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Thauvin is far from my main choice. I don't think he is a bad as some here think. I do fully believe in Leon Bailey. IMHO (and a plethora of others) we do need to upgrade from Willian. If (for some reason) we sold Pedro I suppose I could live with Willian as the backup, but given how tight the board is with cash (other than bollocksed up Courtois deal forcing a huge spend on Kepa) it just seemed madness to turn down £65m for a 30yo winger who (again in my humble opinion) is simply not good enough and doesn't fit the Sarriball system well. He also will soon spiral downwards due to age, and I think it madness to give him an extension until he is 33 to 35. I also have (obviously) issues with his temperament. I think he is one of the biggest weaknesses we have. I just hope the board finally starts to clear out some of the deadwood so we can fund buying some much needed upgrades (Striker, RW being the two biggest). We can surely start with unloading 2 horrific buys, Bakayoko and the mind-numbingly stupid purchase of Drinkwater. We also have to deal with the probable Kovacic (RM pulling him back) then Hazard/CHO (if they dont renew) nightmares.

Lets hope so! I would LOVE to see Morata really rurn the corner and go on a ripper!

Give me a bloody break. You deserve to be chastised for calling people who are simply stating the obvious 'idiots'.

Much better 2nd half!

Wooooooot. 2 in 2 for Alvaro. I will take what I can get!!!!

Good!! SOTO will ge a large fine from the FA as they niw have 6 yellow cards! Ings should have been red carded too, for his thug move on Kovacic.

The not tall enough was pure bollox. Only compared to the cunt Courtois, who was weak at shots to his leg level.

He had more ground to cover on Sturridge's before his leap.

He is getting my vote.

I really want a 3rd. GD may come into play down the road. Another great save by Kepa just now too.

Lolololol

OMG!! Why the fuck cant Morata put away these great opportunities????

And you also got your wish.

Nice breakup by Kante. Looked like his old DMF destroyer self there.

You got your wish!

I really want to see Kante do more. His new role is still looking like it is not settled. Also, Rudiger is not exactly having his best game. He seems strangely disconnected from the rhythm of play.

Seems to be SOP for shit teams against us. Thug up.😡

I can so see a 2 yellow red card coming for SOTO.

So happy for Barkley!

Every game seems such a struggle. SOTO is absolute shit, so frustrating the only reliable scorer is Hazard. I hate to devolve into a one man team. That non pen call looms large in this one. Hopefully we smash them in the second half. Come on you Blues!!

woooooot woot, and nice play by Barkley

FUCKING PEN!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Number one, I do NOT blurt out anything. Martial was for striker, I have less interest in him as a winger, and your Football Manager / FIFA references are a sign of a weak argument. I have never played either, never will, and deals ARE done all the time. Willian needs to go.I have had Bailey as number one option for over a year now. Don't try to play semantic games like Willian is "just expressing training preferences" or infer this is a one off. He has been a bad apple for years. BTW Alonso was SHITE in the EPL too the first time around, as were many other great players who came back.

We were absolute numpty cunts to turn down £65m for him. We could have the bought a better, younger RW. Bailey, Malcom (who Barca bought for only £37m after we told them to piss off over Willian). We could have tried a swap deal with Manure (Martial for Willian plus a few quid and maybe had our striker situ sorted now). Pulisic, Suso, Florian Thauvin (6 goals, 3 assists in first 8 games) etc. were also out there. Ousmane Dembélé even was THEN an option. Barca wanted £90m, £45m LESS then they paid for him. Now he has exploded (5 goals in first 7 games, spectacular goals) and looks like he will indeed be the superstar they paid insane money for. Zero chance they sell him. Bottom line, Willian is a toxic 30yo twat, and a squad player like him is so NOT worth £65m. I have made my peace with Luiz and all the rest of the team (except Morata). NOT Willian. He and Alvaro need to go go go. I am gobsmacked Sarri gave Willian the armband a few matches back. Shameful.

Centre-Forward Paco Alcácer (on loan from Barca) is tearing shit up for Borussia Dortmund 4 games, 7 goals AND that is in ONLY 171 total minutes played! Hat trick today Paco Alcacer hits 30 minute hat-trick for Borussia Dortmund https://www.sport-english.com/en/news/futbol-internacional/paco-alcacer-hits-30-minute-hat-trick-for-borrussia-dortmund-7074697