Tomo

Zlatan did.

I'd be a bit apprehensive due to his age and the recent signings to the Prem from the Bundi but I'm honestly getting to the point I'll take Morata back if the trade off is getting shot of Rom.

In hindsight Sancho should have done the Dortmund/Bayern route. I don't understand why English players don't want to settle abroad long term, now you could maybe say money but it was the same in the 90s when Serie A ruled. If I was a player unless playing for Chelsea was possible I'd 100% prefer playing in Spain/southern Italy.

Cliche but I'll rather wait until he's had a proper run in the team before declaring that. I'd understand him not getting one if the other attackers are producing but despite everything he's still looked better than Pulisic with fewer chances. The closest he's had to one is this Autumn and (finishing aside) he was excellent and unless you count the wingbacks as such our best attacker during our best run of form performance wise for quite a while.

His finishing is awful I can't defend him on that. Creative wise he's better than given credit for in my opinion, even THAT moment vs Brighton was neatly finding his way to Mount without an illegal interception. On a slightly related note remember when most of us were desperate to bring in his pal Sancho? Thankgod that didn't happen.

Meh I'd rather get Maatsen back. Maatsen might be something, we know what we will get with Emerson and it will end up with Alonso being number 1 until the season end.

Honestly, for a wingback and attacking super sub, I'd take Adama.

Good. Only way back for him now is if he apologizes and starts putting the hard yards in (or produces enough to counteract the lack of workrate) but we all know his ego will get in the way.

I've decided given all the negatives he brings to the set up a goal a game average (with a fair chunk in finals/UCL/big six clashes) is minimum requirement. No other way can his presence be even remotely justified.

4 weeks without a league game, usually I'd be hating it but this time the timing couldn't be more perfect. Spurs are the one team that's still conspired to lose comfortably to us through this rut so hopefully we can sign off with a win.

Leicester have been beyond shit yet Patson Daka is still making a difference. How is that possible? I thought strikers can't score unless they're "fed properly".

I've just thought if he scores against Plymouth he's so going to do a Maguire vs Albania and cup his ears, isn't he?

It got boring yes but even then there was still the tactical intrege to it, with Lukaku we basically play like Stoke. The most frustrating thing is style wise it's fixable literally by dropping Lukaku, the Liverpool game and the autumn run quite clearly show that. That alone won't put us on par with City but if we're really that far behind them then doesn't that give us all the more reason to play more enjoyable football? (Not to mention that style has proved effective in the cups and we still have four of them in play). Lukaku is like a player version of Mourinho, ie given his baggage his presence can only really be justified if it comes with hard results.

The hardest thing to accept right now is the football, it's so poor only a win gets us anything good out of it. Under Sarri results were so so but there was atleast some intrege due to us transitioning to a possession based team. Under Frank in season 1 pre lockdown the results weren't great but the majority of the games were fun. Drawing to Burnley in November was annoying but the game was so good to watch i wasn't even that pissed. The football we play now is dreadful, I've been to see our next FA Cup opponents a few times this season when we don't clash with them (live near atm) and they genuinely play more modern and progressive football than we do with Rom as a focal point, a fucking league one side with a squad value of £3.4m, let that sink in.

Sarri would have froze him out and Conte would have given us our money back. Our best hope now is PSG panic and want a guaranteed stat padder to replace Mbappe.

Atleast then it was somewhat understandable, now it's just bonkers. Quite crazy that the only manager of late that's truly dealt with this guy the way he deserves is Solskjaer.

The fact the main case for his defense is a nations league game they still lost anyway says it all.

The system tax goes out of the window with his behavior, lack of effort and how highly he thinks of himself. Those 4 would perform in any system under any manager, he's set his own standards about time he puts his money where that big mouth of his is.

Don't have a clue, probably about how Bettenelli didn't tell him how wonderful he was on the team bus or something like that knowing him.

It's not a feeling it pretty clear, the spirit that was so evident as recently as Liverpool is totally gone. Btw he was even bitching to Azpi when the rest of our team were focusing on congratulating Ziyech for scoring.

I was constantly arguing people who somehow watched him and were coming to the conclusion he was better than Sturridge and Eto'o.

You weren't here in the Torres era? Genuinely thought that was as worse as it would ever get in terms of the sheer way a player is holding us back.

If this Lukaku obsession stops we'll turn this round. If he keeps shoehorning him in then it will get worse. Sometimes things are exactly how they say on the tin.

https://twitter.com/goal/status/1409059003343200256?lang=en He set his own standards, remember that.

To put this into a little bit of context it's the same amount of touches Gabby Agbonlahor had in one half playing for bottom of the league Villa away to Spurs (when they were good) and he was mocked on Monday Night football. And wouldn't you just know all off a sudden as soon as he finally got hauled off we started playing like a team again. Pressing and every player involved in the build up. The worse thing is he's even failing at what he's suppose to be good at (what even I expected he would be fine with). We were told to embrace his flaws because he would make amends with goals. He has a big chance tonight, a big chance against City and big chances in both legs against Spurs and wasted them. That's possibly/probably 5 points he's squandered us, not good enough when he offers next to nothing else. If he's not taking those chances, what positive are we getting out of him being on the pitch? Please someone tell me what I'm missing here.