King Kante

With the Dippers next season I am hoping for Dortmund Meltdown Part II.

Please let it not be us that he comes to. He is bang average.

We have far too many problems atm to think about a title push in the next two seasons. At the moment, we have the following problems: 1) A GK that lets in nearly 50% of shots on goal in. 2) Four CB's that show no leadership qualities and all have individual weaknesses that the opposition know and exploit. 3) An attack that creates lots of chances but has really poor conversion rate (this may already been remedied but we still have to wait and see.) 4) A midfield that is pretty lightweight and gets overpowered and even out ran at times. 5) One LB that downed tools and another who, whilst great getting forward, is very slow to recover. For me, to expect to solve all those issues in one year is asking too much. Next year the expectation should just be CL qualification and anything else is a bonus. That would still be progress as surely this year would've been Ropey League qualification and a cup would be a bonus.

The problem is that we need someone to be a complete crack head and have no knowledge of football whatsoever in order to get rid of Kepa. He is so bad, his stats are now the worst ever in PL history for someone starting more than 6 games. So it is no longer worst in 25, it is now worst 25×28 or worst in 700 (approx.)

Only team Batsh*t will go to in the PL is Palace. They have scored 30 goals in 36 games and they liked him. If he goes anywhere it will be there. Problem however will be cost as they do not do expensive signings.

Yeah, I just went and looked again and edited my initial post!

Complete reserve side against Utd at the weekend please. We need a result against the Dippers now. If we lose we will be fucked if Utd and Leicester win their next ones as they can just play out a draw and finish above us on goal difference.

Well they should've had a penalty but as it is Utd, they obviously didn't get it and then Utd ran down the other end of the pitch and scored. Game over now, Man Utd are probably the best counter attacking team in the league and Palace have zilch to play for.

At this moment in time, I think we have to go with a reserve side, depending on what happens tonight. At the moment, there is the possibility that Utd and Leicester win both their next two games. If that happens and we lose to the Dipper's then they can play out for a draw and unless we beat Wolves 15-0 or something crazy they will finish above us.

Yeah, I would agree but I think SFL has a hard on for Kante and it is the only way I see him fitting into the side if Harvetz arrives.

Another option is: Kante Mount. Harvetz Ziyech. Werner. Puli Personally, I reckon if Harvetz comes here he will be made into a No.8 in a 433 and a No.10 in a 4231. I think this may be one of the reasons he is open to Chelsea as he can learn from SFL who was the best goal scoring No.8 in the past 30 years. I think people get way too wrapped up in the positions Harvetz has played this season. He has ended up at RWF/CF due to injuries and his talent level, which means he can play a variety of positions to a very high level without a drop off in quality - think Balack/Rooney/Alaba/Saul. However, long term I believe he is best off in midfield has he has the ability to dictate play and score goals. If you stick him in one of the three forward positions he will maybe score more but he will not be able to take control of games as easily.

KK must be on his way. No way do Napoli lay that sort of money out - especially when they will not have CL next season, barring a miracle - on a player without bringing money in.

Tbf, I think what Utd do is they offer a salary that is tied to CL football. This consequently means that if they are in the CL they player will get say £100k and if not they it will be reduced by 25% so they get £75k instead. The author is obviously a bit of an idiot and does not realise how to use percentages properly, but I was able to sort of get their logic. As for Utd's wage will, I do believe that operate at a (base) -25%(or another percentage) for lack of CL. This sort of policy can be seen when they were last out of the CL, where their wage bill took a dip and then bounced back again.

Especially a defender that relies on pace and will be 30 within two years. Only team that will agree to that is Barca but they have surely got to cut back on wages.

No, except for second highest point total.

For me our problem is not Leicester (who I think will only get a point or two against Sheff Utd and Spurs) or Utd who I fully expect to get an absolute minimum of 5 points from their next three games, it is Wolves. I say this because if Chelsea draw with the Dippers (which most people would think is a good result) but Wolves win their two against Burnley (tough but winnable for Wolves) and Palace (lost their last five and appear to be on the beach) it will mean that a win at SB puts them above us on GD. For me, unless Wolves fail to beat Burnley, we are going to have to beat the Dippers as I do not see Utd getting anything less than 5 points in their next three games, while we all also know that we will bend over as easily as a prozzie in the Amsterdam if Wolves come into our game needing a win.

Agreed. If he could just add something like 5-6 goals and 5-6 assists a season he would be an untouchable.

Torres would actually be a great replacement for Willian.

Yeah, Mount is probably the most knackered player. I do not think it is a bad idea he misses this one also. Kova has not played much since the restart so he can keep that position. The other two in midfield should be Jorgi (keep Kante for the Dippers) and Barkley/RLC.

Need to rest some players here as a number of players looked completely shagged out against Norwich. Further, some rotation should allow some players a final chance to prove they shouldn't be sold. My team: Kepa James AC/Tomori Zouma Emerson Jorgi Barkley. Kovacic Pedro. Tammy. CHO

Southampton deserved that at the end even if it was unfortunate for Utd. Looking at the games left and their form I still expect Utd to win all of them. However, very good result for us today.

Leicester are in bad shape. They are in awful form and they are missing: Ricardo (best FB) Soyuncu (best CB), Maddison (best AM) and Chilwell (1st choice LB) for the next game, whilst the first two are done for the season. For me, Wolves are a bigger problem because if we beat Norwich but then lose to the Dipper's and they win their games, then last game of the season will allow them to finish above us if they win.

The problem is FFP isn't enforceable. This outcome, where City get fined, is just a compromise to make it look like FFP is valid but they just didn't catch them in time.

Yeah, it is probably to keep up the pretence that FFP is still actually a thing. This suits all the big teams and City themselves as it freezes out anyone who isn't already established. My hope is that today has killed off FFP. It is a cartel system used to keep the big boys big, and the medium/small teams in their place. If it was actually fair, they would say every club across Europe can spend x amount a year. Instead, they allow the big clubs to load up on debt and refuse to allow smaller teams inward investment that would essentially be gifted.

To be fair, Rudiger has always been rash and had poor positional play. It was one of the reasons I never wanted him in the first place. The past two seasons he only got away with this as he was playing alongside the nations favourite defensive scapegoat David Luiz, so his faults got blamed on him.