Pizy

A title with Bayern is worth less than an FA Cup these days. They were shit for much of last season and STILL won the title in the end. It’s not even special anymore. Being the all-time leading scorer for both the national team and the PL makes you an immortal legend. I’d have thought that would be more enticing to Kane than hopping to Bayern for their millionth league title. I figured for sure that the England golden boy would want to play for the English media’s most beloved club Man United once he left Spuds. He’d have the genuine chance to win those trophies he desires, he stays in the PL and gets the record playing for “the biggest club in England,” and he gets no real hate from Spud supporters because he at least didn’t join a London rival like Chelsea.

Idk, there’s just something about England’s poster boy leaving the best league in the world to go to a club that’s won 12 titles in a row that feels kind of strange. I’d have thought the “face of English football” would be adamant about staying in the PL and winning titles here.

Wonder what Levy would do if Kane is 100% adamant that he wants to remain in the PL and ourselves or United offered substantially more than Bayern did. Like, if we or United offered £120m for instance and Kane somehow told Levy he agreed to it then what? Would he really let him walk for free to a rival next summer anyways instead of banking £100m+ and completely rebuilding the team for the post-Kane era? I still find it hard to believe all the Bayern talk. Kane seems as attached to the PL and to English football as anyone ever. He’s on pace to shatter the all time PL scoring record. I feel like him giving that up and moving countries is a smokescreen and that he’d rather stay in England. Although I guess his plan may be to go and win 3-4 easy league titles, try for the UCL, and then return to Spuds when he’s 34-35 and break the record?

Yeah, Olise seems like the sort of signing we’d have made in the mad dash last summer when were headless chickens signings players regardless of need or fit. Hope it isn’t true. Kudus and Cherki are sensible. Buying Olise who we don’t need AND who is currently injured with one of the worst injuries a footballer can have for tens of millions is silly. Hamstring injuries are constantly reoccurring ones as we’ve experienced firsthand with Reece.

Just watched Olise’s season highlights. Idk, I just wasn’t that impressed. Seems like a solid player but nothing that screams “special” to my eyes. Got a wand of a left foot on corners and set pieces but his general play looks like it would be totally redundant for our team since it’s so similar to Madueke’s. But whereas Madueke’s first instinct seems to be to cut inside and shoot, Olise’s is to cross it Ziyech style. Even aside from his long term injury I don’t get it.

Also, Palace losing their two best players in Zaha & Olise would be devastating. Can’t see it. Buying a player who had a catastrophic injury is also silly. Especially if it’s a hamstring injury as a wide attacker who is all about pace and explosive movement.

Yeah, this feels like it would be a pure club signing rather than one pushed by the manager. A young talent whose value can explode in the future. Him drawing interest from City I can see. He’d be perfect to replace Mahrez.

Why on earth would we be after another pure right sided attacker when we have Madueke, Sterling (who I guess will be deployed there since we have Mudryk on the left) and now Angelo who looks extremely promising? Signing another young right winger makes ZERO sense. Kudus or Cherki make perfect sense because they can play centrally which is what we need.

I agree. It would be absurd for us to have not signed a DM by the 3rd preseason match. This team is going to be thrown into the fire on match day 1 against Liverpool. We need Enzo and his new partner to have as much time leading up to that game as possible.

Remember how massive the difference was for Liverpool when they stopped fucking around with average keepers and went out and got Alisson? He was a transformational player for their whole team. Thats what needs to happen with us. We need a serious keeper who inspires confidence in the entire side. Kepa is bang average and will cost us points. If we had a rock solid and experienced side in front of him he could be masked and “hidden.” But a young and basically all new team needs a dependable rock behind them and Kepa isn’t that. There’s gotta be something we can do. Something that doesn’t require us spending mega money.

For me the overall most promising players there were Jackson and Malo Gusto. Two players that look like they can be plugged in right away and perform at a high level. We’re just 2-3 top signings away from having a great PL side. We have to push them through starting coming this week! Two midfielders most importantly!

Lots of positives, plenty of things to work on, and the weaknesses can hopefully be remedied by our best players returning and signings to upgrade.

Do we…..indeed need an extra CB? If Cucu is still being used as one like this?

Embarrassing defending by this current group.

Pure fatigue foul by Levi. He has looked dead on his feet for 20 minutes here.

Jackson…..supreme footballer for a big man!

Jackson the setup man AGAIN

Gallagher still shit, Cucu’s positioning and awareness still shit, and the most sad of all Sterling looks like a shadow of the world class winger he was in his prime at City.

JACKSON LINK UP PLAY

Malo Gusto has been a BEAST in these 1v1’s tonight!

Gallagher is a nothing footballer. Hope we never have to see him once we make signings. He’s not a Chelsea calibre player. I’d sell if a big offer comes in.

Kepa…. That’s why we need a keeper.

Sterling has arguably been the worst player in the pitch. Yikes, man.

Aggressive pressing is a Poch staple but we’re just sitting off them and not doing it at all. Why?

Yeah, the experiment with him as a winger against Wrexham was cute but he’s not at the level to be Chelsea’s winger against PL opposition.