I wanted to share my thoughts on two issues: our ragged squad, and the VARs.
1. Fixing our squad
My idea may not be popular, but hear me out.
I think we should sell Onana in the summer, and reinvest the monies in the squad, particularly if he has a good Euro for Belgium. Hopefully after we pay off Lille their sell-on fee, we would have a significant amount to spend. Although I like him, he doesn’t have what we need in his locker. He can’t control the game from deep, and will never be a top offensive midfielder.
The way I see it, our primary needs are (a) a defensive midfielder to replace Gana, who is coming to the end of his career; (b) an offensive playmaker; and (c) a winger who can cross and score. If we got serious money for Onana, we might be able to fill all three needs. Also, if he and Harrison are on the kind of money that is bandied about, wages for three young, talented replacements shouldn’t be a problem.
2. Video Assistant Referees
We know VARs are a total joke. I contend that one of the reasons is that being an on-field referee and being a VAR require two distinctly different skill sets. So, why not recruit a corps of 10 or 20 VARs, sit them wherever, train them properly, and have them do video review only? Leave the on-field referees to do what they (supposedly) do best.