It has become a fact of life in the Premiership nowadays that if you want to challenge for every trophy every season
you need quality in depth in every position, to allow for injuries, suspensions and squad rotation.
However,
they need quality in depth if they are to return to the dominance of a Sir Alex Ferguson Untied side.
Everyone who remotely knows football or follows it around the world knows that to win the EPL
you need quality in depth.
Not exact matches
On analysing the squad, I think most Gooners would agree with the veteran tactician that the squad does have good
depth, we just
need a little world - class
quality in a couple of positions.
What is clear is that both sides are undoubtedly
in need of defensive reinforcements, with Barcelona struggling for
quality depth beyond first - choice pairing Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique.
The Arsenal squad is strong
in terms of
depth and even more so
in terms of
quality, we just
need a bit of world - class cutting edge to close the gap on Chelsea for next season.
But yes — for squad
depth we
need another DM, for
quality sake it seems like Coq may be the answer as he's alot like Gilberto
in doing the dirty work and just moving the ball quick and efficiently (though his passing still has room for improvement).
We won't have a
quality depth in our striking department... Chelsea have 3 I don't
need to mention them... Man city have Aguero and and bony plus goalscoring midfielders..
-- consistent injury issue — no signings (when we
need them and there are better players out there than we have
in our team / squad)-- no strength
in depth (kids, or not sufficient
quality bought)-- no consistency
in performance (motivation)-- tactical nativity and inflexibility — players played out of position or too Many like minded players accommodated
in same line up.
We
need to increase
depth in quality in those areas.
That requires a strong bench with
quality on it, players
in their best positions, not having horrific injury pools season after season (showing up lack of
quality depth) and a manager and other club employees who see they
needs the best players and can find them (not talking king ransom buys either).
I do think we
need 1 more
quality depth in front though to rotate them.
Man Utd are also interested, as per the report, as similarly to Chelsea they're both
in need of adding
depth and
quality in midfield ahead of the new campaign.
It's suggested
in the report that Michy Batshuayi is expected to leave after just 12 months at Stamford Bridge, while although Diego Costa will stay, Antonio Conte
needs depth and
quality in order to see his side compete on various fronts next season.
Kieran Trippier has shown enough to suggest that Mauricio Pochettino doesn't have to stress about the role too much, but another signing will be
needed to add
quality and
depth in the event that Walker does decide to move on.
Secondary Ward is a swing backup at DB and safety, injury hits they are
in trouble, they
need quality and
depth.
What it does raise though is the
need for
depth and
quality behind Lukaku, which could push them into making a move
in the transfer marker this summer to bring
in a replacement and top - class competition.
With little
in the way of
quality and
depth in the backline beyond Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti, a new defender was
needed for Ernesto Valverde, and he's now got one.
The counter argument to that is of course that City will be competing on various fronts and will
need quality and
depth in all positions, and so Aguero would certainly have a major role to play at the Etihad.
No title challenge at all, we've gone backwards
in Europe, players will be leaving
in the summer... yeah, I think we definitely
need some
quality squad
depth, and one, maybe two for the starting XI.
We had a LOT of gaps appear
in our team, anyone with a head on their shoulders would know it wasn't going to be this year where we win the EPL as we
needed close to a squad to get enough
quality in depth without relying on unproven youth acadamy players.
When shall we ever learn that we
need depth in quality to win the EPL.
We
need strength
in depth and most preferably of top
quality who will contribute important and decisive goals and support the goals for effort.
Youngster Manuel Locatelli has arguably been under - used, but with veteran Riccardo Montolivo emerging as a first - choice alternative, the Rossoneri
need more
quality and
depth in the squad to compete on various fronts and to be able to make game - changing substitutions.
In turn, that has forced the Chilean tactician to field Raheem Sterling as his striker at times, and evidently it appears as though he has acknowledged that he needs more depth and quality in his squad in that are
In turn, that has forced the Chilean tactician to field Raheem Sterling as his striker at times, and evidently it appears as though he has acknowledged that he
needs more
depth and
quality in his squad in that are
in his squad
in that are
in that area.
In turn, that suggests that the defence is the last thing that they need to improve, but aside from first - choice pairing Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, coach Ernesto Valverde doesn't have a great deal of quality in depth behind the
In turn, that suggests that the defence is the last thing that they
need to improve, but aside from first - choice pairing Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, coach Ernesto Valverde doesn't have a great deal of
quality in depth behind the
in depth behind them.
