The right-wing situation at Newcastle United is far from ideal. It’s been a priority position to upgrade upon for us for a few windows now, and it’s a position that as of yet, hasn’t been addressed. It’s a shame that it hasn’t happened, there’s no hiding from that.
One of the things which is so noticeable about the club in the market is that they’re *extremely* risk averse. You can’t really blame them for the most part – in the modern PSR era, you have such a small margin for error. You really can’t afford to sign duds.
The result of that risk averseness is that the club are always looking for the “perfect” option. So far, it’s worked.
Literally every signing has come with a high probability of success, and basically all (apart from Tonali of course, yet) have succeeded. Most other teams don’t achieve the success rate of signings that #NUFC have achieved post takeover.
However, there comes a time and a place for risks. Finding our ideal profile of winger is hard – we want a left-footer, who works hard, can play in the half-space, good shot volume and can create.
Apart from Olise, there weren’t really any that looked ideal. And that’s where the club need to make a trade-off with one of those qualities. In order to improve in that position, I don’t *think* we need all of those qualities. You can make a sacrifice somewhere, but admittedly it’s a delicate balance.
Also, we clearly want long-term signings of players U25. Players who can improve, and grow in value. But sometimes, it’s worth going for a peak years player – who might not yield financial value, but solves a tactical problem in the short term. Even the top recruiters do this. Liverpool for example have done it loads – one that comes to mind is Shaqiri.
However, the other crucial point – Jacob Murphy and certainly Miguel Almiron, are nowhere near as bad as people think. Individually, we can undoubtedly improve on both. Not to go all Moneyball, but we can…
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Author : Sanjay
Publish date : 2024-09-12 16:14:06
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