OneMoSalah

Nail on the head. I genuinely think he wouldn’t get any opportunities at the likes of a City, Liverpool, Spurs or Arsenal.

On paper maybe. But even then, debatable. Not even just debatable. It was a good squad. I mean footballer isn’t won on paper - all the attackers and their inconsistencies, the lack of quality back up wing backs and to Kante. Likes of mediocrity of guys like Saul, Loftus-Cheek, Sarr, Barkley in it. “A great squad” … If thats a great squad then how do you describe City and Liverpools? Or are you going to try and say that Tuchel is the reason Havertz, Werner, Ziyech, Pulisic all cant deliver consistently, despite the fact they didn't really do much consistently under Frank either? Or that TT is the reason RLC hasn’t done anything since barring a 3 month period under Sarri? On a different note I think TT’s comments calling the team soft has hit the nail on the head. No point just pointing out the midfield being soft. The whole team is front to back. We’ve been soft for fucking years, I mean when we finally look like we are getting somewhere (ie we win a trophy/league/whatever) we seem to just fall away and its either the managers fault/lack of transfers (which maybe they shoulder some blame in some aspects) but players being weak mentally or getting carried away with winning one trophy definitely is a contribution too.

I dont even think Celtic would go for him. Scottish League may not be an incredible standard but Celtic’s business since Ange Postecoglu took over has been pretty incredible compared to the previous 3 or 4 windows. I mean a lot of the games I’ve see, he’s basically signed 3/4s of a whole new team and it is so clear they all suit his philosophy off high tiempo attacking and high pressing football. Throw in the fact Celtic have got a lot of players in MF too as they’ve basically overhauled those places, so unless Matt O’Reilly (looks like he could be the next big one to go, links with Man United, Dortmund, Liverpool, Newcastle) is sold then I don’t see it happening. James McCarthy joined for big wages last summer and barely starts so they’d be wary to sign another big wage player I’d imagine incase it didn’t work out. In fact I think whilst it may seem attractive to the Old Firm (again the fact we couldn’t shift Barkley at all screams out that it definitely wouldn’t be) in my eyes their much better sticking with developing the likes of O’Reilly, Turnbull (Celtic) and Tillman (Rangers) because both their models are orientated around progressing players and generating big profits from them. Plus Rangers signed Aaron Ramsay and that barely worked out either, someone who when fit is considerably better than Ross Barkley. I honestly do think the time of the Scottish League being a retirement home/place where players such as Barkley, Ramsay etc would go to see out a few seasons and get away with half arsing it is done. Its never going to be a top league but Rangers and Celtic are definitely ambitious sides and the standards aren’t exactly League 1 or League 2. I really think Barkley ending up playing at a top 10 PL club is very unlikely. In fact going abroad may reinvigorate his career.

If he is listed as 6 ft 3 on official PL website/Leicester City site, he is more than likely 6 ft 3. I mean fucking hell… never seen somebody give so much of a shit how tall someone is/don’t buy it based off a photo 🤣 Also do you have insecurities because you seem to mention your height every 2/3 months regarding certain footballers? Pretty sure you’ve included this about a few other players over the years 🤣

Bournemouth going down. 100%. Scott Parker for all the praise he gets as a manager is absolutely abysmal in the PL. On the other games - never thought I’d say it but more worried about Arsenal than Spurs at present. Saliba, Jesus and Zinchenko have strengthened them a lot in terms of quality and good quality depth at a problem position for them (LB). Jesus will likely score 20-25+ this season in all comps, in fact I have no doubts he will and thats the sort of numbers which can turn a 5th or 6th place finish to a 3rd or 4th. Odegaard was also outstanding v Fulham. Saliba too looks a real asset.

Only been a few games but already very impressed with him. Chilwell’s got a lot of work to do to get back in the team for me (although he’s maybe not fully fit yet)

Trying far too hard to make an impression. Needs to take it slow and it will happen naturally. Thats without even thinking about the red card. Abysmal. Doesn’t matter what age you are, how experienced you are, you don’t do that on a booking, thats just common sense.

He is one of the most petulant footballers in the PL, that is why. Leave him at Palace. When things don’t go for him he cuts about like a 5 year old who’s been told to go to bed when he doesn’t want to. Also Everton have been the only club stupid enough to offer Palace big money for him.

