Pizy

That’s the puzzling thing, he WAS tenacious, tough in the tackle, and relentless bombing up and down the flank for Brighton last season. That’s why we were so keen on his signing. It’s why Pep wanted him at City. I can’t explain wtf has happened to him other than him being in the gutter confidence wise. Very similar to Timo Werner.

In this form and with this confidence level Cucu looks like an 18 year old youth player. He’s so terrified of making a mistake with a forward pass that he’s just passing it 10 yards sideways to one of the midfielders or he passes it back to Badiashile. He needs a long spell out just like Mount to get his head right.

Did basically everything right except the one mistake. They’re clearly targeting Cucu with their press. They were totally demoralized after our goal but are now full of confidence. And for a team like WH who are all about energy and belief that’s dangerous.

Could have had 3 goals ourselves, totally dominant and not giving them a sniff. Now they have confidence and belief again out of nothing.

Cucu gives the ball away cheaply and then just stands there and let’s him put an uncontested cross in. Such a stupid goal. Totally out of nothing.

Felix is world class on the ball, man. One of the most elegant dribbler I’ve seen. We must buy him for good in the summer before someone else gets any ideas.

Passing in the final third WAY more crisp thus far.

Badiashile once again has been a rock defensively so far.

What a pass! What a finish! Fabregas like assist!

WHY RUBEN?! Havertz has a tap in from 1 yard!

Btw, if we can’t score a couple of goals with THIS front 4 against a struggling West Ham then more serious questions have to be asked about whether Potter is good enough. Another full week to prepare, new players have had multiple weeks training. Have to show some serious improvement in our attacking play today.

Looks like all out attack with a very risky midfield. But without Kante, Zakaria, or Kova I’m not sure any midfield is going to be “safe.” Hopefully since Felix and Madueke are in there WH won’t be able to double or triple mark Mudryk out of the game like Fulham did.

Fully prepared for this terrible WH side to play out of their skin now that Chelsea is here. So hopefully our boys are up for this physically as well.

If, and that’s a big IF we let Mase go he’d be the perfect replacement.

I didn’t really mean haunt us in a direct sense like scoring against us, just that if he returns to the Mount of the last few years and is an 8 out of 10 performer most weeks for someone like Liverpool it’ll look awful for us.

I don’t think there’s a chance in hell our club higher-ups will allow amount to leave. The PR would be terrible if we or let go of a bunch of homegrown players like Mase, Gallagher, RLC etc in one summer. But as I’ve said before, with him likely demanding money similar to our very highest earners whilst being one of our worst performers this season they’re kind of in a tough place. A fully fresh and top form Mount is obviously a huge asset. And letting him go to a PL rival to haunt us is a big risk. You have to be really damn sure that he will rediscover his form from the past 3 years if you give him £200-300k per week.

Potter says Kova still isn’t quite ready for tomorrows match. 😔😔😔 Another makeshift midfield tomorrow where we likely won’t be able to see Enzo at his best because he’ll have Gallagher next to him.

The hell do I keep reading tweets suggesting we may sell Chilly to City this summer? I have said several times that I believe Cucu will become a solid player for us in the long run but selling Chilly makes absolutely zero sense. He offers the attacking threat that Cucu doesn’t.

Seeing what top players are going for these days I just don’t see him selling for less than £120m or something. And after getting severely burned by Lukaku coming off of a dominant spell in Serie A, I can’t see Boehly going there again. I really think his only possible destination if he moves this coming summer is United. And that’s if the new ownership is in place. They’re the only ones that are in real need for a talismanic striker and who would spend mega money on one.

Yeah, he ain’t going anywhere until his contract runs down to the final year. And even then it’ll be an almighty battle to negotiate a price.

Which I doubt anyone will pay. And btw, having just watched a video of all his goals so far this season I’m not really that impressed tbh. He’s in red hot form and he’s certainly someone who would work well in the PL, but he doesn’t look anywhere near a £100m+ striker to me. His highlights don’t look anymore impressive than Lukaku’s did for Inter the season before we bought him back. He doesn’t explode off your screen and make you say “oh, wow” like Haaland or some of the world class strikers of recent years do.

Negotiating and signing Enzo was extraordinarily difficult as we just saw. Negotiating with ADL at Napoli for their superstar striker who is about to win them their first title in ages and maybe even the CL will be virtually impossible. Even just getting him to take anyone’s call will be hard enough, but then it’ll probably take Mbappe money to sign him. Don’t think we (or anyone else) will have a chance at Osimhen this summer.

Expecting a match that’s equally as frustrating as Fulham was. I’m now confident after these last few performances that we can defend well but it’s going to be a massive struggle to score unless Felix looks as sharp as he did in his debut.

We’re in a really tricky spot when it comes the the striker position. Havertz clearly isn’t the answer. As mentioned, Felix and Nkunku aren’t natural CF’s. We have Fofana and Broja who are youngsters and probably aren’t ready to lead the line. And then the idea of going out and spending mega money on a new one seems far fetched when we’ve already got a £100m dead weight on our books who may impossible to shift with Inter unsure about whether to bring him back. Think the best solution may be to move Havertz on and bring in an experienced, natural forward who’s in that late 20’s range and actually scores goals regularly. Someone who isn’t super expensive.

I like the idea of Amrabat if we go for him again in the summer. Probably Barca bound, though. Caicedo, Rice, Amrabat, Koné. There are lots of solid potential Enzo partners out there if we decide to join that market. But maybe we have a Kante resurgence and instead prioritize other areas.