OneMoSalah

I'm sorry but it is getting pretty indefensible when you see his quotes regarding him not wanting the fans to want him to go etc although he said he wouldn't discuss his future to after the World Cup (if he does want to leave and has a good world cup, you would normally assume with any other player any other contract the club would get a pretty good fee but hes got 1 year left on his deal so if we don't deal in this summer he can just say look, I'm going for fuck all) along with all the other tedious bullshit about if Courtois signs I'll sign etc and whatever stupid little soundbites hes used in the media in the last season or so. You either want to play here or you don't. There is no middle ground. Don't see why this isn't the case when speaking about Hazard but when its Courtois it is hugely talked about. The board know we've underachieved this season there is no doubt about it but if he said I want to stay to the club or to the media or whatever obviously it would ease huge anxiety around the fan base and the club would probably go and offer him a deal pronto but even then he was offered one months ago, which he rejected, which his father confirmed mentioning Real Madrid interest as a possible reason as to why.

Not sure. I thought Conte and Emenalo were butting heads over transfers and taking the club in whatever direction. Emenalo did sign some absolute shite players this summer though, Drinkwater, Bakayoko, Zappacosta.. a lack of quality didnt help.

Its been a recurring theme throughout the middle and second half of the season in certain games. For instance the effort and application in the Man City game was almost as bad as yesterday.

Dont know. Allegri came out and said he wont leave Juventus unless they fire him. Don't think he'd say something only to go. I doubt they'd fire him either. Theyve repeatedly said they want him to stay as well and now hes came out and said that I think its more than likely. I think Arsenal will go another way and appoint a young manager with little experience and let him try build the club up.

True perhaps but I think of Lampard as a MF player he was ice cold in front of goal, he repeatedly said about he'd do extra training etc too to improve that stuff, finishing and getting into goal scoring positions etc to a point where it became natural. Others just have it straight away but I don't think its a thing about age, I think you can improve things at any age as a footballer so I think for somebody like Morata who always seems to get repeated chances, can become lethal in front of goal, hes coming upto his peak years so he will improve regardless if he manages to follow the progression hes had in his career the last 3 or 4 years anyway so hopefully he can get that or even just work on his finishing. Although I think its also a confidence thing with him, I think first 3 months here he was playing very well, he scored a lot of our goals, looked confident but now he looks a bit sort of defeated if not for a better word. I honestly don't think Icardi would come here and be a major improvement on him either, hes a pretty good footballer who can still grow but we all said the same of Morata last summer so it just shows that it is not as easy as that.

Probably be one of the most boring cup finals in history. Can see United going for the standard Mourinho cup final/big game set up of a low block and we'll probably be doing the same or something similar.

Surely that has to be a joke. Not saying Faria won't make it as a manager because I think hes clearly an astute guy and has good footballing experience as an assistant but he worked with AVB years ago, would have seen the club chew him up and spit him out 9 months into a 3 year deal, there is not a chance hes coming here as a manager looking for his first job. Dont understand the Jody Morris in for the FA Cup final shit either. Conte is going anyway I'd be surprised if he probably hasnt already offered to resign or knows his fate, so why sack him when he has one more game to play, a cup final in which he guided the team to?

Mate its been doing my nut in all season. The amount of times him Willian and Pedro have all lost the ball doing fucking silly backheels when we've been under pressure and struggling to get a foot on the ball in games this season is unbelievable. It works every now and then but its just infuriating today we struggled for possession as it was. Fair enough perhaps if they came off it would have led to some better solutions in the final third but it didn't.

Perhaps but also you can't say that the likes of Drogba, Cech, Ballack, Terry, Lampard.. these older generation of players were also a lot stronger mentally and had a greater desire to win that helped them get over the line in a lot of games even when playing poorly. Except that year under AVB that was bad. I look in the squad and yes there are players who have won lots of trophies from their career here and at other clubs and that is not in dispute but I think mentally some of them are a bit soft, when shit gets tough they seem to hide or just think well fuck it as evident from the second season under Jose and this one. Fair enough other shit went on change of managers, speculation of futures and that but it must be a day to day thing for most of these guys anyway considering there always something. We had to win every game in the last few weeks to try and qualify for the CL, although the odds were against us anyway in terms of the chances of us getting in but could you imagine if we had guys with that sort of mentality that Cech, Drogba, Ballack, Terry, Lampard etc all had we would probably have qualified.

Again, I love how people think changing managers is the way to solve the problem we have at our club. Change some people upstairs. Keep Conte/change manager whatever and back him. Keep players who are committed to the cause (Courtois & Hazard, are they committed are they not? Maybe they are but no movement with contracts really says it all) and get rid of the duds like Moses Bakayoko Cahill Zappacosta etc. Spend wisely on some better players. Have back up targets for back ups so we aren’t left short in the market. 5th place isn’t the worst of finishes but for defending champions who just had a similar title defense 2 seasons ago with the same bulk of players more or less I am not surprised one bit that this has occurred again. It was Jose’s fault then and now this season is Conte’s fault... some of these players need to look in the mirror the effort today was shocking. Unsure about the mentality of some of the players too. If we had a Terry, Ballack, Drogba or a Lampard in the side, they’d be telling people what they thought of that today. Hope Conte had a good go at them too.

