Thor

Play DDF upfront and stick Zakaria in midfield if available.

I think he has done absolutely fine. Keepers make errors. Even Cech was prone to them, but now we remember him with rose tinted glasses and pretend he never made mistakes. Kepa has been very good since returning into the starting line up. Few errors and shaky moments? Yes, but probably less than the average keeper, and he has been fantastic as a shot stopper. I'll just add - ultimate professional as well. Got a lot of labels on here, eg - soft pretty boy, etc, but stuck with it, put his head down and worked, and has always been ready when called upon.

Would a 4-2-3-1 work for us? -------------------- DDF---------------------------- Mudryk----------------------------------------Felix/Nodi -------------------Kai(Sitting higher)-------------------- Enzo Kova/Kante With Enzo sitting higher up the field and Kai sitting more just in behind DDF.

I like Kai in the 10 role, just not upfront. He, unlike just about anyone else, gets in between the lines of the other team. Gallagher and Mount are shocking at this. I'd love to see him get a shot at the position, with Fofana upfront. Mount can sit.

Agreed. Feel like Cucu is not helping him at all. And when he does get it he is trying to make stuff happen too much. Need to free him. Enzo was getting man marked and only just started getting into the game and has been brilliant.

Mudryk has been poor.

Enzo literally just unlocks the game when we get him the ball where we need to.

One pass unlocks our whole team. Meanwhile we ticka tacka on the wings achieving nothing, not even building up the field.

lol we can't just blame them two. The team hasn't looked great. Looks like Enzo is being man marked. When he does get on the ball, makes quick decisions. Mudryk needs to get into the game. Doesn't help Cucu has been awful and isn't helping him.

He got it done, eh?

Probably ends up being another 100 million dollar signing lol

Agree. Need a great ball winner next to Enzo and we will do really well.

I think it’s wild that 120 mil will be spent on a kid who had a good 9 months… Most here seem confident he is the goods though.

Gordon would be great here. Off the bench at least. I think he is the perfect type of squad player and vital to building a great team. Pacey, robust and athletic. I'd take him for 25-35m. But we have far more pressing needs. Between our current crop of front players, I think we should do well.

Gives us the option of playing James in midfield.

I feel like a midfield of him and Enzo would potentially be too lightweight. I like an enforcer type in there.

Aside from the obvious - his pace and ability to dribble past the entire opposition team... The one thing that impressed me more than anything, were three passes that he pulled off, where he looked up a split second, and made the firm forward pass to cut out their players. 3 occasions he did it, twice near their 16 yard box, and one in our own half, and every single time it started a promising attack. Badiashile is another one that constantly looks to move it forward and quick. We need this instead of this BS holding on and sideways crap we do, that inevitably leads back to our CBs and passing around the back because we're too slow to attack and make the right passes. POSSESSION football for the sake of it. He was a breath of fresh air.

For those who have watched Nkunku over the last couple of years - what is the reason for his increase in goals the last two seasons? Playing more in the ST position or? If we do keep playing the 4-2-3-1, would having Nkunku up top with Mudryk and Felix by a viable line up? Or best to have Nkunku behind the top player? I think we have a good mix of wingers now to choose from even with a few leaving after our acquisitions. Do we need a target man just in case we need to switch up how we play a little, or do we double down? I'm quite happy with our defence aside from RB. CM, RB and maybe ST are the only positions needed now imo.

I think Havertz would play quite well with Felix and Mudryk. He can actually hold the ball up.

Really good. I actually prefer how he looks to move the ball quicker up the field than Silva.

Fofana Mudryk Havertz Felix Kovacic Anyone but Jorg This is what we should be playing with. Nothing else is the correct answer.

Gallagher is a hack

Gallagher given away so many pointless frees.

Fofana would be perfect here... There is so much space to run into. Come on. Even Auba.

Conor just turn when you receive the fking ball. Look up ffs.