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Hope we can find a suitable new rwb as well. If we sign Sandro that is two quality options on the left we have but not so on the right. 

 
Please make this happen. I don't care how much we spend as long as we get him, clearly going to cost a bomb but sadly that is the way it is now.

He's world class or he's on the verge of being world class, and we'll have one of the world's best left backs like the days when we had Ashley Cole.

Excited!

 
Sandro is a great player, but it seems like an odd transfer to me.

We spend 25million on Alonso, who comes in, does a good job, only to be replaced by someone else for 60million the following year. Then all of a sudden we have two expensive LB's (in their prime age), vying for one spot. Sandro wins that battle, so Alonso is left on the bench.

Honestly, heading into this window, I thought any signings for the wing-backs would be a younger backup to Alonso, and maybe a first choice RWB to usurp Moses' spot.

 
Cam said:
Sandro is a great player, but it seems like an odd transfer to me.

We spend 25million on Alonso, who comes in, does a good job, only to be replaced by someone else for 60million the following year. Then all of a sudden we have two expensive LB's (in their prime age), vying for one spot. Sandro wins that battle, so Alonso is left on the bench.

Honestly, heading into this window, I thought any signings for the wing-backs would be a younger backup to Alonso, and maybe a first choice RWB to usurp Moses' spot.
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This is why I keep saying I think we are looking for a CB and Dave back to RB either in a 4 or RWB in a 3

 
Cam said:
Sandro is a great player, but it seems like an odd transfer to me.

We spend 25million on Alonso, who comes in, does a good job, only to be replaced by someone else for 60million the following year. Then all of a sudden we have two expensive LB's (in their prime age), vying for one spot. Sandro wins that battle, so Alonso is left on the bench.

Honestly, heading into this window, I thought any signings for the wing-backs would be a younger backup to Alonso, and maybe a first choice RWB to usurp Moses' spot.
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I agree with that but sometimes you just take what's available. I like Moses though particularly at the start of the season. Alonso's height is hard to replace.
 
Cam said:
Sandro is a great player, but it seems like an odd transfer to me.

We spend 25million on Alonso, who comes in, does a good job, only to be replaced by someone else for 60million the following year. Then all of a sudden we have two expensive LB's (in their prime age), vying for one spot. Sandro wins that battle, so Alonso is left on the bench.

Honestly, heading into this window, I thought any signings for the wing-backs would be a younger backup to Alonso, and maybe a first choice RWB to usurp Moses' spot.
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Thing is, when you get the chance to buy a world class player in a position where your player isn't world class, you don't turn down that chance. Alonso is never going to make it into the Spain squad anyway so he doesn't exactly have world cup hopes. I'm sure he'll be fine with earning what he's earning at Chelsea plus playing 25-30 games a season. I think he'll be content tbh.

 
Cam said:
Sandro is a great player, but it seems like an odd transfer to me.

We spend 25million on Alonso, who comes in, does a good job, only to be replaced by someone else for 60million the following year. Then all of a sudden we have two expensive LB's (in their prime age), vying for one spot. Sandro wins that battle, so Alonso is left on the bench.

Honestly, heading into this window, I thought any signings for the wing-backs would be a younger backup to Alonso, and maybe a first choice RWB to usurp Moses' spot.
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I think with both these left backs we have great options depending on the opposition. If we are playing a stoke, or west brom type team then theres not much to fear down the wings so we can either go for attack and throw Sandro at them, or if its at there place play Alonso who can tuck in and help the centre backs with the aerial bombardment. 

 
£60m on a left back? No wonder the board are digging their heels in. Surely there are other areas of the pitch that we need to strengthen 

 
Xfaxtor said:
Not a fan of Dave the Wing back AT ALL. His biggest weakness as a right or left back is his offensive output at wingback it will be even more evident imo. But looking at our rumoured targets and the amounts of CBs we have been linked to even with Christensen coming back, you got to wonder if this isnt Contes plan. At least that side would be fairly locked down defensively
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He would be good cover for Moses when we want to be more conservative but he's so good at RCB we'd be sacrificing 1 position for another. I think Conte wants to bring back 4-2-4 but Cahill and Luiz were torn apart in a back 4 and unless we're signing a new CB to play alongside Luiz its hard to see Dave not being our RCB in a 3. If we sign someone who is good enough to play on the outside of the 3 its going to be hard to convince them its ok to only play the odd match Dave is at RWB unless we're phasing Cahill out which would be fine by me, he's only good enough against 75% of the opposition we play against; if we want to be a force in Europe anyway. 

kiwi1691 said:
In modern football class fullbacks are very important
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100% agree. Their responsibility has increased not to mention their touches and the amount of space they have to cover. There's a reason we're bidding 50m+ . The wingbacks make or break us

 
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kiwi1691 said:
In modern football class fullbacks are very important
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Even more so when you use a back three and wingback system. Wingbacks have an argument for being one of the most important players on the team in that system.

 
Could save us money. I'd like to see us buy Tierney. For one it keeps him out of our rivals hands. Second we bring in a very good young player at a position of need who compliments Alonso

 
JM7 said:
£60m on a left back? No wonder the board are digging their heels in. Surely there are other areas of the pitch that we need to strengthen 
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You do realize in our system the left wingback is even more crucial as it allows Hazard to roam and be less defensive alongside shutting down that left channel from opposing wingers and fullbacks while being the one that slows down attackers going at Cahill arguably our weakest CB of the 3, yes?

Not to mention Alonso is the only one playing wide that can supply decent crosses. Our system is set up in such a way that it becomes good when everyone pulls their weight and suffers badly and in some cases catastrophically when any of them is poor. 

 
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