bluesman2610

If we knew we were going to go after Lavia we shouldn’t have bought Caicedo and went for someone like Manu Kone instead

He should be he’s 6’4 and strong former Bayern Munich youth player. He has a £50m release clause but apparently that’s only for Bayern. I’d rather spend the £50m-£65m on him than £103m on VO or £69m on Vlahovic.

And also Joshua Kirkzee He does the ball carrying like Jackson but is way more clinical and tough shot Benzema who seems like he’s fed up with life in Saudi Arabia

Again our striker solution is not as simple as just having a CF we also need someone who can get the ball into the striker in dangerous positions. But the lad from Brighton or Vlahovic are not the type of strikers we need. we should be all in for Lautaro and if not him, Openda, or Jonathan David. These type of forwards are great at linking up but can also get into the box and finish well.

It seems Poch is playing inverted midfield - with Caicedo at the base and Conor and Enzo playing ahead of him. It’s great in attack if the two 8’s are bagging goals on a consistent bases but when we lose the ball and the opponents break we are under immense pressure. Caicedo is not Kante or Prime Matic or Mikel who can hold down the 6 by himself. He may get there eventually but it’s a lot of work for one player. We need to balance the midfield more. If we want to be successful we need a midfielder who plays the ball forward because he has vision (i.e. the Isak goal from Man City vs Newcastle) can unlock a defence with a single pass. We had that with Cesc and Jorginho to a lesser extent. I would have loved if we signed an 8 who has this type of ability and can chip in with more goals. Too me it feels like too many of our players play with their head down and it slows our progress up the pitch.

This happened December 2022 - seems to be a slow news cycle day

I still haven’t heard any realistic CF options for this window as I don’t see Nkunku as main striker

Two years in France and see if he improves either sell or buy for us

On their bench he would be so much better than our current midfield

KDB the difference here but that goal was brilliant.. seems City youth players are crazy

Great counter goals by Newcastle.. 2-1 Newcastle

What a goal! Bernardo Silva has been brilliant replacement for David Silva

Just buy Davies I would love to see the Canadian here.

Our problem is our midfield and attackers hide behind the defenders. No one really shows for the ball bar Palmer. You can’t break teams down like that. If you watch Man city or Liverpool they make so many damn triangles and wall passes to break teams down it’s ridiculous. And honestly we’ve been playing like this for a very long time. The last time I’d seen our team really put passes together to break teams down we had Fabregas. I’ve gone back and watched preseason - and we are playing completely different than we did back in August. Now that could be injuries and what not but it really is like night and day the difference. I watch Enzo and Caicedo get on the ball and no one is showing and moving to create angles same thing happens when any of our backs get the ball. It’s so frustrating to watch. They need to sort this stuff out.

What a good keeper. I don’t get worried when the ball is at his feet. He has some pretty sure hands and he’s growing into the starting roll for us. That low one handed save on Jimenez was top quality.

He’s had more than one good game for them but my expectations of him are tempered he is only 20 after all and it’s first professional men’s football season - however there is a player there whether you want to believe it or not.

We need one that can stay healthy

He strikes that with his right foot across the keeper and that’s a goal from Palmer

He’s not a LB he’s playing him like he did with Jan Vertonghen and that shit didn’t work then. We need an actual left back

I didn’t know we needed Carney in the team so much he’s the only one that was making the forward wall pass and getting into the box

What happened to all the wall passes we were playing in pre-season . These guys don’t play in triangles at all

They are dropping like flies it seems

I think Lois Openda would be ideal for what we are looking for in that Alvarez mold

Averaging 6.56 whoscored rating for first senior football competition at 20 years old

That doesn’t mean he’s poor it means they have their own players that belong to them that would rather develop. He literally came in to the side at the weekend and had a goal and an assist hard a poor player.