Tomo

A bit extreme, even if Rom was here for 5 years Jude would be 22 at that point. If anything a striker of Lukaku's age gives him a better chance as a potential opening will arise at the perfect age.

The problem is with Lukaku in i just don't see where else his minutes (that will satisfy him) will come from. Whether people like it or not Werner and Mount are crucial to TT's system, Kai is the golden boy and Rom whether i like it or not isn't coming to ride the bench. Those 4 between them will be hogging the largest parts of the minutes. That combined with our clear willingness to let Marcos and Emerson go with no substantial LB link makes me wonder, tbh as @NikkiCFC said i think it could actually work against certain opposition, especially with how conservative our CM's are.

Thinking back to my post yesterday about Lukaku's arrival forcing us to a back 4, thinking about it properly, could it actually be that Puli's appearance at wingback at The Emirates won't be a one off?

Has much changed? He pulled exactly the same thing at United as soon as Ole came in and told him to fight for his place (who have been much better since), and I mean literally the same thing (pissed off to train with Anderlect until he got his way). Regarding the bolded bit i will hold my hands up that he has done much better in Italy than I thought and as I pointed out in my previous post I don't deny he has his plus points but I really am not sure he fits the way Tuchel wants us to play certainly not for almost every match situation, if he came in as a horses for courses option who was used when his skillset would help in a game then I wouldn't actually be against him returning, but at that price he will be playing every single minute of any game of note and I really don't think he is that good. Also what has to he noted when it comes to me is I am that sure of Havertz as the striker I'm even relatively indifferent to the prospect of Haaland.

Even as someone who desperately doesn't want him that is far too much, the Torres we had was the worst striker in the league. As much as I am not in favour in Rom here he will have his uses.

The most frustrating thing will be when he gets injured or suspended and Kai has an absolute screamer at false 9 in his absence and we look like such a better all round team as a result only to shoehorn Rom back in next game. Would be even more infuriating than when Lampard did likewise with an out of sorts Kante.

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Apart from Kepa our signing's have been largely good since 2018 (i'm convinced all our 2020 signings will come good), even Higuain served a purpose, although admittedly that would take a hit if Lukaku returns. Not only that Conte himself has largely stuck to a similar profile of signings at Inter which included trying to reunite with two of our singing's from that year. Conte has been known to be pretty sketchy in the market, United fans still joke about him being a key part of their rebuild by taking Young and Alexis (both of whom he also wanted here) off their hands. Do i think Conte was the only guilty party for that season? No but i also don't buy him being an innocent bystander either.

And it will substantially weaken us in big games and probably see to a UCL defense unless Tuchel has the balls to drop him.

It would be the other way round, he'll find a way to score against the fodder but he'll disappear out of sight vs anyone half decent.

There's more than 2 strikers in the world, infact i'd think we would be a lot better off with Havertz up front.

And this is exactly why i have been screaming from the rooftop for weeks now to wait it out if we can't find the right fit.

I could maybe have been strong armed into seeing the positive side of this if he didn't have an ego the size of Russia. I fear at one point it will become painfully clear we are a better team with Havertz at false 9 and we will either keep playing Rom despite the detriment to the team or drop him which will be a nightmare for dressing room morale given his track record of wanting the silver spoon, not sure which would be worse.

Stay strong Inter!

Well then on the same basis, isn't Sancho being successful also a potential or what if? And *if* he's not, then they haven't strengthened atall in attack.

So Sancho "has the potential " to be good but Havertz doesn't? Got it!

And a large part of that was because Rashford naturally evolved from a 10 goal a season forward to a 20 goal a season one, why can't Havertz do the same? And i love how you're so closed minded about our Bundesliga signing's improving in the second season while at the same time assuming United's signing from the very same league will hit the ground running.

Lampard extracted a top 4 finish with Kepa, Zouma, Alonso/Emerson, Willian and Tammy/Oli as regulars. Tuchel not only has huge upgrades in all those areas (including one of the worlds best keepers, one of the best CB's of this era, arguably the worlds best young CB assuming he arrives and one of the worlds best young players) not to mention a better version of Kante (arguably the worlds best midfield) and a more mature version of Mount. Surely it's not unreasonable to expect at the absolute minimum to avoid the same scramble we had with massively inferior players and a raw manager? The only mitigating circumstances would be a horrendous injury crisis or top 4 requiring late 70's points. I actually wanted Aguero for that role but i wouldn't be against Ings.

Tbh i wouldn't hold not challenging for the title against Tuchel even if we signed Messi, Guardiola is practically a cheat code in league football. This squad even with no signing's however should be comfortable top 4 and if Tuchel fails where the manager we sacked for him succeded with a massively inferior squad, then questions will rightly be asked.

You've destroyed your own argument mentioning Solskjaer, he had a terrible window last summer and still despite that finished 2nd. So if you think Tuchel will struggle for top 4 that must mean you think Solskjaer is a better coach, no?

With Baka, he would have either ran Cesc or Kante to the ground (which he ended up doing once he finally gave up on him) or put Luiz there to prove a point. Conte was playing chicken the entire season to the point he borderline started throwing games and we're suppose to believe he would have persisted with a player barely doing the basics right had he been signed against his will? It just doesn't add up, in reality he would have exhausted literally every option possible before turning to him. With Morata, false 9 until Oli arrived.

Then Tuchel would be worse than Lampard domestically.

https://www.footballinsider247.com/liverpool-fans-handed-transfer-warning-by-maguire-amid-klopp-reveal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2d2Y_uiwK5A9SMJuSOZneonrpFor1XcDoQ5KvXNY7wIQZkYNbSVnCMuSs#Echobox=1627840179 I remember when people tries to argue with me that FSG were amazing owners, lol.

I would say Mount could very much evolve into a double figures scorer, he got 6 goals in half a season for Tuchel (which for context in itself matches Gundogan's best tally outside of last season).