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Would really hate to see how well he’d get on at Arse or Liverpool. Especially Arse. He might hit 25+ PL goals quite easily in those teams if he maintains this form. So if it’s not us I hope he goes to some other non-PL team.

Gun to my head if I had to choose between Osimhen or Gyokeres I’d probably choose Gyokeres merely because he offers a bit more as an all around footballer. He can create goals himself more easily with his dribbling and explosive, powerful running. Whereas Osimhen is a more classic “big man” #9 who will be lethal with decent service. I’d be happy with either, though when the other options all look super underwhelming. The real dream striker would of course be Isak but that’s obviously impossible. Osimhen in the box on the end of the thousand crosses we play instead of Jackson infuriatingly having zero strikers instinct and being nowhere to be seen in the box does sound appealing. This is IMO the ideal setup for us. A main, top class striker and then Jackson or Guiu who can come on later in games and use their super pace and energy against tired legs.

What player? lol Aren’t Juve broke as a joke and in the mud these days?

True. But that was when this ownership were willing to go absolutely all in regardless of price to get their men at any cost. They felt we HAD to have Enzo and Caicedo. They seem to have backed far away from that sort of spending since. And remember, as astronomical as those two cost they’re still on relatively modest wages compared to the 250-300+ per week that top players make these days. Someone like Osimhen won’t agree to some paltry 100k per week if we try to offer him that as we saw last window. If the board decide they’ve had enough of us struggling then maybe they go all in again even if we fail next weekend. I’m skeptical. Unless Salah and VVD suddenly start to look really old and take big steps back I can’t see them crumbling sadly. I remember predicting that it would happen this season, lol. I thought Liverpool would really struggle under a new coach and after they barely did anything in the window. Then Salah looked as good or better than ever.

Liverpool seem to be properly reloading after their title win. Frimpong done as the TAA replacement and now apparently going to get Kerkez for the left. Two pretty great long term replacements for their fullbacks. I wouldn’t be shocked at all if they suddenly go after Gyokeres. You could drop him in their team just as easily as ours or Arse’s. They’re going to take some stopping extra season once again if they replenish the squad correctly which it seems they are doing. Only way we’ll be able to make a serious challenge is if we beat Forest and make ourselves as attractive to potential top players as possible. Without UCL footy I doubt Gyokeres even considers us.

Jonathan David would’ve been fine to have this season as a Jackson alternative. Now I wouldn’t take him unless it’s as an emergency last resort if we’ve missed out on everyone else. Not good enough to take us up a level. He’s a backup on an elite side.

Isak and Alvarez are completely untouchable I would think. João Pedro and Cunha aren’t even outright strikers, are they? They’re more second striker types I thought. Gyokeres would definitely be my first choice but I’d easily take Osimhen over any of the others that can be had. Sadly, think Gyokeres has long been Arsenal bound. And since we refuse to blow other rivals out of the water with wage offers now I don’t think we can compete with what they offer him.

Man, I remember how excited United fans were when they paid 70m or whatever it was for Hojland. They genuinely convinced themselves that they were getting the next future great striker despite his numbers being very underwhelming even before arriving. We complain a lot about Nico Jackson but he’s MILES better than Hojland and only cost like 30m.

Need Palmer to really step up and bring us home like he has so many times since joining. Would be massive for him mentally to be the one who gets us over the line.

Colwill for me is still showing in flashes that he can become a very good starting CB. What he badly needs is a Thiago Silva sort of leader next to him to form a partnership which starts game after game all season in the league. I’m perfectly okay keeping Trev & Tosin since as we’ve seen all season they’re each capable of coming in and being perfectly serviceable and solid. Colwill + a Thiago Silva/JT/VVD/Kompany type with Trev/Tosin/Fofana if he ever stays fit as our CB options next season and we’re in great shape. Whether that profile of CB exists out there and could be had I don’t know. It certainly isn’t Huijsen, Branthwaite, or some other kid we should be after. Look how massive of a step Newcastle took forward once they signed some highly experienced, no nonsense CB’s. That’s what we need badly.

Yeah, not even thinking about anyone else doing us favors or one of the others choking. It’s ONLY about us beating Forest. Would have been nice if we had some highly seasoned mentality monsters in the side for this last match who have been there and done it. But if we show up like we did today it’s going to be extremely nervy. The hope is that at home Forest will be even more sweaty and nervous and they buckle under pressure.

The 3 points were all that mattered tonight but fuck me, that was some horrid football. I’m glad Boehly and Egbhali were in attendance there. They can again witness firsthand how desperately we need a world class striker and keeper. And once those two positions are sorted we need another attacker who can produce some magic consistently like Palmer does when in form. With his quality dropping off a cliff in the second half of the season we have too many inconsistent AM’s.

That was game fucking over there. How does a professional attacker miss the target there?!

Still ZERO urgency despite us now knowing the Villa result.

Getting increasingly clear now that this is the case. I’m sure Maresca is a fine coach but he just can’t get a proper tune out of this group.

How is it that Villa are an,e to be hugely motivated with what’s at stake but we look like we’re a team that isn’t bothered at all, shows zero urgency, and haven’t gone through the tactics at all in training this week?

Need Lavia on and Enzo moved up the pitch. Love Tyrique as a talent but it’s abundantly clear that he is not made for this false 9 role. He looks totally lost. It’s beyond comical that a club of our stature has to resort to playing him here when our already average striker is missing.

We finally gained complete control of the match but without early season Palmer we are useless beyond belief in the final third. Don’t really look remotely close to scoring outside of a few long range potshots.

Caicedo is the only midfielder doing anything. Enzo nd Palmer having absolute stinkers in such a big game. Offering nothing at all.

Neto, Palmer, and George haven’t had a single touch in a dangerous are yet. We look like we’ve never played together before. What have we trained this last week?!

They’re effortlessly bypassing our midfield every time they get the ball whereas we’re in desperation mode this game and can’t get it into their half to save our lives.

My god, we are fucking SHIT. Being dominated by this lot. My fucking god.

Just now realized that American TV here is showing the Villa/Spuds match instead of ours, ffs. Now I have to watch this mega important game via a stream that will freeze 200 times. 🤬🤬🤬

Agreed. Which is why if we fail to win here I won’t even be angry. If we can t beat the worst United side in PL history then we don’t deserve UCL. And with the massively underwhelming targets we’re bing linked with it’s not like we really need it anyways. I have no faith that with UCL footy these owners would use it to spend big on top quality.

True, but now some of their players will be auditioning to start for the final. Their levels will be raised compared to previous matches.