Fernando

James in midfield is why I definitely want someone to be bought like Elliot or Wharton. We can't keep having that if we want to take the best big step in quality.

I'm thinking we need pace to counter since they play high line. I will think about garnacho and neto are good for this.

More reason why we after Elliot: By the way out of all EPL talk host shows this one of the few I like. The guys are very neutral in dicussion and are not lunatics like Jamie Carragher and company.

If we go ahead and buy Murillo in the January transfer window and we are within reach like 3 points behind I would say we have a chance. But only if that scenario happens, we need a top CB to be able to sustain winning game 1 to 0, because sometimes that is all we will get. We can't blow everyone every single weekend, and when you scored that one goal you need to defend for your life if that all it takes.

He did good in the role of Caicedo. But curious can they both do well like someone mentioned up top of Makele and Essien? Sadly Lavia should have been there but he is so injury prone that we can't build on him, needs to be send to Serie A where he might do good. We should now focus on what we can do with Caicedo and Santos in the mid, if it can work and complement each other ala Makele-Essien in their time.

we ain't got a chance this year either because of defense unless they go for it in the winter and get Murillo.

Did James got injured? And yes we ain't winning the title this season with that defense but it's a work in progress. We are improving season by season and that despite all the negativity here with the manager and the board. I'm fine with both as I been saying for a while. Maresca is the coach we need and the club is doing great in building the team for the coming seasons. Let's see what they do in the summer in terms of defensive side.

The commentary was saying that it's a method that has allowed the low block of Burnley to come out and play and thus leaving space for us to attack.

Yes same I would take out Pedro for someone else. This is where Caicedo can come in. Or another midfielder for better control of the mid... Which we don't have after Caicedo.

I will give them the next two transfer window to asses that issue. If come next season they have not done much to address that I will give you the benefit of the doubt. But in 3 years they are doing good for me. Reminds me of how arteta started, took a while to get to it. So our next level is to get that area right in the coming windows.

He has been good today. Let's asses that at the end of the season.

You just a hater bro. Can't see the big picture of how we are doing and just any little thing you always hating on the manager or the board.

It just shows that these owners are smart when it comes to finding loopholes.

A while before we even get bother about those type of talks. Probably by 2030 they can start those talk lol since his contract expires on June 30, 2033

I think it's because of the stats. Remember we are stats driving by the higher ups. This was an article discussing Caicedo vs Rice from Skysport and at the bottom they put this info there: If anything, the stats suggest that it is another Englishman who is closest to challenging Caicedo for the best Premier League midfielder tag. That being Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson. Anderson leads the way in multiple categories at either end of the pitch, including passes completed, duels won, recoveries and possession won. That form is certainly enough for him to deserve a place in Thomas Tuchel's World Cup plans. But enough to be considered the best in the league? Most would argue such a debate would be a little premature. That doesn't apply to Caicedo, though. The impact he continues to have on the world champions certainly puts him at the forefront of those in line for the crown. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/13445937/moises-caicedo-is-there-a-better-midfielder-than-the-Chelsea-star-in-the-premier-league

You say that now that he is 25 years old and had many tries to improve. It's like giving the same context Gittens and Garnacho come good at 25 after many tries in the PL..... But you don't want to be patient with the younger guys that can have potential like Semenyo? I'm sure if you bought Semenyo at 21 and he was not showing nothing you would have said not a good signing. The point is that with these younger players sometimes you need to give them a season or two and then we can assess further. The only youth that has come doing above others is Estevao and that is the exception not the norm.

At least we are working on defenders which is what i was asking. Granted this is for the future but this guy is getting a lot of hype from Ecuador. I'm still surprised that Ecuador out of nowhere are producing top players. Kind of remind of Belgium with their golden generation. Seems like that is right now with Ecuador.

I was saying to sell him in the summer where many did not wanted. I thought he was very limited.

Yes I'm surprised. Having low expectations helped 🙂

We got zappacosta, Bakayoko, drinkwater. Some of the worst buys under him. I always said that he is good short term, will win us the title but not good long term in building a team. I still rather stick with Maresca and the board for they are doing a good job in the mid all the way up. They are just lacking in defensive side. Sigh if they will only sign a director that is good for that....

In the end it did make sense we kept a clean sheet.

What a crap rudgier. Low balling defense when they should spend big on murillo.

Still a long way to go. United a couple of games before where I'm crisis and now doing good. Hence why I put little stock to what people over react here after a game or two. You need to look at the entire and that is not now but end of the season. A lot of months to go before then.

I would not called mess to the selling we had in the summer. I'm sure we broke a record. They are doing fine by me. They just need to focus on the defensive side of the game or get a board member that will give them balance in regards to the defensive side because they are too attack oriented right now.

Conte was always bad in Europe. League yes amazing but let's not forget under him we got the most crap players of all time.