13 Jul 2015 15:14:36
A lot of people not liking the idea of pedro possibly signing but I would say he's better than cuadrado and that's who we have a this moment. I do agree that he's not as hard working as Willian but he does have quality in which we are lacking like his ability to run at the opposition with pace. We only have hazard who does that on a regular basis. If we cannot bring in the top names like pogba, greizman etc then pedro is still a step up from cuadrado/Ramires playing right wing.
(That's if the club are even interested in pedro).
13 Jul 2015 16:01:48
The problem is that maybe in English Premier League, defenders won't give u the space to run across them like Li Liga. They would knock you down/tackle/make a minor foul or many ways to slow u down. You got to pass them by our speed and dribbling skills. At that time, he might become another Cuadrado - useless in the wings an too weak to pass the opponents. but at least Cuadrado could chase back and defend (his original position is left back). Watching clips in youtube u can recognize the differences in style between Pedro and typical EPL wingers ( Hazard, Sterling or Sanchez, Silva)
13 Jul 2015 19:18:29
He's a very hard working player and archetypal of barcas pressing game from peps time there and has a decent end product. would be a very good signing.
13 Jul 2015 20:04:18
You say it'd be a good signing. But what message would adding Pedro send towards Traore? The guy is clearly supremely talented and putting another new body in front of him is not going to help. Unless Cuadrado leaves, I don't think a winger should be added.
13 Jul 2015 20:54:15
Jackson if you think like that why not sell the first team and play all the youth players. Somewhere along the line traore will need to spend time around the first team squad but can we rely on someone who has played one season in a league about as good as the championship to be our starting right winger. Traore I'm sure is a good player but for me a premiership loan would be better for the player and club. If pedro was brought in that would give us a goal scoring right sided player, do we really need someone tracking back all the time when we play two holding players. Pedro is good enough to do a job for us but I do understand your point but I don't think he's quite good enough yet (traore) to be a starting player.
13 Jul 2015 21:30:47
I'll have to side with Jackson regarding Pedro. I do not think he will add a great deal to a team that needs to take another step forward. I felt Cuadrado a strange purchase and over priced and he is clearly too lightweight for the Premiership and I cannot see Pedro being much different. To drop this on Traore would be extremely disappointing for the guy as he is clearly a very, very good player in the making. I am praying we buy an attacking midfielder who is capable of tracking back not a winger.
13 Jul 2015 21:44:21
I'm not saying Traore should be starting immediately. But we have Hazard and Oscar who play most games, and then there's still Cuadrado, Willian and Traore for that spot on the right. He doesn't need to start. He's fifth choice to start the season and that's good, also for depth. But if we bring in someone else without offloading a player first, then suddenly Traore is 6th choice and he won't get a look in. That's my problem with it. If Cuad leaves, then by all means bring in Pedro.
13 Jul 2015 23:25:04
There's every chance Traore will be 3rd choice striker. i'd suspect Cuadrado will leave and Pedro would be an excellent signing.
I agree 100% about the positivity around Oscar - I think he's going to break out next season in a big way!
13 Jul 2015 23:26:04
Jackson why you say oscar will definitely start? I really believe its oscar who has to worry about his place in atarting 11 and not Willian
14 Jul 2015 07:20:33
When Oscar is fit, he's one of our most important players. He makes the team tick and makes the play fluent. His absence and lack of form during the 2nd half of the season were a big part in our scrappy play to win the title. He makes us better, and it's a quality that you can't translate into stats and such.
So when he's available and fit, Oscar should start. And I believe Mourinho realises this as well. Mourinho only has to make sure that he rotates him enough to keep him fresh.