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and why alvarez would want to join us? he want fight for titles. He will go to barça

I expect him to leave along disasi and tosin at least IDK if the board will try to sell chalobah but the others three must go

Cole Palmer: Life under Liam is amazing, he gives us all confidence. Lets us be ourselves, play free. I'm sure when I'm back proper fit you'll see the best of me” ( @BBCMOTD ) #CFC ajhaha

Liverpool also have a tough schedule. City, United and Villa away and a derby. brighton is also a tricky game

manchester are at home along tottenham, newcastle are awful. the problems are liverpool, arsenal and sunderlanda way. related to villa, I think they are playing badly and I think we can win that game but lets see... liverpool also have a tricky schedule

ahah conced a goal

I agree with you overall — I think your take is completely fair. Sancho, because it was only a loan, ends up being one of the “less bad” moves in this whole mess. Even if he hasn’t been amazing, at least it wasn’t another £60–70m gamble that collapses. The risk was controlled, which already feels rare under BlueCo. Pedro Neto is also a slightly different case. He’s not a generational talent and he doesn’t have the ceiling of Estevão or Palmer, but you can see he has Premier League quality. He has moments. The problem is that “showing something once in a while” still doesn’t really justify the kind of spending Chelsea have done on wingers.

what striker? We already have 3 - JP, Delap and the guy from strasbourg that come in the summer

For me, that’s the most unbelievable mistake by the board. I can still understand Garnacho because he came from United and has shown some decent things, but the Gittens signing — especially for the price paid — represents everything that’s wrong with this board. Sterling, despite everything, came from City, and Madueke, who’s already been sold, was cheap. Mudryk has also been a disaster, but honestly, the Gittens signing is by far the worst of them all.

I think we all know by now that Garnacho only really works as a substitute, and LR has already realized that. Why was George loaned out? Neto, Garnacho, Estevão, Palmer… just because Estevão and Palmer were on the bench doesn’t mean they don’t count. Neto is already back for the next game, so we’re well covered on the wings until the end of the season. And a Palmer who’s not 100% yet is still, in my view, more of a player than George. I’m not making excuses, but I’m also not as blind as you seem to be.

Palmer isn’t at 100%, and Estevão just came back from Brazil — with the travel, it’s completely normal he didn’t start. Gittsen is also injured. So it’s not “making excuses,” it’s just managing the squad realistically given the circumstances.

The way you’re talking, it sounds like LR completely rotated the team, but look at who actually played: Sánchez, Cucurella, Chalobah, Fofana, Santos, Enzo, Caicedo, and João Pedro. There’s already a solid base there, and it’s completely normal to rotate players in these competitions, even in the later stages. It’s not “giving up” or “not trying,” it’s smart squad management to keep everyone fresh and competitive.

That’s not what I’m saying at all. Of course fans care about trophies — but let’s not pretend every trophy has the same importance, because they don’t. The Champions League isn’t just about transfers, it’s the highest level of competition and the foundation for winning the biggest trophies again. Prioritising UCL qualification over the Carabao Cup isn’t “the game being gone”, it’s just understanding what actually matters most in today’s football. Wanting Top 4 doesn’t mean trophies don’t matter — it means some objectives are bigger than others.

Top players or not, it doesn’t matter. Champions League football makes every target easier to get. Any player, big or small, is more likely to join a club with UCL football than without. That’s just how modern football works.

People are acting like prioritising Top 4 is some kind of loser mentality, but it’s just reality in modern football. Even under Roman, after 2017/2018 we’ve basically been fighting for Top 4 more than anything else. The club hasn’t been consistently challenging for the league, and we’ve been stuck in rebuild cycles. That’s the truth. Everyone knows what Champions League qualification means today: More money Better financial stability More prestige Easier to attract top players A sustainable platform to actually build a competitive squad again That’s how the game works now. You don’t rebuild a top club without UCL football. If we were talking about the FA Cup, fine — there’s a real debate there. But the Carabao Cup? Come on. It’s not nothing, but it’s nowhere near as important as getting back into the Champions League. Only people who don’t understand how football works in 2026 still pretend that qualifying for the UCL isn’t the priority. A serious club needs to be back at that level first — trophies come after.

and we can blame them?? top 4 is much more important than a carabao cuop rather be in ucl next year than won this shit competition

what havertz did? I turn off the TV after the goal

they overthinking

LR could make the subs a little bit more earlier

lool why they dont put the ball in the area? too many sloppy passes

It’s a temporary solution in the sense that he was called back six months earlier than planned. He was already coming to the club in the summer — we’ve just brought that forward. It’ll be interesting to see whether Badiashile is ahead of him in the pecking order, but since LR already knows him, I do think he’ll play a few matches ahead Badiashile. What I don’t really see is much space for Acheampong, but we’ll have to wait and see how things play out. Maybe Sarr turns out to be a pleasant surprise and actually has more potential than Jacquet, which I understand choosing Liverpool given how many centre-backs we already have. It’s also become clear that the club will only pay big money for young players like Jacquet. Since they didn’t see any others worth that level of investment, they went for the easy option and recalled Sarr. The club didn’t try any other crazy move for another player because, almost without anyone noticing, the season is already well past the halfway point. They’re probably banking on the injured players returning and getting at least a few games under their belt, hoping that’s enough to muddle through until the end of the season.

where you read that?

We don’t actually know yet. The club’s idea may simply have been to temporarily solve a situation and properly address it in the summer. It’s not guaranteed that we’ll even miss Jacquet that much — Colwill plus Sarr already gives us a solid base, and if we sign another centre-back, that’s good defensive depth. Sarr also isn’t coming in with nothing behind him: he has more senior games under his belt and was a starter in a CAN-winning team, which at least counts for something. None of this guarantees success, but right now the only honest position is to wait and see.

Good news

maybe sarr is better than jacquet