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Will need to see the Chances Created stat but in terms of Shots and Shots On Target, we were behind only Man City and Liverpool IIRC. Not gonna disagree with you there except that bit on Willian. He was never a proper goalscorer, is not one now and will never be one. It is one thing to create chances but if the others do not make attacking runs to get on the end of the pass, then he is not going to score. Willian has never been that player. City always score many goals because they always have players attacking the ball, attacking the space etc. Of all the players we had last season, only Pulisic, Abraham and maybe Giroud who would made attacking runs in the box, getting on the end of crosses and passes. I expect Werner and Havertz to do that as well this coming season and moving forward but I don't want to place expectation on them to score like 20 or 25 goals per season just yet because it will be only their first season in English football.

Tomori won the Goal of the Season award (vs Wolves). Gilmour won the Academy Player of the Season award. The Men's Player of the Season award will be announced at 5pm UK time today.

Actually, City's top 4 league scorer got close to the 65 in 2019/20 - Sterling (20 goals), Aguero (16), Jesus (14), De Bruyne (13). That amounts up to 63. The next highest scorer on that list is Mahrez with 11 goals. Would be great if it happens but I think it is unrealistic to expect those 4 to score at least 65 goals in total this coming season when Werner, Havertz and Ziyech are all new in the Premier League. Also, is Ziyech really a consistent goalscorer? Nikki sorta compared Ziyech vs Willian earlier; in the last 4 seasons with Ajax, Ziyech scored only more than 10 league goals in a season once and scored 10 goals or more in all competitions twice. On the other hand, in the last 4 seasons, Willian did not score more than 10 league goals in a season once but he did score 10 goals or more in all competitions thrice. Their goalscoring numbers are not that drastically different.

LOL https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/08/25/ben-chilwell-join-chelsea-five-year-deal-week/

This thread is one dud signing away from becoming 'Marina Granovskaia Bashing Thread'...

Oh look, Sky Sports trying to be "edgy" again...

It's Daily Mail but apparently, the wages will increase if he meets bonus targets...

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Seeing as we're unlikely to buy Rice this summer, I'm just gonna throw in Ampadu..

We're really having to scrape the barrels in the GK situation, aren't we?

TBF, Zouma doesn't have a good passing ability either. Tomori's situation has been a peculiar one. Played quite a number of games earlier last season and I know he got injured after that but it's like he has just disappeared altogether after that.

The word is that the club sees a future for Tomori at the club but just needs to be loaned out. His situation has been a peculiar one though. Played quite a number of games earlier last season and I know he got injured after that but it's like he has just disappeared altogether. While we would like to sell Rudiger, Christensen and/or Zouma, I don't see that happening this summer. Clubs elsewhere are conservative with their spending because of the pandemic and we still gotta try and get a new GK in. Might also wanna control the number of turnovers in one summer.

Was just saying a similar thing.

I haven't seen Sarr play. So I can't say much about him. But just on the loan thing, it would kinda be a kick in the teeth for Tomori, who looks likely to be loaned out, to be loaned out at 23 and then see someone younger come in and immediately take up your spot in the team.

Pretty sure China is no longer viewed as an attractive location for players anymore. The Chinese FA introduced a salary cap and restriction on clubs signing foreign players.

Is Gilmour quietly sending 'come get me' hints to Bayern? Retweeted Thiago's pic with the CL trophy and liked Lewandowski's pic with that trophy on Instagram.

Guillem Balague? Not gonna happen then...

There were talks that he would be loaned out.

Oh no, I am not missing the point. That the defence needs to be improved is well documented at this point. I myself have talked endlessly about it. But those problems can't be used as excuses for Kepa's own individual flaws. And yes, I am aware that moving Kepa out is not easy. That has been reported by the media as well but it doesn't mean we can't try to do so. The club are certainly trying to make moves on it.