OneMoSalah

You can keep saying about are we the only top side around with a slow FB/WB and whatever else but thats not the point here??? I am not saying Alonso is Roberto Carlos or whoever. What my whole point is based on, is performances, which you seem to neglect every time you pipe up about Alonso. Alonso in the games he played has done better than Chilwell did in that poor spell with Frank when he played every week and in the games he has had with Tuchel. That is clear to see. That is why he has started more often and thats why I think based on what Chilwell did today, why Marcos will start the next games. Chilwell may be more agile, quicker, take men on etc but if he doesn’t do it in a game how can you justify playing him over someone who’s performing better? I mean the whole Chilwell taking people on thing, how many times today did he just come back inside and pass it sideways/backwards? Thats always a point people make oh he’s better at taking people on, he played 90 minutes today I can’t remember him doing it. He didn’t impress me or look like he is someone who is trying to force themselves into the starting 11. Alonso is clearly Tuchel’s first choice based on selections under him so far and as long as he keeps performing as he has and Chilwell keeps playing how he has, it wont change anytime soon. Thats not to say Alonso is the best fullback thats lived or whatever but it says more about Chilwell and his performances than anything else.

Was it not an injury? Or should he have played him through it....

Best and most improved player under TT so far now IMO. Flawless again.

Wouldnt say he did anything of note to cement his role in the team. People have been clambering for him to play under TT because of a dislike for Alonso (who ultimately has performed when played) but Ben really didn’t look much better than he did when he was in that poor run in the team under Frank last year. So I can see him dropping out. Its based on the performance, you telling me that Chilwell played better than Alonso has in the run he has had under Tuchel? Or even looked much better than he did in that spell in the team under Frank today? If it wasnt Alonso you’d likely be agreeing - I didnt see anything that showed me today that he should be starting next week or that he really wanted to impress the manager. Or are you going to claim TT has a blindspot for Alonso if he starts him like you did when we said about him starting v Atletico 😂? Also another point unrelated, felt the back 3 were great and we really missed Jorginho. Kante did well to stop some counters and in some moments he did his thing getting the ball back but you could see he gave away some really easy balls in midfield. Particularly first half.

Mendy almost punching that shot straight to Martial. Fuck it 0-0 is better than a loss. Not even in the final third. Fair to say Chilwell and Ziyech probably wont be starting next game.

Werner unlucky there. Lindelof very good cover but what a ball. Thats the sort of delivery we need to see more often.

Werner coming on. Bit torn here, I dont think United are leaving huge gaps but we will also see if he can have an impact. Not fully convinced so time for him to try prove me wrong 🤪 Martial on for them, scored against us in both games last season...

Totally agree. 10 PL goals for 52m is not acceptable.

Totally agree. 10 PL goals for 52m is not acceptable.

Good job that Fernandes isnt getting the shooting opportunities that McTominay (I think it was him) and Fred got or it would be at least 1-0. Not been impressed with Chilwell or James since he came on, final ball has been poor most times. Has 0-0 written all over this.

Chillwell booked for a David Luiz esque tackle. Stupid as fuck obvious Greenwood was gonna knock it past him. Mount unlucky great run. Pulisic coming into the game by looks of it.

Lucky they never got a pen. Need to step it up, possession is good but need to do more with it.

Wouldn't say “no excuse” when AC Milan are only 4 points off and there is still games against Napoli, Roma and Juventus to be played for Inter. Plus Milan have Ibra, the man who seems to be defying age, who is more than capable of bringing them back to the top if Inter do drop points (Ibra is already a huge reason why they probably are up there this season). Inter are in the driving seat yes but saying he has no excuse would be like indicating they are 15-20 points clear or even in the position Man City are in. Its between the Milan teams for the title though, Juventus are out of it unless they amass some sort of huge run but can’t see it and Pirlo seems to be out of his dept slightly but when you have Ronaldo, anything is also possible. I hope Conte and Inter win it though, he is a top top manager, probably the best in Italy by a mile and think once he gets a first trophy they will kick on if they stick with him.

No idea. I am on my phone and I have no clue how I did it 🤣 I also seen the games against Hoffenheim and a few other stinkers they had. But majority hes been good.

