Clockwork

This is the time to sign players like Pulisic, if you wait than clubs like Bayern, Madrid, and Barca will come knocking. Especially Bayern, who rate him very highly. Than forgot about competing for his signing at that point. I want to sign him, because this an opportunity to sign one of best promising players atm. It is probably not ideal, since his best position is LW. I think he could also play in midfield, where Barkley currently plays at. Not sure who would be ideal, who would fit that? Btw i actually believe that Pedro will start over Willian, if both players remain at the club.

Well he didn't he hit the cross bar twice. I guess you could say he was unlucky, but his goal scoring record says it all. His overall performance was just decent. Compare yourself

Willian could never put in this type of performance against a top team.

Disagree on the Emerson part, as i posted earlier. Interesting on the Azpi part. Zappacosta has actually been very impressive, he looks the part of what you look for in this system. He is much more energetic, aggressive, and better moving forward. He played so high, always provided passing option and overlapped. I thought the downgrade from Zappacosta to Azpi was noticeable. Not to say Azpi played bad, he was solid.. obviously you would give Azpi the benefit of the doubt, because what we know about these players. But if i didn't know any of that strictly based on what we have seen, Zappacosta would be the choice..

I am dumbfounded by this statement. Alonso was a nightmare through out the game, you could see the opposition taking advantage of his lack of speed. Most opportunities came through his flank. And very clumsy on the ball. Emerson came in around the 65m, he had a relatively quiet game. I actually rewatched the 2nd half after he came in because i was so confused by the critique of his cameo. He gave the ball on one occasion and one bad pass other than that i can not find another criticism. He was solid, very aggressive, and always made himself available as a passing option further on the pitch.

I could see Pedro playing as a striker if Morata stinks it up.

Excellent move it would be, i think too much generally is made of the armband. Because in every locker room everyone knows who the leaders are and they don't need an armband to direct them to. In this case it would be a great motivational tool, to make Eden take ownership of the team. Challenge Hazard to take his performances even further and make him feel responsible for the team performances and result.

Not if they sell Caldara in the process. I think Juventus ends up selling either Rugani or Caldara. For whatever it is worth, Juve fans rate Caldara higher. The majority would be okay with selling Rugani. I really wouldn't mind missing out on Rugani, he just doesn't move the needle for me. Not my type of defender either, he is way too passive.

Not sure in practice, but in their preseason games they have used 4-3-3 exclusively. He is using Mount as the most advanced of the three midfielder. Seen a little bit of videos of their games, know little but it is clearly a proactive and possession style.

He was left out due to injury.

At this point i guess i am placing my hope on RLC, i believe Cesc, Kante, and Jorginho will start as the trio of midfielders. Barkely is the better goal scorer than RLC and better instinct, but RLC is hands down the better midfielder.

Come on Tomo you are better than that. Leicester system was more based on bypassing midfield, passing to the attackers as quick as possible. Sarri system is more deliberate and keeping the ball in midfield attempting to find breakthroughs. Check this sequence, i will look to see more on twitter.

It is really amazing how much Barkley stock went up based on a game against freaking Perth Glory in a friendly game. Barkley and Kante are both runners, Jorginho by himself cannot make that midfield work against decent teams. Even against Perth Glory Barkley really benefited by the fact Cesc help Jorginho in the build up, given Barkley a free role near the box.

Media is reporting is due to his girlfriend going into pregnancy.

Sergey Chepchugov who is close to Golovin, saying he will dress up for Chelsea next season.

Dembele is so talented, but i question if he has the brain to reach elite level. Barca were stupid to pay 150m, it would be amazing if they sold him one year later.

Good move if that is the case.

Meh i think Monaco development is overrated, they scout and sign a lot of great young players. Keita Balde and Youri Tielemans were hot prospects a year ago, and they didn't really do anything to advance.

My hunch is that he will sign for Chelsea, just seems so typical for our transfers to get stretched out. If he was signing for Monaco this would have been wrapped up already.

A healthy Thiago along with Kante and Jorginho is best in the world. I honestly wouldn’t take another midfield over them.

Even mario pasalic looked decent, my gawd the overreaction to a friendly. Penciling Barkley as a starter and expectation for Bakayoko.

Seeing some posts that we don't need him. Yes we do need him, we really need someone with his dribbling ability, close control, and vision in midfield. If we are going to sign this should happen soon, probably stating the obvious here. But the team returns to London, making it important to get this done and have him train for the next preseason game.

Cesc will be the third midfielder along with Kante and Jorginho, assuming everything stays the same.

Pedro will probably outperform him if he stays. Makes it even more stupid to reject such a good price.

My feeling toward Marina if we bottle this.