For me it’s nothing to do with Conte today why we haven shown up it is a lack of effort and a lack of balls from the players. It’s been inevitable all season that Conte will go and this sort of performance from the players is reflecting that. No fight, no passion, no will to win.. just weak mentally. Forget a philosophy or whatever too many of the players this season have been like this in several games. Newcastle have run rings round us and are fighting for every ball every second ball etc etc. They are an inferior team on paper but have outrun and outplayed us. Hazard Barkley Bakayoko Giroud Moses... what are they doing? Strolling about? At least Kante is trying to do what he does, he’s not played well but he’s trying. Azpi the same.

Exactly. And there will be folk on here delighted with it too by the looks of this thread the last few weeks. Obscene.

Bakayooko. 40 million pounds. Forty. Million. Pounds. Get him fucking off. Totally unaware of everything that seems to be going on around him. Just walking about like a tube. Whole team playing bad but my god, 40 fucking mil.

More dynamic RWs? Like Martial? Who is a left winger/striker? I'd take a gamble on Martial like I've said before but he is still a risk, we need more attackers in the squad in those wide/10 positions because well Eden, Willian, Pedro and Barkley who can play those attacking MF positions, they are all different sorts of players but in terms of depth its not much as we've seen this season and even last season when we've been chasing games. Throw Martial in that selection, its a boost for us, considering his talent and age but I don't get why so many people are so thrown on throwing out one of our better players to a main rival in return for somebody who hasn't really done as well as what it would seem that people are making out.. Did nobody seen Arsenal over the years do that and become a laughing stock? And last summer was bad enough with losing Matic and Costa. I don't get it. Pedro maybe he might be someone who could go but if we get Sarri and he gets the sort of football he does at Napoli then Pedro will be useful because that sort of quick pass and move third man running shit in attacking situations is what he was very good at when he played at Barca. I mean Sarri has even made Callejon look a pretty decent footballer so its not impossible that if he was appointed that he could rejuvenate Pedro's performance level in comparison to what we've seen this season. Leon Bailey is another player I really like and would take him here, think there is more chance of him coming than Martial in all honesty.

True he lacks that killer instinct but that is gained through playing regularly and through taking chances along with training. He does get the chances, he manages to find himself in good positions a lot, which for me shows he is more than good enough, he just has to stick them away, its a shame hes only managed the 1 goal this year because although some of his performances have been dodgy some of them have not been. I think its just been a tough season. If we sell after one season, who would we replace him with? People keep mentioning Cavani but it wont happen. Griezmann? Wont happen. Bring Batshuayi back to be first choice? Wont happen. It was a big spend on Morata and I think he'll be a lot better next season but if he goes who do we actually sign to replace him? Not many strikers out there that are attainable at the sort of level everyone assumed Morata was last summer. Icardi maybe but honestly he will cost 80-100M easily. Who says he'd even want to play here?

Still not convinced hes top level. One month where he has scored 4 goals does not make up for the other months where he has been pretty average and shown a lack of end product (surprise surprise big issue years ago still is now). Good option off the bench maybe to change a game up but again, like Adama Traore, average player.

In terms of where most people on here want the club to go, with a vibrant playing style and a less defensive minded manager, to get rid of Morata would be insane. Like you said if you cannot see his talent, you are blind. This season will help his development and pre-season he'll come back and be a different player for this bad experience. Just like his first quarter of the season at Juventus where he struggled to get a lot of minutes or any solid sort of form he eventually came good from it and I wouldnt be surprised if the same was to happen here. To have scored 20+ goals for Madrid as a sub more or less last season is an impressive return, he has got the right attributes to succeed here and was doing so in the first half of the season.

Second half has been atrocious footballing wise for Huddersfield, Jamie Redknapp basically said we played anti football vs Man City but this is worse.

Obviously not but moments like that are infuriating as fuck.

Eden had a chance he wandered into the box but tried to pass it to Morata, WHY NOT JUST FUCKING SHOOT YOU ARE LIKE 15 YARDS OUT. Also wtaf how nothing has gone in there, no clue.

52.8M rated? I was hoping we'd go 30-40m tops but 52.8m is a joke for somebody who has one year left on his deal regardless of how old he is and how much potential he has, considering he has struggled to show any sort of real consistency in the last 2 seasons. Never even mind throwing Willian in, 52.8M plus Willian would be utterly ridiuclous.

Cesc and Azpi top marks. What a ball in, even if it was a freak goal, was an exceptional cross.

Its been a recurring theme all season, needless backheels giving away possession along with pointless short corners which drive me up the fucking wall. Also Pedro running back towards his own goal every time he receives the ball? Wtaf. Not sure why Conte changed a winning team this much, fair enough fatigue from 2 or 3 games in quick succession but not that many changes was necessary.

If Ross Barkley cant get a start against this mob, when Conte has clearly rotated the side, then what is the point of him being signed? Another pointless deal by the looks of it.

Nobody wants him to leave but the longer he keeps coming out with these sort of quotes but still hasn’t entered negotiations or signed a new contract it doesn’t look entirely convincing does it? Same with Courtois.