King Kante

Yeah we need Kante back to track Aubame-blood-clart-yang

Yeah, I agree, I think it is clear he is going for a 433/4231 (these are pretty easy to switch between): Kante/Gilmour/Jorgi Mount/Kova. Harvetz/RLC Ziyech/Willian. Puli/CHO Werner/Tammy/Giroud That for me is a real squad. For the first time since that mid 00's we can say we have two players for every position. CHO for me, does not need to go as he will still get minutes. The ones to go will be Barkley + Jorgi (sale)/Gilmour (loan). Could maybe say we are heavy at CF if we're playing only 1 CF but Giroud is on a rolling 12 month contract so it is not crazy.

Why the fu*k does there need to be a picture of him with his top off to sell coffee?

Rice will have to pull a Payet and ask for the transfer.

Wait, so £72m in total with all add ons, or £72m+ add ons?

Yeah, I thought it must of been a Anti-Trump of Anti-Brexit person. Only someone of that leaning would do something like this in public.

Would be harsh. The EFL cup brings in a lot of revenue for League One and Two clubs. They have already been decimated by the closure. If they want to cancel the EFL Cup the PL teams should put their hands in their pockets.

Beat expectations. I predicted 6th. So, 4th plus a cup final is way beyond. However, there is still work to do, I would say that things for SFL to do are: 1) Buy a new GK 2) Buy a new CB 3) Buy a new LB 4) Stop going completely gun-ho and leaving us wide open at the back. All he needs to do here is the easy to do 1 in front, 1 behind system i.e. when pressing have 1 CB in front of the attacker left up field and have the other CB or DMF sitting behind but in front of the next furthest up field opposition attacker. 5) Employ someone to coach the defense properly at set pieces.

This gif actually made me lol. Caan anyone tell me its real context?

I think what has happened with Willian is that he got some amazing offee pre-Covid and was going to roll with that - rumours had Le Arse offering 3 years + £200k+ a week. That deal must be off the table. My money is us giving him having something like £150k for 2 years + 1 year if he hits certain targets. That works out to about £15.5m for two years, which is probably cheaper than buying someone. As for the squad, I do actually understand the need for Willian/AM4. In my opinion, people need to forget about Mount and Harvetz being AM's, those boys are going to be No.8/No.10, Mount may even end up No.6 if he can become more disciplined and improve his tackling. For me, the squad will be; CM: Mount, Harvetz, RLC, Kova, Kante, Gilmour/Jorgi* * Jorgi sold or Gilmour loaned AM: Puli, Willian, CHO, Ziyech CF: Werner, Giroud, Tammy For me, Barkley is a gonna and I cannot see Jorgi/Gilmour both being in the squad. Biggest worry is Kante, if his fitness doesn't return we could be easy prey without the ball in the middle. A real decision will need to be made on selling him. Partey still has a €45m buyout. As for Willian, he is a very good bench option. I am not a massive fan of his owing to output but if you think of him as a bench player to be used to take sting out of games as he can come on and ball retain/help out the RB, he actually makes quite a bit of sense.

At GK, I think we should just go to Le Arse and buy one of their GK's. Leno has been a top 3 GK in the league for both his seasons here and Martinez is a complete throw back. Honestly, I have not seen a GK hold on to a ball as well as him for a long time. I must've seen him make about 3/4 stops already where someone has pinged the ball at him and he has stopped it dead with one hand.

Me too.

No. Really this Summer should've been the end of them but Corona has probably put a stop to that. Tbf, Baba for me is on Drinky level of write off, he has no knee left.

SFL first season at Chelsea (aged 23) 53 games, 7 goals, 2 assists Mount first season at Chelsea (aged 20/21) 51 games, 8 goals, 6 assists

Apprantly Rudi was seen leaving Hradecky's house.

I think he is a good shout, even if we buy another GK and he comes in as GK2 as I do not really want to rely on Willy if there is a long term injury. However, whilst I have touted him on here I remembered earlier today that he doesn't like playing for big clubs due to the amount of time he has to spend away from his family owing to cup competitions. I cannot remember the paper or what the article was titled but he essentially said that he liked playing for Watford/WBA as he wasn't worried about earning big club wages and that playing for Man Utd meant he didn't see his kids enough.

With the way things are shaping up, wouldn't be surprised to see a sale with a buy back option for Tomori.

That sounds like he will be here for the FA Cup game. Not expecting him for the CL as that goes into August and he has a contract with Roma so surely they'll want him rested/ready to train with them. I suspect this will also be the case with Willian unless he re-signs.

Really want to win this one. Be great to get CL and a FA Cup. That is way beyond what anyone could've expected in August.

Well yeah, if Tammy starts banging them in like Haaland then no worries. However, that kid is well on course to be the generational CF. Of course the wheels could come off for him in the next two years but if they do not, you have to go for a player like that if you're an ambitious club. Cu*t agent or not. As for Donnarumma, yeah I guess he may not be worth it. However, he only has a year left and we've blown £141m on Kepa, so corners are going to have to be cut somewhere. If it is Onana or having to deal with Mino's sound bites in the media, I go for Donnarumma. As I have said before, I have not seen Cakir or Rajkovic. So, maybe they are great but I am not someone who recommends/dismisses a player based on stats and youtube highlights.

Yeah. I know, Mino is a real fu*ker. However, sometimes you need to bite the bullet. For instance in 12-24 months Haaland is going to be on the market. I know we probably have very little chance of getting him (I reckon he goes to City) but it would be insane not to try due to his agent.

The financially savvy thing to do at GK is to buy a old GK that is decent then start tapping up Donnarumma and sign him on a free next Summer.

Been amazing as he helps give us an out when under pressure. His treatment after the first three/four games of the season to late Feb/early March was baffling.

I wouldn't say he was that amazing today as he got himself into a couple of bad positions and against rushed out and missed something and Zouma had to bail him out. For me, Rudi is going to be saved by the age and quality of the rest of our CB's but I do not really want him to be anything more than CB3 next year.

Edit: just seen it was already posted.