Pizy

Weird that there hasn’t been an update today on Fofana if he had his medical as Fabrizio said this morning.

I really, REALLY wanted Wilf like 2-3 years ago when we were linked with him. He’s still highly effective and hasn’t really dropped his level at all but he’s 30 in a couple of months. Much like giving Auba a 3 year deal, giving Wilf 3 years or maybe even more is very risky. At this point in the window, though, I wouldn’t say no to another PL ready attacker who is a terror in the open field and is direct as hell.

Bad idea in my opinion. You want Zaha isolated as much as possible 1v1 out wide so he can terrorize defenders. You don’t want him getting battered about surrounded by a couple of big CB’s in the middle. Think he’d be miserable up there for us.

Btw, Zaha plays on the left. So I wonder what the thinking is if we go after him. Much like Leão, when we already have Sterling on the left I wonder where we’d play either of those two.

One of those players who you despise when you’re playing against him but would love if he’s in your side. Him throwing himself to the ground and winning 500 fouls per season is annoying as hell but if he can do that for us I’d cheer. True. But they won’t be getting huge money for him I wouldn’t think. He’s not young anymore.

I’d prefer Wilf to Auba, tbf. But exactly like Mitrović and Toney, Zaha is the face and most important player for his club and there are just a few days left in the window. He’s irreplaceable for them at this moment in time.

Don’t think it’s going to happen, mate. Despite the rumors all summer I’m thinking we have never truly been in for a starting midfielder. Otherwise we would’ve snapped up one of the many who have moved clubs this summer.

Wolves again looks impressive. Quality all over the pitch.

I really like the look of this Zacharyan kid we’re heavily linked with. Despite being a teenager he looks good enough to come here and contribute in the first team now. Already playing at one of the bigger Russian clubs so has experience. Wonder what the plan is for him. Looks too good to drop into our youth setup.

We have a free run at him this summer and it’s one of those cases where a top talent dreams of playing for Chelsea. If we waited and he had another great season there would’ve been many other big clubs after him. Most notably PSG. And then with a bidding war he would’ve cost even more than this already high price we’re paying.

€100m for a guy who wasn’t even dominant in a poor league, playing for the most dominant team in said league. Antony was t even as good for Ajax as Ziyech was! They’re basically buying the Brazilian Saint-Maximin. Someone with crazy skill and is great to watch at times but without impressive end product. For 100m. Insanity.

Going to be a huge bust for the price they’re going to pay. Also, does the primarily play on the right side where they already have Sancho?

Neither would be possible with a handful of days left in the window. Impossible to replace them for their clubs.

He’s priceless to Fulham and a fan favorite. They lose him and they go down. No chance. Even if we offered £80m they’d probably say no.

I see Leeds got smacked back down to Earth after we made them look like prime Klopp Liverpool last weekend. 😒😒😒

Welp. Quite the pleasent surprise to come back to after I switched my tv off when Conor was sent off.

The thing I don’t understand is how so many of these players don’t look ready for a new season. I’ll mention Havertz and Mount again. Both have been USELESS so far through 4 games. I really just do not see a solution to our woeful attack. Any improvement is going to have to come from us shoring up other areas once Kova, Kante, and Fofana come in. And then hope Reece in his actual position helps things.

Completely in control of the game, pressing well, not allowing Leicester a sniff. Then that. We’re now below a horrendous United side and will be 8 (EIGHT!!!) points behind Arsenal after just 4 matches played.

Unreal. Horror show from Gallagher on and off the ball. An embarrassing start to the season. We’re in big trouble.

Playing directly into a poor teams hands again by moving the ball at walking pace.

A knee hair offside. Fuck the fuck off.

If Havertz and Mount don't look considerably better today then they absolutely must be dropped for our next game or more.

The Leicester XI is really, really poor looking. No Maddison at all, Ndidi on the bench, Soyuncu on the bench, Fofana not in the team for obvious reasons. Absolutely ZERO excuses for anything less than 3 points at home here. Especially after that horror show in Leeds. But as shit as their team looks, they may try to catch us out by pressing all over the pitch. We better be ready.

RLC at wingback again…

I just wonder if there’s some striker we’re considering as a last minute emergency signing if Auba doesn’t happen. There’s no chance another PL club would sell us their key striker with a few days left in the window or on deadline day itself. I’ve seen lots of our fans on Twitter and elsewhere saying we should go for Toney or Mitrović. But those two are the talisman of their teams and are key to their PL survival. There’s not a chance in the world that either would sell at this point regardless of price. So we’d have to look abroad and probably to a smaller, less wealthy club who need money. I just have no clue who we’d try for.