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First team after the window.

......................Lloris...................

Walker....Kaboul....Vert...Coentrao

...........Paulinho...Sandro........

Lamela.m.....Dembele.........Willian

............n......Soldado................



Bench: Friedal : Dawson : Rose : Capoue : Sigurdsson : Lennon : Defoe.


Where the **** does one put Chadli and Holtby on the bench, also the rumoured other players

Apart from that starting lineup, Friedal, Chadli and Capoue I think all the others are available at a price.

Need some more guile in midfield IMO. With three runners in front of him, Sigi would be better there than Dembele IMO .
 
Team 1

-----------------Lloris------------
Walker---Dawson---Vertonghen-Coentrao
----------Paulinho---Dembele----------
Lennon---------Willian--------Lamela
----------------Soldado---------------

Team 2

------------------Friedel---------------
Naughton--Kaboul---Capoue---Rose
-------------Sandro---Holtby------
Townsend--------Sig--------Chadli
-----------------Defoe-------------

Occasional Sub:
Carroll
Gomes
Fryers

Out/Loan
BAE
Ade
Falque
Kane
 
ok so I decided to do a comparison of our starting XI, last season and this season;

Loris 8 Loris 8
Walker 7 Walker 7
Dawson 7 Kaboul 8
Verts 8 Verts 8
BAE 7 Contrao 8
Lennon 7 Willian 8
Bale 9 Lamela 8
Dempsey 7 Paulinho 8
Dembele 8 Dembele 8
Sandro 9 Sandro 9
Ade 7 Soldado 9

Total 83 Total 89

It looks to me that whilst we are losing a superstar we have improved the squad significantly and that should stand us in better stead to pick up more points this season.
 
Not so sure Coentrao is an 8 either he's good going forward but suspect defensively, but then I wouldn't have BAE as a 7 my opinion is

Lloris - 8 - Lloris - 8
Walker - 6 - Walker 6
Dawson - 6 - Kaboul 7 (if he returns to pre-injury form)
Verts - 8 - Verts - 8
BAE - 6 - Coentrao - 7
Parker - 6 - Sandro - 7
Dembele - 7 - Dembele - 7
Siggy - 6 - Paulinho - 8
Lennon - 6 - Lamela - 8
Ade - 5 - Soldado - 8
Bale - 10 - Willian - 8
 
In this respect not only do the transfers improve last seasons team so do players returning from injury
 
Looks like it will be like this now.

--------------lloris
walker---kaboul--verts--coentrao
---------sandro--paulinho
-lennon------lamela--- chadli
-------------soldado
 
I posted this elsewhere, but it underlines what a physically imposing team we are becoming:

-------------------lloris(6ft 2)
walker(5ft 10)--kaboul (6ft 3)---vert(6ft 2)--rose (5ft 8)
------------sandro(6ft 1)----paulinho(6ft)
-------townsend(5ft something)--lamela(6ft)--chadli(6ft 2)
---------------------soldado(5ft 10)

7 out of 11 players there are 6-foot plus. Pace and power.

*EDIT* assumes Lamela signing ;)

double edit -- townsend's listed height is 6ft, but he can't be that tall, I just watched a replay of his goal (plus celebration) and he's shorter than Soldado...
 
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even if we are done and Bale goes i'm happy, lots of goals in this side

If arsenal make a couple of decent signings, our present squad without Bale will not be enough to get us Champions League next season. And then, guess what? Players like Willian will chose others ahead of us.
 
-----------------------------Lloris----------------------
Walker--------Kkaboul---------Verts---------Rose
----------------------Capoue(sandro)---------------
--------------Dembele-----------Paulinho----------
Lennon----------------------------------------Chadli
-------------------------Soldado---------------------

Bench: Friedel, Dawson, Holtby, Sandro(Capoue), Sigurdsson, Townsend, Defoe/Ade

Naughton, new CB(Alderweireld/Chiriches), Carroll, new AM(deadline day surprise)
 
--------soldado
Podolski-----lamela
---------paulinho
---dembele-sandro
Coentrao-vert-kab-walker
----------lloris

Too two in the prem
 
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