Alex Telles

[O 20,759]

Welcome Alex Telles

27 years old (15/7/1992)

LB/LWB - Brazil international

195 appearances for FC Porto - 26 goals & 57 assists

 

[Burns92 2,560]

Seen a few highlights of him, seems like he has a mean cross in him.

Would fucking love to watch some trademark Cavani headers, if this dude can deliver.

[Ace-7 207]

great going forward, good cross on him. shit defensively.

At least he is good at something tbf. Unlike that useless fat shit Shaw

[JJtheRed 7,200]

Calmed down (slightly) 

Actually pretty pleased with this signing. Another lefty is always welcome. 

[FlyEaglesFly 40]

Can't say I know anything about him. What I've heard is that he's very good going forwards but not so much in defense. 

Does that mean a change of formation for Ole perhaps? Or does it mean Telles will be a back up rather than a starter?

I guess time will tell.

[Albert Quixall 3,910]

Never heard of him until we were linked.

[O 20,759]

Having a natural left footed player overlap will hopefully help Rashford.

He's also a very good set-piece taker. So I wonder how long that will take to coach out of him. He took corners and penalties for Porto, and some free kicks.

[nirav 1,166]

In big games I think we should go with 5 at back with Shaw being LCB and him as a LB further forward making runs.

[FlyEaglesFly 40]

26 minutes ago, nirav said:

In big games I think we should go with 5 at back with Shaw being LCB and him as a LB further forward making runs.

I think Shaw is a liability no matter what so that should be avoided. 

[TheManc 4,063]

It's the only bit of common sense we showed this Summer, and even then it came 2 months later than it should.

Can't wait to see a fullback who can actually attack though. He overlaps a lot, right? Hopefully he frees up Rashford a bit. 

[Mickey Mouse 1,121]

Lets be honest Shaw has never lived up his prospect as player. I would like to think that Shaw's injury actually sank him in the long run and he never recovered. So replacing Shaw was long over do lets hope at minimum that Shaw is the thrid choose now as I don't think it will body well for Brandon if this guy walks stright in a head of him. 

[Kjetil 32]

9 hours ago, Mickey Mouse said:

Lets be honest Shaw has never lived up his prospect as player. I would like to think that Shaw's injury actually sank him in the long run and he never recovered. So replacing Shaw was long over do lets hope at minimum that Shaw is the thrid choose now as I don't think it will body well for Brandon if this guy walks stright in a head of him. 

By all accounts, Williams will move to the right.

[FlyEaglesFly 40]

27 minutes ago, Kjetil said:

By all accounts, Williams will move to the right.

Which makes sense although I thought Laird was meant to be a young star for the future?

[Kjetil 32]

1 hour ago, FlyEaglesFly said:

Which makes sense although I thought Laird was meant to be a young star for the future?

I think I read that he's been moved up to the squad. I doubt he's in for much game time yet though.  

[FlyEaglesFly 40]

1 hour ago, Kjetil said:

I think I read that he's been moved up to the squad. I doubt he's in for much game time yet though.  

They may want to reconsider that though... Given that AWB has his struggles. 

[TheManc 4,063]

16 hours ago, FlyEaglesFly said:

Which makes sense although I thought Laird was meant to be a young star for the future?

Laird is injured more than Jones atm it seems.

[FlyEaglesFly 40]

6 hours ago, TheManc said:

Laird is injured more than Jones atm it seems.

That's a real shame. Bit like Tuanzebe then. 

[O 20,759]

Really good debut.

[rezzy 4,715]

We'll be able to see more from him once we can bench Martial and play Cavani.

[CB78 395]

Cavani on the end of some of those whipped in crosses could be interesting 

[TFIA 15,140]

10 hours ago, O said:

Really good debut.

My guy.

I’ve sort of gone quiet on him because I don’t want to give the shambles of a board any credit but he’s legit as fuck going forward. Made great decisions as well and didn’t just kick and hope to an attacker surrounded ala Shaw and AWB.

We need to get more players into the box when he’s on the ball. He will deliver the cross. Like using him as a wing back in bigger games too. 

[TFIA 15,140]

RIP 2020-2020

[hdcantona 9,140]

Got the rona. FFS. 

 

[TFIA 15,140]

5 minutes ago, hdcantona said:

Got the rona. FFS. 

 

No amount of social distancing could save him from my fantasy team.

Edited October 28, 2020 by TFIA

[TheManc 4,063]

Unfortunate for him. He'll miss Arsenal/Istanbul/Everton.