An even bigger problem for us playing 433 is the lack of quality out wide in attacking areas. Bar Sterling. Thats another reason why we play with wing backs. Because James and Cucurella/Chilwell are more threatening out wide than most of our actual wingers.

Good move for him. Never good enough for an elite level club but definitely can be a very good player for the likes of a West Ham.

I am sure Tino rejected a new deal and Lampard sealed Tomori’s fate loaning him out with buy option.

Tchou was never coming here let’s be honest, even last year. As soon as Madrid entered the frame and firmed up their interest it was inevitable. I mean I am 100% certain we would of gotten him last year if he wanted to come here but he was likely always going to be waiting on Madrid coming in for him. Either that or Tuchel wasn’t convinced fully. Plus until I’ve seen him do well for Madrid I am yet to concede we missed out on a good deal. Letting Casemiro go is madness.

Went “toe to toe” then basically fell apart at 3-1. Not a good sign being 3-1 up and conceding 2 goals. Fair enough there was a quality pass for the third but it was still too easy and the Haaland goal was embarrassingly poor defensively too. Plus another day they lose that game 6-3. Granted they played well (well it was really a one man show at times as ASM was causing City huge issues) but City didn’t properly start playing with a purpose to they were 3-1 down I thought and still could have had a goal or two half at it (Haaland shot saved onto post was a big moment).

Bad game but who played well? Hes still young and needs time to find his feet at a big club. As said before months and months afo when he was “100 times better than Mount” or whatever, its one thing playing well for Palace in a 3 where he doesn’t have to be as disciplined or theres not that expectation but its another here when every team plays like its a cup final. Same for Broja which Tuchel’s said recently. Was same for Tammy, Tomori, James and Mount also.

Knives out after 2 or 3 games. Embarrassing. Get a grip. Hes a good player. All of them were shite against Leeds.

His finishing is going to cost us points. As did Werners. If he is going to be used as a attacker be it through the middle or off the front man, he cannot afford to be that bad a finisher. He gets into good positions at times but a lack of being clinical is going to kill us this season, again.

Hes always gonna be a big fish in a small pond.

I think we tried last minute. People doubted him outside of City but I don’t think its any surprise if he goes and grabs 15-20 goals for them this season.

Horrible in the run up to the goal though and Martinelli has had him on toast.

He is going to score a lot for them. And his work ethic, desire to press and everything else would of made him slot in perfectly here with what TT wants us to do.

Why didnt we make signing Jesus a priority…..

Be hard to shift him permanently - financially at least. Loan doable but still difficult unless we subsidise a lot of his wages. 1) Clubs will have to pay a decent loan fee or if permanently, pay a sum which likely won’t be under 25 million considering he has another 3 years on his deal IIRC and cost 72m to start with. 2) Clubs will have to offer him a competitive wage packet, although doesn’t have the equal what he gets here but it will still likely be a pretty good wage. Even for loan, we will get stung with at least 75% of his salary as was touted for Napoli deal. Plus if a teams needing a GK and can get Keylor Navas who is still a top GK, permanently, for less - why wouldn’t they? I don’t think Kepa will get an easy move due to his price and wages. Be it permanently or on loan.

Well that didn’t take long. Hopeless fat cunt. Where was this anger last season when you swanned about like a diddy doing nothing?

People said the same of van Dijk, Forster and Wanyana who went on and played very good PL careers moving from Celtic. Juranovic is a pretty solid player but not Chelsea level. Mid table team yes, he’d be a very astute signing for some clubs. But the jump he’d need to make, I cannot envisage it based on what I seen of him last season. The links to us, United and Atletico Madrid earlier in the window are/were a bit odd I thought. Was rumblings re Juventus monitoring him too but not surely how true they were. He is definitely not a championship player though. Watched a lot of Celtic games last season and he’s definitely good enough to play in the PL for a team between 8-14th. They’ve got a cracking song for him at Celtic Park too 😂

Having individuals who put up these numbers help make the difference though. They always will. And will continue to do so. On team work and hard work etc - we could show up against a Liverpool or a City and win showing that sort of fight, spirit, togetherness and hard work then struggle against Leicester or Watford or someone due to not being consistent enough upfront/not being clinical. Or due to other teams working harder than us. End of the day, the teams with the best and consistent players usually come out on top. I’ve seen this since as long as I can remember. Probably all the way back from Andre Villas-Boas’ spell right through to now this is still an issue. Maybe even before with Carlo in the second season.