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Maybe I'm just being pragmatic but my concern is, how are we gonna effectively manage game time between 3 young players? If you spend 120 million on a player, you would think he'll be first choice immediately and not be rotated with other players. At City, it's clear that Mahrez is the 4th choice. He's been getting game because Sane is out injured and Silva has gone off the boil. At Real Madrid, Vinicius and Rodrygo have more experienced players also playing in their position. So if Bale and Hazard play ahead of them, it's not much of a surprise. They are still young and can bide their time, which is different from the situation we might find ourselves in. And besides, Asensio is out injured.

Point still stands.

Looks like Cavani will replace Costa, who has gone really downhill since going back to Atletico.

It was only in the Bournemouth game really. Still did well in the others, just missed the killer touch in the final third.

I do wonder if we hadn't been in bad form going into yesterday's game, would Lampard have gone with the back 3/5 system? Also, given the kind of setup Lampard has been preferring for the front 3, you do wonder how will Sancho - if we do sign him - fit into all of this? He'll provide more attacking contribution than Willian but can he do the same thing defensively as Willian?

Think it's the 1-1 draw against Benfica when he was at União de Leiria in 2001/02 season.

I did say "at least". It's just a benchmark, minimum requirement. For a wide player, I'd expect him to score at least 10 goals per season and that's without mentioning the assists. If Pulisic can, say, score 15 goals and provide 8 assists per season, then that would be a decent return (he's on 6 and 6 at the moment). That kind of numbers return is similar to what Hazard put out for us per season. Getting Sancho wouldn't interfere with Pulisic/CHO, unless he gets moved to the LW as well. He'll definitely take up Willian's spot as it stands. What it does, I guess, is gives us options to choose depending on the game, opposition etc. Many had expected Lampard to go with Jorginho-Kovacic-Kante at Spurs yesterday, for example, but he threw a curveball and went with just Kovacic-Kante. And let's not forget, we still have Loftus-Cheek to come back and potentially Gallagher in the future.

Define world beater. Pulisic might not be a flashy player like the Mbappes, Sanchos of this world but that doesn't mean he can't become good/great in his own right. You can't fill the squad with too many similar/same players, can you? Pulisic has his own unique skill set. He's direct, always looking to drive towards goal ASAP. He's always on the move and never stationary, offering himself as a passing option or dragging people out of position to create space for others or getting on the end of chances to score. You're right about the goals issue but I see Pulisic as someone who can contribute at least 10-15 goals per season. The finishing is not quite consistent at the moment but he's already shown he's capable of creating chances on his own and getting at the end of chances. Lampard has spoken about this a few times and as things stand, Pulisic is our second joint-top scorer in the team - 5 goals with Mount. The bigger issue, IMO, is the RW and midfield. Any goals from Willian is a bonus and a midfield trio of Jorginho/Kante/Kovacic don't contribute goals consistently enough.

Suspect Morris would have enjoyed yesterday's win A LOT.

Mourinho's comments about being worried for us in big games feels so ironic now given this is his record in his last 11 games against the big teams: L 0-1 Chelsea L 0-3 Spurs D 2-2 Chelsea L 0-1 Juventus W 2-1 Juventus L 1-3 Man City D 2-2 Arsenal L 1-3 Liverpool L 1-2 Man United L 1-3 Bayern Munich L 0-2 Chelsea

Maybe it's because they're not our rivals and all that but Milan's decline has been rather tragic to see. It's gotten to the point where it's not funny anymore, but just sad. A sharp contrast to the team they had in the previous decade (or before that even).

You kinda asked it yourself in the CHO thread - what would happen to CHO if we have Sancho & Pulisic? If the long term plan is to have CHO and Pulisic on the wings, then it kinda makes sense to go after Zaha instead of Sancho. But of course, if we're talking about value between Zaha and Sancho, then it makes more sense to get the latter instead.

Is your sarcasm detector really not working? Mourinho was basically accusing Rudiger of playacting to get Son sent off.

With 4 games to come in 11 days starting on Thursday, he'll get his chances. So, let's see...

EH? They have that right in the contract? First I've heard of it.

All this Sancho talk is getting boring by the way. Want us to sign Werner, desperately!

The strange/funny thing was how unprepared Mourinho & Spurs were for the back 3/5. This is a manager who is known for being meticulous, prepares for many possibilities etc.

Should be loaned out.

Nope, I've been going on about we haven't kept an away clean sheet in domestic competitions in 2019.

You're going off on ONE report. And getting an AM should be the least of our priorities, if at all.