Jesus then the German media are incredibly harsh. Would say 11 goal involvements in 12 starts and 9 sub appearances is good. The games I have seen he has been their best player or one of, particularly v Frankfurt last weekend he was outstanding made many chances how they never converted them I have no idea but he was single handedly dragging them back into it. Also games against Arminia Bielefield, Hertha Berlin, Schalke in the first week of the season, against Frankfurt earlier in the season, against Mainz and Freiberg also IIRC.

Aye stick a fiver on those 2 scoring and 2-0 youll probably get a 6 figure return 🤣

That Raphinha for Leeds is a good player. Has so much poise and balance when he gets the ball and drives at people. Has got end product too. Crossing, shooting, freekicks - seems to do something that can affect the game. Scored 5 goals and made 5 assists in his debut PL season which maybe isnt hugely impressive but think he will have more by the time the season ends and their will be a few teams interested in the summer.

Sure there would be many who would say it was more than a month haha but I like the comments he made about learning in bad moments but its all good talking the talk, he has to walk the walk now. Particularly he has to start improving other aspects of his game, like his physicality a bit and the back to goal stuff. Countless times he has gone down or stopped expecting fouls for very little/soft things outside the box and in positions where you’d just want him to try stay on his feet a bit more and hold the ball. Maybe next season we will see it a bit more. Still though 10 goals and 6 assists in all competitions for us. Hopefully starts firing in a few more before the end of the season but was a bit disappointed with him v Atletico.

Think the last two we had were Salah and Mata with Mourinho but yeah for a while, its something we have lacked.

Sane not performing that well? You joking? 11 goal contributions in 12 starts and 9 sub appearances... and if Bayern scored more than one of the several chances he put on a plate v Frankfurt he would of had more. Everytime I have seen Bayern play he has been very good and I try watch a lot of their games because a team with players like Sane, Gnabry, Alaba, Davies, Lewandowski etc is obviously going to be good to watch. Gnabry has also been injured for ages, if your going to make assumptions at least try and base them off facts 😂

He was comfortable the whole game, up against Luis Suarez who evidently still has a bit as he’s shown for Atletico this season, every challenge he had to make was immaculate and his reading of the game made it look easy. Yes Atletico could of played better or been more attacking at times but he still had to do things and what he did, he did very well. He keeps going like he has done under Tuchel to the end of the season, I can see him getting a deal.

Yeah likely. I’d imagine for Haaland if we do go for him, it would maybe be so much % of the budget and then the rest maybe from Roman so Tuchels able to get other guys in. Which if we get him, regardless, wont matter where it comes from.

Thats why I said “maybe” and did say in another post afterwards I didn’t expect any changes bar Silva in for Christensen?? No clue how to put another quote in but the post was ”Werner down the middle. Ziyech/Pulisic/Havertz. Even then WBA just showed what a big CF can do against Maguire and Lindelof so wouldnt be surprised if Thiago Silva for Andreas was the only change. ” Silva isnt fit though so probably be Christensen again.

Get the feeling Tuchel is going to be a real perfectionist in terms of how he wants us to play and that, hopefully, will drive the players on and challenge them. Maybe in the same sort of way we wanted Sarri to do so.

The same Barcelona who sold Suarez, Vidal, Rakitic all very cheap to get them off the wage bill because they were struggling financially? The same Real Madrid who bought nobody in the summer? As I said before, financially, if we make the best offer or match it, we have a chance. His agent has to be included in that offer unfortunately. I think we had some money from the Hazard (not sure how much as no idea how the 130m euros is broken down in installments) and Morata deals but wouldn’t say that Roman didn’t contribute significantly for the signing of Havertz because many doubted we would have the cash to pull it off after getting Ziyech, Chilwell, Werner and the fact we also were linked with Mendy who took the total spend to about £150 m in total at least without including Kai. Then considering that only Nathan and Palasic were the only other players who we sold in the summer, its not hard to imagine Roman putting something in to push that deal through because no way all the loan fees we accumulated either would have given a significant push towards the 70-80m or whatever Kai cost.