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Incredibly annoying that the FA Cup rights here in America are with ESPN and are therefor paywalled behind their stupid fucking subscription service that nobody uses. So now I have to watch a terrible, unreliable stream. 😒

You’ve got to assume that much of Liverpool’s attacking game plan will be to isolate Diaz on Chalobah as often as possible. Force him to panic and make mistakes. Same thing he did in the last game against us. I just hope we don’t allow them to blitz us at the start and we’re just immediately facing wave after wave of attack.

Don’t tell me Christensen is injured or sick again…. Havertz not even being an option off the bench today is a big blow. Not really a single game changing attacker who you’d trust on our bench today. 😩

Good as Rom has been these last couple of games I’m torn on whether he should start this. Logic would say you ride the in form player, but the likes of VVD and Matip are at their best against big, powerful strikers. The main reason Lukaku has been so effective these last games is because he has been able to bully the CB’s. He pins them and is able to receive the ball at his feet, hold it up, and then pass it off. Those are the types of situations that VVD is nearly unstoppable in. Going for a highly mobile, super quick forward line might be best. Werner on one flank and Mount towards the other trying to force Trent and Robertson back with Havertz’s movement up top. My biggest fear by far is that Tuchel will opt for the Azpi as the wingback with James as the RCB shit again. If we do that it’s going to be awful to watch.

True. He does indeed still appear to be lightning quick and super athletic despite being nearly 34. Doesn’t look to have lost a step. If the idea is to gradually ease Chilly back into the team at the start of next season then Perisić makes sense. He’s certainly a colossal upgrade over Alonso or playing Pulisic/CHO there.

Perisić would’ve been very exciting 5 years ago. Very strange signing now, though.

Having just watched a compilation on YouTube of Koulibaly from this season he does still look like a beast. But it also looks like he plays in the same exact central CB position that Thiago Silva does. We need left and right sided CB’s.

We conceded 4 goals to this shower of shit. Literally handed them all of them on a plate… 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

We wanted a draw here right? So Spuds winning isn’t great?

I haven’t heard Koulibaly’s name in like 2 years. I thought he had long faded from his top class best? He’s also just about to turn 31 in a months time. Seems like the exact opposite sort of player we would sign. Only reason we signed Silva despite his age was because of his familiarity with Tuchel and the fact that he was free.

I wasn’t saying it in a negative way. I meant that they’re all incredibly excited. Get the feeling that United are going to be spending ludicrous money this summer. So I hope our targets and theirs are different because they’ll probably blow any offers we make out of the water. They’ll be desperate to not get left behind and will want to give ten Hag everything he needs to hit the ground running. After they get De Jong I’d imagine they’ll also target another midfielder. De Jong to replace Pogba and a proper, young DM to replace Matic. If they go head to head with us for either Rice or Tchouameni we could be in trouble.

United fans are losing their minds because apparently some super reliable source says they’re getting Frenkie De Jong for €80m.

I’m on my knees, Chelsea. Kill this game within the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half. 🙏🏼 🙏🏼🙏🏼 With the dreadful luck and mistakes this season I can’t take another one. If this stays at 0-1 until the late stages you just know a Christensen or Chalobah slip when they’re the last man will allow some cunt who hasn’t score in 40 appearances to steal one.

Everything but the final ball is there. So frustrating. Maybe Ziyech time for Pulisic? CP isn’t going to be of much use against a parked bus.

Cannot allow this to get nervy and have the crowd get into it thinking they can score.

Lukaku looks as sharp and dangerous as he did initially this season. We keep feeding him and he will score here.

At 0-1, all it takes is a single fluke set pice or corner for disaster. We NEED to score again to be comfortable.

That’s an ankle breaking tackle, fucking hell. No let off now. Don’t think we have this win like Arse did last weekend. Have to score again.

Better than the alternative which is Sarr or someone like Saul playing out of position. At least Alonso will occasionally have a decent attacking game. Azpi on the other hand is done so I’m glad he’s been benched.

This is the sort of opponent that Lukaku should thrive against. Leeds are normally wide open at the back and they concede goals for fun. If we conspire to give away some Charity FC goals and lose this I may resort to self harm…

Think Grealish will turn out well. Expect him to be much better to start next season.

Oh, don’t get me wrong. They have to spend a fuck ton of cash to buy all their players but their success rate makes our look terrible. They have a couple here and there that don’t pan out but for the most part they turn into stars. Meanwhile, it feels like we hit on 1 in every 5 signings we make. We seriously haven’t got lucky with any of our biggest buys and that’s insane. Torres, Lukaku, Kepa, Werner. Even Havertz hasn’t lived up to his price tag yet. City buy Ederson for £50m and he becomes the best keeper in the world. They buy Dias for £60m and he becomes world class. They buy Walker for £50m and he becomes world class. De Bruyne the same. Mahrez the same. Cancelo the same. Rodri the same. And on and on… Pretty much every expensive signing they make lives up to the billing. And the ones that fail to don’t hamstring them like they do here.

As I’ve said before, City’s attack is already ridiculous so it’s hard to feel really scared about them adding Haaland. They already score more than anyone. Him going there is better than Liverpool or United getting him and genuinely taking them up a huge level. Still, it’s extremely embarrassing how much better run City are than us. Their recruitment makes our look amateurish.

While I would be a bit weary about a player like Nkunku coming from Leipzig after we bought Werner, they’re a totally different profile of player. Whereas Timo is basically a one trick pony (just try to beat defender with raw pace) Nkunku is extremely gifted with the ball and can slice through defenses in many different ways. He really reminds me of Wilf Zaha on the ball. His running style, his dribbling style, and how he can dance through an entire team with the ball at his feet. He’s Zaha but with extraordinary end product. Would be a great signing for any PL club. Honestly, we should be glad that Liverpool just bought Diaz because Nkunku is the prototypical Klopp attacker and he’d be unstoppable there just like their other forwards.

I don’t think we’d take Maguire on a free if United drove him to the Bridge themselves.