Coupled with Michael Carrick's retirement, it could leave Jose Mourinho with a problem area as he'll surely
need more
quality and
depth in the midfield department moving forward, while he has made no secret of his desire for Fellaini to remain with him.
Hopefully we'll poach some
quality youth from teams
in financial
need to loan back out and add them to
depth in the summer.
Arsenal has
depth, but it isn't
quality squad
depth, Rosiscky, Cazorla, Ozil all play the same position and neither of them add a great deal more than the other, our midfield is stoked but the areas we actually
need depth in are barren, we have no solid defensive midfielder with our usual reliance on a CAM moved back, as a result players like Ramsey and Wilshere who are box to box players end up creating more imbalance
in an already unbalanced team.
There was a lot of talk and speculation about Arsenal and what Arsene Wenger
needs to do
in the summer transfer window to give the Gunners the right
quality and strength
in depth to push on again and claim the Premier League title at the end of next season.
But if we
need adequate
depth in quality and competition
in the DM position then he certainly does nt cut it.
this is almost what we wanted from AW for years
in buying
quality and
in depth up front and midfield but we now
need to strengthen DM, CD and a must must a new top Goalkeeper,
all we
need is a squad of sufficient
quality and
depth (signings please Arsene if your reading;), a game plan, good management (rotation, tactics & substitutions) a little rub of the green and we could do well
in both the PL & UCL.
In turn, he sounds more than content to remain patient and bide his time for opportunities at Chelsea, and he will certainly be needed in terms of offering depth and quality with the Blues back in the Champions League and preparing to compete on various fronts next seaso
In turn, he sounds more than content to remain patient and bide his time for opportunities at Chelsea, and he will certainly be
needed in terms of offering depth and quality with the Blues back in the Champions League and preparing to compete on various fronts next seaso
in terms of offering
depth and
quality with the Blues back
in the Champions League and preparing to compete on various fronts next seaso
in the Champions League and preparing to compete on various fronts next season.
So,
depth and
quality is
needed to win things — as is money to obtain it (it has been proven year
in year out).
While Nicolas Otamendi has shown real signs of improvement this year which is a great credit to him having struggled to convince entirely previously, defensive reinforcements are arguably still
needed at the Etihad to add
quality and
depth to avoid being left short
in that department.
We
need to get at least one of them off our books, we
need in depth quality for other positions.
It's not the problem of
depth, it's a mixture of injuries and lack of
quality in some players cases, so really you can not argue that when wenger says if all our players remained fit we wouldn't
need any.
I believe Wenger
needs to get 2 players just for
quality depth in key positions.
That would allow Milner to return to a midfield role, although he can obviously offer that versatility to cover at full - back if necessary, with Liverpool
needing quality and
depth across the pitch as they look to complete on various fronts next season including
in the Champions League if they can make it through the qualifying round.
Ultimately, Montella will
need quality and
depth given his side will be aiming for a long run
in the Europa League too, and so the club will have to carefully evaluate what deals are worth accepting.
Do we want to push on
in the CL, then we
need more
depth and
quality, do we want to win the EPL, well same here.
To compete at the highest level today (and I am not talking about 4th and a domestic cup and making R16
in champions league) and win the EPL and win the CL or make it far we
need a squad with
quality in depth not just numbers to for
depth like we do with Arteta, Flamini and the likes.
While the Italian tactician
needs quality and
depth in every department this coming season as Chelsea prepare for their return to the Champions League, this is surely making little sense for them.
It's a strange move to let Matic leave
in many ways given that Chelsea
need quality and
depth in midfield to compete
in four competitions next season, but it looks as though he'll move on with the only remaining question being which club will he join.
However, it comes back to the fact that with Tottenham still
in the hunt for the Premier League title and FA Cup this season, they will
need depth and
quality in every position with a return to the Champions League next season.
Samuel Umtiti has impressed and is still just 23 years of age, but perhaps that's not enough for Barca who
need strength
in depth and
quality across the board to compete on various fronts and it appears as though they now have their eyes on Koulibaly.
In turn, Conte
needs to start thinking about adding
quality and
depth to his squad, and with cover for Marcos Alonso required, Kolasinac could have been the ideal man to fill the void.
While they continue to go well
in the Champions League, he'll
need a deep squad to continue to compete on various fronts, and the experience,
quality and
depth that the names above provide will be a huge boost.
Having also advanced
in the FA Cup and Europa League, they will
need quality and
depth between now and the end of the season and boss Mauricio Pochettino could be ready to bring new faces
in.