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Not interested in having Balogun here, But what kind of striker is he? Would he play off Jackson or play instead of him?

Agree - but it's also a bit of a double edged sword. If he had missed, then it would add to his anxiety He clearly is a bit nervy in front of goal (for whatever reason) despite his excellent preseason. Hopefully he can get off the mark against Luton town and get his (and our) season up and running.

Cherki - another player with flair, but no real output in terms of goals or assists. We have enough of those. Might as well resign Felix then.

Jackson and Nkunku., but I see your point - we have overspent on several 'prospects' And some, worryingly, on long term contracts

Yep, fully agree. There are many things that I find disagreeable over the past few months (and of course last season) But not quite panic stations yet. Too soon, and we still have the window open to make one smart buy. I'm annoyed with how long we've taken to get midfield reinforcements in, and essentially threw away the opportunity to start our season with a win against good opposition. But still time to rectify.

As an additional positive note, there is room to make one more smart move in the transfer market It has to be an attacking player with substance. Not flair, but someone that actually puts in numbers - assists or goals., and also has experience. Not another youth prospect. Nkunku's absence combined with James, is proving too harmful

That's my hope as well. I'd rather we fumble now, and make adjustments like Conte did in his first season., and push strongly for the rest of the season. With the CM reinforcements, Poch has no reason to rely on a back 3 anymore. Drop Disasi, play a 2 CB formation, and play on the front foot. One thing that's been missing last season is a proper response. A defeat last season was followed by another defeat or draw. I'll be hopeful that we can turn things around only with a convincing win next game.

Semantics!

Areola is a tit.

Oh fuck off Emerson. Passenger if I ever saw one, winning a free CL medal with us.

I want him to open his scoring account soon. If not this match, at least the next one. Have a feeling he could be lethal once the floodgates open.

Feels good to have a CF again.

@NikkiCFC has your opinion on Chukwuemeka changed?

Fantastic goal. Carney Chukwuemeka has skill. No doubt about that.

Fucking west sham crowd booing Jackson Hope he smashes one past their team.

Jackson, nearly. Come on.

Hope Jackson opens his account in this match.

We should be grateful to Havertz, Mount and Pulisic too. Maybe they abandoned ship at the end, but at least they contributed to doubling our CL trophy count, and that's more than enough for me. It's not like Bakayoko or Sarr who ended up contributing so little.

Brighton playing some real delightful football. Look surprisingly vulnerable at times, but for the most part - very dominant.

Him being here in a role similar to Drogba in 2014/15 wouldn't be the worst idea in the world. If nothing, but boost morale.

Based on how it's been last season, one month prognosis, usually means 2 months in reality. Not too bad, all things considered. Hope Gusto can step up. And hopefully with our new central midfield, we can reduce our dependency on full backs. We just need our default attackers, namely our wingers, to step up.

From what it sounds - it could be 2 to 3 months., worse case. Hopefully less. If surgery is really an option to permanently resolve a niggling issue, he might want to take it though. I doubt the intermittent injuries are doing him any favors.

Poch now has the central midfield he needs. Time to get back to winning.

If you combined RLCs technical ability and Gallagher's tenaciousness, you would probably get an excellent starting 11 player. Unfortunately, they are both limited in certain aspects and hence only amount to squad players.

Yep - Just ordered one for me and my cousin sister right on time. Thanks again for the heads up! ☺️