MoroccanBlue

This season, we are 19th in the league in pressing in the opposition half. Last season, we were Top 5 in Europe.... Our inability to win the ball back and retain it in dangerous areas has reduced our ability to create chances to the extent we saw last season.

Judging from the lineup looks like Tuchel again doesn’t take any opponent in the CL lightly.

I'm also on the boat of not believing we fail to create much because we have one extra CB instead of a midfielder.

Nkunku should be our priority. Especially if both Pulisic and Ziyech leave.

Lukaku has a purpose but unfortunately not a 100 million player purpose.

Robben - 3 seasons. 19 Games missed, 110 days injured. Pulisic - 2.5 seasons. 45 games missed, 335 days injured.

I've read we've earned or will earn £100m in new US sponsors.

Werner started out on fire. It was him being shifted at LW that caused him to stagnate.

Likely to see Lukaku dropped here. I'm sure Tuchel will say he needs a rest, but pretty sure in the back of his mind he wants to see how Werner/Havertz/Mount operates.

I think Newcastle would be worth a shout. With their new money they would also love to expand their reach to the American market.

Not sure but we'd undoubtedly have to sell at a discount. A move back to Germany maybe.

Going from Bundesliga to the Prem is a massive change. He'll need time to adapt.

Needs to be sold.

I swear Palace are brilliant against the rest of the top 6/our rivals but they allow us to roll over them constantly. Bless them. 😂

Gallagher would work well in a midfield three alongside an CAM and traditional holding midfielder.

Have they ever looked comfortable playing with each other?

That is the job of the sporting/technical director.

We need to find some balance. Some members have been spot on regarding what adding Lukaku would do to the team. In this current system, we aren't creating that much with Lukaku up top as opposed to the interchangeable front 3 we had. 433 would work against some sides but we are still incredibly weak in defensive transition given the lack of quality in the DM department. We also don't know if Rudiger, Christensen, Chalobah can perform at their same level in a regular back 4.

Mendy Christensen Silva Rudiger James Jorginho Kante Chilwell Mount Havertz Werner

Conte under David Luiz still showed massive signs of naivety. The FA Cup final against Arsenal in 2017 immediately comes to mind. Rudiger, Christensen Silva. and Azpilicueta are all incredibly disciplined. He may be fast and great on the ball but I find him incredibly suspect defensively.

From my brief viewing of him, and admittedly its been brief, he is very naïve in dangerous areas. David Luiz like.

But Kai, Werner, and Mount offer a lot more than just goals though? When Lukaku isn’t scoring, what does he offer?

Hasn’t scored in 4 games though.

Chiesa

@OneMoSalah I agree but we are losing a lot of our dynamism and fluidity with Lukaku. Chiesa is a goal scorer at the very least.