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If we sign him I hope we immediately then go and sign a fullback next. A new striker is the last thing we should worry about before the deadline. Even with Koulibaly I'd worry about the defense a bit with Ivanovic back there. Think about all the top class left sided wide players he'd have to go against. Martial, Sanchez, Sterling. Leicester would probably put Mahrez on him. He'll be ripped to shreds.

Bet my life that we won't pay near that for him. It'll be a huge sum but not that high. Don't care if he pans out. Hope he's got thick skin, though. The English media and supporters around the world will savage him with any little mistake he makes.

I've already reconciled that if this deal happens it'll be on deadline day so I've stopped getting my hopes up of a signing being announced before then.

It's truly starting to look like we won't be signing anyone else. We might seriously be done in the transfer window. Every target hits a brick wall or dies instantly.

He's about 5 levels above Oscar in an attacking sense.

Should be nicknamed The Recycler. Wins the ball back and immedietly gives it to a teammate. Never takes more than a touch or two it seems like. The booking he received was total bullshit and forced him to be a bit less aggressive but he was still excellent.

Not sure he does, tbh. But you can never really have too many quality players. A manager as good as Conte and a player as good as James can find a way to fit in. No chance this happens, of course.

Only way Cesc can regularly start games under Conte is if we sign Koulibaly and a new fullback. That way Kante wouldn't have to pick up so much slack. You want Fabregas as free as possible from defensive responsibility. Runners and legs next to him (Kante & Oscar) and enough pace and athleticism behind him (Koulibaly, new fullback, and eventually Zouma) to deal with anything that breaks through the midfield. Can't see a role for him as anything other than a squad player unless he's completely protected.

Absolutely no way he plays the whole season without at least 2 reds lol Easily the most hated player in the league for opposition fans I would think. Even more than Suarez was. Love it!

Was curious what fans of other clubs are saying about us and just had a look over on RAWK. Almost every one of those inbred Scouse mutants are saying how "average, boring and poor" we looked. Proof they don't know a thing about football. Guess they like conceding 3 to Arsenal's B team and nearly throwing away a 4-1 lead. Idiots.

He must push and push and push some more for just a couple more signings. He's tactically masterful and can motivate players like few others can, but we can't just trust that our back 4 will play like that all season. Just give him a couple more and we can do this. We can definitely finish in the top 4 if we sign Koulibaly and maybe one other player.

Nearly jumped through my ceiling when Diego scored. Tactically awesome match for Conte. Totally negated their biggest strengths and had our boys after them pressing. Gave away a 1 in a million, fluke goal that Collins would never score again. Very promising performance from our attacking players that was just missing the last little touch of quality at times. Hope the club don't get complacent by that performance and decide they don't need to bring more in. A couple of key signings and we can challenge for the league.

Thought we completely controlled and dominated them after the first 10 minutes. Just missing that final touch of quality. Great intensity, great movement. Hazard, Costa, and Oscar all great. Clearly we need a Matic upgrade, it must be said. Looked like a weak point of this lineup.

We'll probably see Cesc come on at some point today. Hopefully angry and eager to prove that he should start.

Looking at that West Ham team, there's no excuse not to win this. Shit defense or not.

I hate these late kickoffs so much. Feels like this day is going by so slowly...

Both Creswell and Lanzini are out for sure, right? That's two of their best and most important players. Ayew can't possibly be fully settled and gelled with his teammates. Payet is said to be not fully recovered yet. At home, opening day, everyone at 100%, and with all the energy and excitement there's really no excuse not to get the 3 points today. It would be great to get one of the tougher fixtures out of the way this early rather than later in the season when they'd be more settled. Again, I'm confident in our attack, shitting it about our defense.

Don't think he's a world beater but he's a top class player. Can get you double digit goals and double digit assists from the wing. You just have to trust he wasn't a one season wonder just like we will with Kante and hopefully Koulibaly. I think Mahrez would be amazing at a bigger club.

I'd say more of our fans underrate him than overrate him. None of us are deluded enough to consider Willian world class or anything, but the hate I see talked about him on Twitter is ridiculous. Many of our own fans talk as if he's a complete donkey. If we were to sign someone like Mahrez that's the only way I could see Willian being displaced on the right. That's not happening and to be honest, it's not totally necessary. We'd see much more of an improvement in our attack with an Oscar upgrade than a Willian one. Coincidently, Mahrez could play there too. Just don't think the club are even considering any attacking mids currently as we have scrubs like Pedro and Cuadrado taking up roster spaces.

Everyone needs to stop moaning about the price. Who fucking cares that he may cost £50m? John Stones was woeful last season and just went for £50m a few days ago! This dude was one of the best CB's in Europe last year and has the potential to be the best. Worth it. Koulibaly + Zouma at some point this season hopefully. Future back 3 of Koulibaly, Zouma, and Chistensen. Pace, power, great on the ball, massive size and physicality. Dont care what he costs, just get him in.

Having watched everyone else this weekend I'm feeling a bit more confident. Everyone else is just as shit defensively as we are. Get Hazard firing like he has been and Diego back to being himself and we'll be in business.

Sadio Mane is a fantastic player. Would've loved him here. Klopp can make him a world class player. Unreal combination of skill, pace, power, and end product. He's got it all. Actually a bit jealous Liverppol have got him.

That was sensational from Coutinho. Liverpool should have seen out to press high and take it to this Arsenal B team. Very poor performance from them.

When you're already ugly as fuck like Firmino is, why would you have a terrible hairstyle that makes you look even worse? Jesus, he looks like a mutant!

We'll buy back Djilobodji for £35m before he has a kick for Sunderland.