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Thursday, 02 August 2012 18:06 |
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Salvio is a good player and most importantly is a player that really wants to play for SLB, having stated that publicly last season. He had a good spell with us 2 seasons back, where he was particularly good in the Europa league campaign, scoring some crucial goals. If he can repeat that in the CL this season, we will all be happy! He linked up well with Maxi down the right flank, and has an eye for goal and could suppourt Cardozo better than Gaitan has done.
But I agree with some of the posters. Firstly it was a lot of money spent on him. Surely offering a player in the deal (we have so many fringe players who could've been offerered as makeweights - Djalo, Sidnei or Jara just to name 3) would've brought the price down. Secondly, how many wingers have we got now? Surely this means Gaitan has to be sold now. We have spent quite a bit this summer, without making any big sales yet. Or perhaps the coffers are doing better than we thought? Somehow I doubt it, and I am still fully expecting a big sale in the next few weeks. We all hope it won't be Witsel. Garay seems to want to stay, and if he does it would be great for us.
Defence is still a big concern. JJ seems yet again to be only focused on attack and unconcerned with our defensive fragility. It looks like he is going to persist with Melgarejo at left back. I really hope this doesn't mean he is going to abandon buying a new left-back, because if so we will be very short in that position, just as we were last season. Melgarejo is clearly best coming forward with that immense pace of his...why waste him at left back? It's such an attack-minded squad we have already, JJ must obviously get a new left-back in who can DEFEND...this is what we need most now!
Few more points: Orlando, as ever you are giving up on everything before the season has even started. Have some faith amigo! Did you not see the Real Madrid match? Yes it was a friendly, yes it was mostly Real's fringe players...but it was still a team coached by Mourinho. And to score 5 goals shows the awesome attacking potential this squad has. We just have to get the balance in defense right and we could do great things this coming season.
Lastly, to all those lamenting about Oliveira leaving, I say this: it's really the best thing that could happen, for him and the club (and the seleccao). He will get more playing time at Deportivo which will enable him to mature. Let's face it, there is NO WAY that he could be ahead of Cardozo in our first team. Cardozo has been top-scorer for the club for 5 straight seasons now. And the reality is Oliveira's strike rate has been very poor considering he's a striker...just look them up on wikipedia...his goals to games ratio is very low for everyone except the Seleccao under-20s. He was not going to see a lot of first team action this season, so it really is best he goes on loan...period!
Anyway we have an exciting looking squad, but it is very large at this moment...expect some departures in the coming weeks. If we can just get in a left back who can defend well...i think we would have a good squad able to compete on 3 fronts...
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