Pizy

So Chiesa being linked to Liverpool now. Would suck to see a player I love go to a club I hate but I really don’t think he’d have much of an impact there. The prime Chiesa pre-injury would’ve been insane at Liverpool but he’s not quite the same these days and will be more of a depth signing/backup. Also see that City may loan out Matheus Nunes. City have been so dominant in recent years that it’s totally overlooked how they’ve had some seriously expensive flops. Grealish, Phillips, Nunes etc. Never really gets mentioned because the rest of their team is so good.

I thought they were good with PSR now after dealing with us and also selling Douglas Luiz. Idk.

Villa selling their super sub, potential future star young striker to a direct top 4 rival with mere days remaining (or even on deadline day itself) seems incredibly unlikely and straight up idiotic on their part. If we pulled the trigger 3 weeks or so ago when we were heavily linked they would’ve done it. Think that ship has sailed. Until we see Ivan Toney give his final answer on whether he’ll go to Saudi or not I can’t escape the idea that we’ll go for him this week.

At this point I bet we’re going to get some striker this week that makes all of us go “where the fuck did that come from?!” just like when we suddenly went for Neto and Felix completely out of nowhere. I just hope said striker isn’t an unproven kid. Osimhen seems to be 100% money motivated going by the reporting these last 24 hours.

To Gyokeres, then!

Yeah, what does that even mean? We have to pay him off or something?

I mean, yeah, ideally you’d love 2 great keepers from a supporters POV. But I’m just wondering how it would work in practice. If Allison extends it seems silly to have 2 top 5 keepers on one roster.

Mamar to Liverpool done. A week or two ago when this rumor started I thought it was a brilliant, forward thinking move for Liverpool. Allison would play one final season and then ride off into the Saudi sunset and they’d have the ready made replacement all sewn up. But then two days ago Allison came out and said he was very happy at Liverpool and wants to stay for many more years. So how does this move make any sense? They going to have 2 world class keepers at once with one riding the bench every week?

Imagine how difficult it’ll be to shift Sancho on if he came here and flopped like he has at United. Especially if we did one of our customary 6-7 year contracts. Even if we DID need a winger and weren’t already stacked in attacking midfield he’d be someone I’d avoid. The fact that in the last 2 weeks we’ve signed 2 and already had Palmer, Nkunku, and Madueke makes it even sillier to be going after him. And on the off chance Sancho came here and looked like the Dortmund version again what happens next summer when the two South American gems come over and all 3 AM positions are stacked with 2 quality players in each of them? All of whom are in their early to mid 20’s. There would be zero pathway to our first team. Clearlake cannot do this. They have to think about the problems it would cause in the future.

What a waste that would be if he decides to take it eventually. Prime of his career thrown down the drain.

Enzo & Caicedo were very poor first half but I thought both bossed it second half. Especially Enzo. Maresca probably screamed their ears off at halftime. They shaped up and looked much better.

Mudryk is only getting minutes because Neto and Felix weren’t ready to start yet as Maresca said pre-match. When they are he will surely only play in the cups if he’s still here. For me, Sancho is just not suitable for a top PL team. They all require high work rate and being super fit. He would be a great player in Italy or back in Germany as we’ve seen. Slower pace, less quality.

Exactly. It’s already going to be tricky leaving out one or more of Felix, Neto, Madueke, and Nkunku most weeks. Tossing in Sancho makes no sense. That’s the entire reason Maresca has told Sterling to go. No minutes for him. Not to mention Sancho is lazy af and won’t really work much for the team. Doesn’t train well either evidently.

Seeing Madueke today, where does Sancho play?

Nkunku is going to ball out for us this season. If we even considered selling him we’re dumb.

This would be FAR AND AWAY the dumbest thing Clearlake have done. I refuse to believe it. It’s already going to be a massive headache for Maresca to choose between the attacking options we have as it is. Where would Sancho play?! And why would he even want to come here himself just to trade the United bench for ours? Never mind the fact that we’ve got 2 gems coming into the side next summer!

We are fucking STACKED in attack and play some lovely stuff. Settle our defense and midfield as the season rolls on and we are in business.

I really like Fofana and am happy he’s back fit. But never in a million years should he have been thrown straight in the team as a starter. He should be gradually eased in. Tosin is a calm, steady head with loads of experience. He’s also great in the air defensively. He should be starting.

I just feel panic and nerves each and every time anyone gets into our half. We have nobody engaging and stopping Wlves players from simply carrying the ball deep into our territory. There’s no cohesion or understanding between the midfield and defense whatsoever. Everyone is just constantly all over the shop. When we get the ball ourselves we look good. But it’s all for nothing if the foundation behind them are not there.

We can’t defend in open play and we can’t defend set pieces. Wtf are we doing in training?!

We’re going to have to score at least 3 goals per game to have a chance with defending like this.

Both Caicedo and Enzo destroyed again. Fucking hell. That was almost identical to the Kova goal last week where a player just waltzes through our midfield with pathetic tackling.

Feel like once again we look very, very promising and dangerous with the ball. But without the ball it’s pure chaos.

Midfield wide open with zero pressure on the ball.

I figured it would be Gusto in midfield with Cucu inverting in there for support but you might be right.