I think he was in Dawson’s Creek years ago.
Why are we getting done on the counter...missing Gini?
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I think he was in Dawson’s Creek years ago.
Joe Gomez!
In fact I’ll start a thread!
In fact I’ll start a thread!
Great points...I think there are some that are ignorant or willfully loathe to admit that Gini role was integral to the way we played. He was never 'visually defensively spectacular' in Kante style manner but his tirelessness, strength and tactical/positional awareness were a constant reason why we performed so well.
I find it really lame when people bring up the fact that Gini didn't play well last season, like the season where our defence was decimated and we had to play midfielders in defence at times? As if anyone played well last season!
I knew we would miss Gini in some capacity, injuries that we are experiencing seem to be making the midfield perform worse. Hopefully, this season doesn't turn out to be a 'mini' version repeat of last season only with midfielders. Last season we didn't replace Lovren and it bit us in the ass, hopefully not replacing Gini won't have the same effect... If I remember right last season we actually did really well, I think we were top on Christmas day and then fell off a cliff... this season we have to factor in the African players going to AFCON fingers are crossed I hope we can make it through.
I think that was a minority view actually. Most were either ambivalent or wanted him to stay, I reckon.
Nah, I wanted him to stay and didn't see any point in getting rid without a replacement.
We had one who turned out to be the Spanish Lucas.
I didn’t care whether he stayed or left - he’s replaceable.
The problem wasn’t him leaving - it’s was not replacing him when he left.
The only mitigation against not bring someone in was the player we wanted was not available and that’s better than bringing in someone substandard that we didn’t want.
The problem wasn’t him leaving - it’s was not replacing him when he left.
The only mitigation against not bring someone in was the player we wanted was not available and that’s better than bringing in someone substandard that we didn’t want.
I do remember 18 months ago loads on here saying they would be happy seeing Gini leave if it meant Thiago coming in as his replacement. As it was that happened with the added bonus of an extra 12 months of Gini.
Hindsight would say that Thiago's injury record has meant the "replacement" hasn't been as effective as folks were assuming, but that is only based on hindsight - at the time people were in favour of the approach.
So to say Gini wasn't replaced isn't strictly true, to say he wasn't adequately replaced may be valid
Hindsight would say that Thiago's injury record has meant the "replacement" hasn't been as effective as folks were assuming, but that is only based on hindsight - at the time people were in favour of the approach.
So to say Gini wasn't replaced isn't strictly true, to say he wasn't adequately replaced may be valid
In that case.... it’s about time we replaced Adam Lallana.
We did Oxlade chamberlain. One who has some skill and is injured more often than not.
Yeah, but I didn't see the point of signing him and don't value him as an adequate replacement
Well... we signed Ox a lot earlier.
To be fair... Thiago, it could be argued, is a like-for-like replacement for Lallana - silky midfield skills that we never see cause he fucking injured.
I liked Gini - he was a decent player - just not irreplaceable.
In the same way that selling Lovren wasn’t a bad idea - but replacing him with air wasn’t a good idea... so... selling ghostie and replacing him with something even less incorporeal was wrong.
We ended up registering Karius to play in the Premier League.. because we ran out of players to register.
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