Pizy

The thing about Nico Jackson is that despite a lot of the fanbase not fancying him and wanting him moved on is that Maresca loves him. Same thing with Madueke and Sancho. I just can’t imagine the club selling Jackson or Madueke because within the club they’re still viewed as potential stars.

Yeah, at least not against the very top teams. Delap isn’t striking fear in any of the big boys entering a match. Perhaps the club would take advantage of Delap being dirt cheap compares to the others were linked with and use the money saved to go all out for a top wide attacker to replace Madueke/Sancho. So while Delap alone wouldn’t be so exciting, maybe we get a Nico Williams or Rodrygo to refresh the attack?

It’s not that Delap is a bad signing. He would be SUPER useful to have and he causes massive headaches for opposing teams. But it’s whether he’s capable of taking us all the way back to the top level. If it was Delap + another reliable goal scorer fine.

New striker cannot come soon enough

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS JACKSON

Not a single one of our attacking players can do ANYTHING tonight. This is infuriating.

And I know it’ll sound like whining since we’re losing but Caicedo was punished about 2-3 times despite cleanly winning the ball. Happens all the time with him even in the PL because he’s usually so much stronger than the players he’s tackling and they go down.

This is yet another game where we’d probably have score 2-3 if Palmer was in his form from last season or the first half of this one. Him becoming completely lost these days means our attack is clueless. And yes, Madueke continues to be one of the most annoying Chelsea players. Can’t stand watching him.

We get it in the final third and have no ideas. They get it in the final third and look highly dangerous every attack.

GET GUSTO OFF THE PITCH

This ref may be the worst I’ve ever seen.

Referee being shit means that goal shouldn’t have happened. But still. Awful from Gusto.

That’s two HUGE mistakes by Gusto already. Terrible error from Amare’s a starting him ffs.

Just thinking about rocking up away at Real Madrid, Barca, Bayern etc with Liam Delap as our starting #9. Does he scare any teams like that? Idk, man…

Feels like everyone and their mother wants them to win. Combo of Chelsea hatred and everyone loving the underdog who have never won anything before.

Maresca will definitely have some questions to answer if we lose this with our best defenders sat on the bench.

Well, that’s certainly a surprising team selection at the back. Especially surprised not to see Reece starting. Dropping your captain for a final is weird. Especially when he’s been playing well lately.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Sancho will be staying for good.

On the other hand, they then decided to let us go into the season with Jackson as our only senior striker when we all knew he wasn’t good enough. There’s definitely someone at the club who is good at identifying top talent but there are also some idiots that gamble and get thing wrong.

If Ekitike is the guy then Maresca really was foreshadowing when he said he wanted 2 Nico Jackson’s in terms of style. Someone who is a link up striker and not just a poacher or target man. I just don’t think he’s the right guy personally. 🤷‍♂️

Reason I suggested him is because he perfectly aligns with what our decision makers and talent identifiers love these days. Really young, on low wages so he can be handed a 9 year contract on reasonable wages, lots of potential resale value. I think he can go on to become a top CB and there’s a reason top clubs are interested. I’d have him before bringing in Guehi.

Yep, sell Badiashile & Disasi. Keep Trev. Fofana I’m extremely skeptical can be sold because who knows what his health status is. Then I’d buy Branthwaite to be Colwill’s long term CB partner. Levi + Branthwaite as the primary PL starters, Trev and Tosin as rotation and starters in smaller comps, and then Fofana as depth on the rare occasions he’s fit. Btw, what the hell happened to Anselmino? There was a bunch of hype about him when we bought him and he indeed does look super talented. He arrived here in January to acclimate to the country and train with the first team and I haven’t seen or heard about him since. Nobody has even mentioned the idea of him playing for us next season.

Our name is just being thrown out there for every random dude now.

They definitely have a few nice players who can hurt us if we aren’t on it but I think our boys will be well up for this after last weekend. Just don’t allow Antony to cut in on that left foot of his near the edge of our box.

From what I’ve read on Bluemoon, KDB was a shadow of himself this season. Had his moments here and there but apparently they’re fine with him leaving.