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We attracted Kante to the club after finishing 10th. I don't believe after the season he had just had with Leicester and the meteoric rise he was experiencing, with around a £30m release clause, that no other top clubs were interested in him.

Agreed. I'm not old enough for those days, but I do remember the early to mid 90's when staying in the top division was a big achievement. I don't see a season out of the Champions League being something that will be significantly damaging to us. With the relaxation or even scrapping of FFP, the Champions League finances shouldn't affect our transfer activity and all simply boils down to how much Roman wants to push things along. Similarly with the attraction of the Champions League for signing players. I think there is perhaps one potential target that this would affect and it's Haaland and if we're being realistic I don't think we'd sign him anyway. I don't see a lot of players from the top clubs moving unless they're deemed dispensable by their club and more likely targets will be with players at smaller clubs who we should be able to entice anyway if we're interested in them. I do think with some time and patience there's a lot of potential within this group of players and hopefully with a couple of additions in the summer and a coach like Tuchel having a pre season and more time to put his own stamp on this team, I feel we'll be in a better position to be challenging next season. But if we have to take a step backwards this season then so be it.

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As "must win" as this game appears, the biggest thing we have to make sure is if the game isn't going our way we don't lose our heads or push too hard to leave ourselves perfectly open to being countered and beaten late on. Whilst a draw takes things out of our hands, it still gives us a chance going into the final day, especially if Spurs are pushing for 6th place and the Europa League there is every possibility they can take points off Leicester. Ultimately though we are more than capable of winning this game. For how poor we were on Saturday, Leicester were no better than us and if anything created even less.

Will he have those options though? The likelihood is the only other possibilities for him would be United, City and PSG. United have just resigned Cavani, and I think will want Greenwood to play a more prominent role as the centre forward next season. There priority I think will be Sancho. I'm not sure if City would move for Kane. They've made an effort in the past to not go crazy high with their transfer fees and the way Pep has been talking recently suggests they may not buy a striker. PSG could be the most realistic option and probably Spurs favoured one if they sell but would Kane want to move abroad? There is a very real possibility that Chelsea are the only ones that make a proper play for him. If that was to happen, it would be interesting to know whether Kane would push for the move. You're right in what you've said above, but will he be the type to want to look back on his career at the end and simply be happy he stayed loyal to Spurs but won nothing? This isn't even like the case of Gerrard who at least won a few trophies in his time at Liverpool. Kane may have no alternative but to make a hard decision that may cut his ties completely with Spurs, but give him the trophies and success that he clearly wants. There's one clear comparison with Kane and that's Sol Campbell. I wonder if the abuse from Spurs fans was worth it for him?

Ironically thought James was the only player to come out the game with any real credit.

Fair play to them but I think it was more about our own inefficiencies today. Against Arsenal we created more than enough chances, today just simply wasn't good enough. Leicester didn't really need to defend well because we gave them barely anything to defend against.

Pretty awful showing. Did it seem though that the pitch was slow? The ball movement, even players like Werner and Vardy running all looked in slow motion. Trying to press them high looked a real chore today.

Leicester look like they're going 3 at the back, have they played that system much before?

Neither Christensen or Kova on the bench, hopefully ready soon as they're needed in the final 3 games.

I'd be surprised if Kova and Christensen started today. More likely to be on the bench, and then play in midweek. With that in mind, think it'll be: Kepa Azpi, Silva, Rudiger James, Jorginho, Kante, Chilwell Mount, Werner, Havertz

The problem is beyond the first couple of options such as Kane and Haaland, in my opinion the drop off in striking options is alarming. With that in mind maybe Tuchel continues to look at developing us without a focal point striker and instead just a fluid front 3 who have licence to change and rotate positions. I think we need another player. Whether it's an out and out striker, or another attacking option because I think Giroud and Tammy will both leave this summer.

