Doesn't seem to have had much time on the pitch lately.
 
Finney Is Back said:
The football side of our club doesn't appear to be run particularly well.... We settle for a cheap manager in the summer, buy him an expensive right back and left winger, then sack him to bring in a great manager, but one who is wedded to playing with a back 3 and wing backs that immediately renders those two expensive summer players as ineffective.

Regarding your last sentence, I think it works the other way.... I'm not sure how much Conte will commit to the club whilst the club haven't committed to him (i.e. buy him the players he wants). Conte is definitely the very best manager we could ever hope to get. If the club doesn't commit to him with a large transfer budget then he will walk and things will get ugly I think.
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History is a narrative (his-story) and you write the story you want to tell. In reality, Conte needed a break from his last role last summer. The club got in a cheaper competent manager in the interim who may have worked out. The reason we have a DoF is to oversee the squad. Is it Paratici you are criticising for the signings? What would you have done differntly in hindsight? I'm not sure Royal was too expensive especially at 22. Gil was a way to move Lamela on. Creative way to refresh the squad. Fwiw Conte has been playing Gil quite a bit.

Now Levy is trying to raise more funds to back Conte. What is not to like there?
 
afsoc4life said:
I don't get why we are after a new RB unless Doherty is leaving. Push all that money towards a striker.
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Not saying it's the right thing to do but. If we sell docherty and bergwijn and bring in traore. We would have more money to buy a striker than if we didn't.
 
afsoc4life said:
I don't get why we are after a new RB unless Doherty is leaving. Push all that money towards a striker.
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A right-back will likely average 45 minutes a game (Conte often subs both WBs, plus they often alternate as starters). A CF will mainly just play when Kane is injured or rested. So it's a potential starter vs a cover position I guess.

I still think an effective playmaker is an even bigger need that everything though.
 
Gutter Boy said:
A right-back will likely average 45 minutes a game (Conte often subs both WBs, plus they often alternate as starters). A CF will mainly just play when Kane is injured or rested. So it's a potential starter vs a cover position I guess.

I still think an effective playmaker is an even bigger need that everything though.
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Conte could even be considering Traore as a last 30 minutes specialist? Emerson defends for 60, then lube up the super sub!
 
Gutter Boy said:
A right-back will likely average 45 minutes a game (Conte often subs both WBs, plus they often alternate as starters). A CF will mainly just play when Kane is injured or rested. So it's a potential starter vs a cover position I guess.

I still think an effective playmaker is an even bigger need that everything though.
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An interesting point but I'm not sure it is a true one.... From where do you get these stats GB?
At Inter Milan last season Hakimi played 37 Serie A games (starting 29 of them). In the games he started he played the following number of minutes:
90, 90, 90, 78, 90, 71, 80, 90, 90, 90, 82, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 83, 90, 84, 88, 90, 90, 90, 90, 79, 90, 90, 90, 57 (Inter Milan had already won the league and were 3-0 up when he was subbed).
In the CL he started 4 games and played the following number of minutes: 90, 90, 63, 85
 
Finney Is Back said:
An interesting point but I'm not sure it is a true one.... From where do you get these stats GB?
At Inter Milan last season Hakimi played 37 Serie A games (starting 29 of them). In the games he started he played the following number of minutes:
90, 90, 90, 78, 90, 71, 80, 90, 90, 90, 82, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 83, 90, 84, 88, 90, 90, 90, 90, 79, 90, 90, 90, 57 (Inter Milan had already won the league and were 3-0 up when he was subbed).
In the CL he started 4 games and played the following number of minutes: 90, 90, 63, 85
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TBF he is arguably the best in the world so you keep him on
But it is a myth that he rotates his wing backs like it was with Poch… there is always a bias towards one or the other in certain games. Poch always played trippier at Watford IIRC because they were so deep his crossing was a weapon. He always played Walker against city who would have the ball so his pace was super useful
 
Finney Is Back said:
An interesting point but I'm not sure it is a true one.... From where do you get these stats GB?
At Inter Milan last season Hakimi played 37 Serie A games (starting 29 of them). In the games he started he played the following number of minutes:
90, 90, 90, 78, 90, 71, 80, 90, 90, 90, 82, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 83, 90, 84, 88, 90, 90, 90, 90, 79, 90, 90, 90, 57 (Inter Milan had already won the league and were 3-0 up when he was subbed).
In the CL he started 4 games and played the following number of minutes: 90, 90, 63, 85
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I can't remember where I read it, if it was a comments about his time at Chelsea, Inter or Juve. But he's kind of been doing it here with Regullion and Sessegnon, when he can, but obviously doesn't really trust another RB to Royal.

Bedford's Poch comment is more what I had in mind, that there would be a favourite, but that they would still be rotated more than any other positions in the team. Both for preservation and the different tactical mix they bring
 
scaramanga said:
What's the deal with Corona and Porto? Doesn't seem to have had much time on the pitch lately.
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Sorry mate, I missed this. I think it is because he has told Porto that he isn't renewing his deal there and will leave on a free transfer. He has therefore been frozen out a bit. If we agreed a pre-contract with him now Porto would proabably sell for £5m or so (though I think Twente retained some sort of sell on fee (that could probably be bought off of them if we got him to sign a pre-contract deal as they'd be swapping a definite something for a likely nothing).
 
Gutter Boy said:
I can't remember where I read it, if it was a comments about his time at Chelsea, Inter or Juve. But he's kind of been doing it here with Regullion and Sessegnon, when he can, but obviously doesn't really trust another RB to Royal.

Bedford's Poch comment is more what I had in mind, that there would be a favourite, but that they would still be rotated more than any other positions in the team. Both for preservation and the different tactical mix they bring
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Seems to me Conte has simply been rotating just about everywhere that he has the luxury of rotating. We've had a lot of games and keeping players fresh is hard.
 
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