I don't agree with Giroud. He's been a great signing overall in my opinion and he came up clutch alongside Pulisic in the run in last season. But against Arsenal highlighted that Giroud doesn't suit Tuchel's style. He's just not mobile enough to drift and drag players out of spaces. Those front 3 need to be fluent for this system to work. Whilst Havertz hadn't had the best of games against Arsenal, we looked significantly worse when Giroud came on and lost any momentum that we had pinning Arsenal in. Tammy I think falls into the same category not due to his lack of mobility but his all round play on the ball again disrupts the fluidity. I think both will leave this summer. It's a difficult position to be honest because we need a goal scorer but I don't think it's as simple as buying an out and out striker who contributes little else. Hopefully Tuchel has someone on his mind, maybe someone less obvious but would suit perfectly to his style. Regardless of this, we also need the other front players to improve next season on this season's goal tallies as they just aren't good enough. Mount, Pulisic and Ziyech should all be getting 8 - 10 in the league, 12 - 15 all comps. Werner and Havertz i think should be aiming closer to 12 - 15 in the league each, and 18 - 20 in all comps. We get that level of output from the above which I don't think is an unreasonable expectation, and perhaps add another attacker to the mix to contribute and we'll be much closer to the top next season. Regarding your list, I'd agree with all bar Giroud. I think Christensen should also be added, especially if we continue in a back 3 system which suits his skillset perfectly, and I also think he has the potential of being the long term replacement for Silva as the middle man in the 3 (just like he was primed to do under Conte). I'd also add Jorginho. I understand he's a very marmite player but he's important for Tuchel's system, being able to control the game and whilst Tuchel is here, he won't be going. Take his mistake out from the other night and his form in the second half of this season has been very good. Similar to Christensen he's very suited to a back 3 system also where he has added protection behind him. I think we would benefit more long term if Gilmour went out on loan for a season or two before coming back and replacing Jorginho. We should be more concerned trying to find someone who can rotate with Kante and offer his role in the midfield.

We attempt mission impossible with Kane.

If we ended up in it, we'd rotate and play fringe players in it and should still have enough to make at least the quarters or semi's, at which point it could then become a bigger priority. I believe though between the two chances we have, one will be taken for Champions League football next season.

Is this something new? Sterling's tackle last week was barely mentioned, especially compared to the penalty claim not given to City. Who cares, it makes it all the more sweeter when we win trophies. We've hardly ever had much support in the media and punditry.

It's risk vs reward. There's plenty of times a team has attempted to press us and we've played through the opposition press to create our own inroads. There are always going to be mistakes throughout a season playing this way. City made one against us for the equaliser at the weekend due to our press on them. But I do think we're one of the more accomplished teams currently keeping possession and playing out a press which makes it braver for a team to aggressively press us.

They do but it's not by playing the way Arsenal did. I don't even think Arsenal provided a blueprint of how to beat us. Let's be honest tonight was a freak result in the context of the game. Arsenal created nothing and without the mistake the game probably would have played out similar, i.e. forcing Arsenal further back as the game wore on and they would have tried holding on for the draw. And even playing that deep and organised, we still had a couple of gilt-edged chances missed and hit the woodwork twice, despite most on here going crazy with how bad we played tonight.

Can Rodgers set his team up like that? Arteta is a naturally negative manager. You only have to see how bad they were against Villareal when they needed to go for the win. He's also picked up some pretty decent results against the likes of Chelsea, United and City during his tenure. Whilst Leicester carry a threat against a high line that we'll have to worry about, Rodgers will usually set his team up to play and try to take the initiative in a game. I don't think they will be able to play in such an organised way against us for 90 minutes.

Yes I think it's possible. We beat other teams to Kante when we didn't have European football (and he was in the Champions League with Leicester). I think the question mark is who our targets are. For me the stand out striker options are Haaland and Kane and neither may be attainable with Champions League football anyway. A lot of players I think can look past one season outside the Champions League if the project is attractive. We've got a young squad brimming with talent but not polished, and a top coach. Getting to the Champions League final is hard proof that we're there or thereabouts. A couple of additions to this squad and the younger players being a year older and more experienced, and I genuinely believe we've a serious title challenge in us.

Easy to question in hindsight, especially a split second decision but once Kepa handled it on the line it was leading to an indirect free kick on the 6 yard box if they didn't make use of the run of play the ref called. With that in mind when Kepa could only really scoop it back into the danger zone, he might as well have scooped the ball back in and held it.

Nope, it's all about the final this season. Yes missing Champions League isn't ideal but it's not the absolute catastrophe that it would be for teams like Liverpool because I think Roman will still spend money and carry on strengthening us. How rare is a Champions League final. We all know how hard that competition is to go all the way. It's potentially a once in a career opportunity for this group. That is without question the biggest thing now we're there.

Whilst it would not be ideal to take it to the City game, we do have 2 bites of the cherry at Champions League football next season. Bar City, every other club would trade places with us. 2 finals, and in our hands for top 4. United would even trade with us for a shot at the Champions League final.

Some big if's there. Everything is in our hands. Leicester are a good side but they've been struggling for a while now and only just got past United's reserves last night. You'd think we were playing City and United the last two league games. Leicester and Villa are both winnable, and it also requires the teams below to win all their games too which isn't a foregone conclusion. We win both cup finals and he'd deserve a statue for the turnaround in our season.

Maybe this is what we needed as a team. We've been talked up the last week after battering Madrid and knocking off City as near invincible and this will hopefully bring us back down to ground and in full focus for the end of the season. We responded well from the West Brom game and didn't really look back. Time to go again, everything is still in our hands which we would have taken with both hands a few weeks ago.