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Goretzka and Perisic? lol

It's also the 'Callum Hudson-Odoi derby' by the way...

And of course Mourinho and Spurs got RB Leipzig!

Thank god we were spared from the Sarri narrative!

Arteta to Arsenal hotting up this morning...

Nubel did this yesterday...

This place is seriously getting more ridiculous of late. Results go downhill, players go out of form and then people - some who even rarely show up - suddenly appear to call them useless, overrated, shit, Player X is better than Player Y or whatever else along those lines. What a fucking joke! Almost make me want to just ban them all!

What is this based on? Trend of the month? Stats? Or have you been watching Gallagher closely?

What I'm saying is Conte and Sarri weren't happy with the quality of the squad depth. They just had to make do with it. The fact that our 3rd manager in a row is doing the same highlights the issue even further. Sure, you could argue that Lampard could and should have utilized Giroud and Pedro a tad more to begin with but I guess with the younger players coming in and Lampard having his own ideas, we decided to move them aside. At least this situation will really force the board's hands in the transfer window.

Was talking about all 4 as whole and 'being regular' under Sarri & Conte doesn't necessarily mean they were keen. Alonso - Remember Conte wanted Sandro from Juventus? Conte stuck with Alonso anyway because of the back 3 system and Emerson spent most of the 2017/18 season coming back from his injury. Sarri spent most of his season praising Alonso to the heavens but towards the end, he started leaning towards Emerson. Giroud - IIRC, Conte didn't want Giroud. He wanted Llorente but didn't get him and was left to make do with Giroud. The only competition Giroud regularly featured in was last season's Europa League. Otherwise, he was always in and out of the XI. Take the Premier League for example, he played only 1443 minutes in 18 months with us. Higuain joined last January and played 1092 minutes in the league in just 6 months. That's a difference of only 351 minutes = close to 4 games. Pedro - I'll give you this one but he was rotated with Willian under both managers. Between the two, Pedro played almost a thousand minutes less than Willian - 5608 minutes to the latter's 6568 minutes in all competitions.

Fair points. Azpi did start at Man City though and with us in bad form right now, will Lampard play it safe at Spurs or roll the dice? Feels it'll be the former. We need as much stability defensively rather than chopping and changing the back 4 again.

You have people - or rather, someone - suggesting Barkley is better than Mount!

Or Twitter, Facebook, social media in general.

So you're suggesting James to start at Spurs?

You might as well just say that about all the players, rather than just Azpi.

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE! NOT THAT GUY!

If it's any consolation, we have only won at Goodison Park in our title winning seasons since the 2-1 win under Benitez in 2012/13.

People said the same about Azpi v Sterling when we went to Man City but Azpi kept him quiet all game. And doesn't Moura play on the right? Or has Mourinho shifted him to the left?

Barkley is a lost cause, IMO. He had his chances earlier this season but hardly made any impression and then had the incidents with the cab driver and at the night club. Alonso also had his chances but I guess his defensive flaws have proved too much of a problem for Lampard's liking and not to mention, he is SUPER SLOW! Agree on Pedro and Giroud - the former's situation is a curious one. He actually started the season well but suffered an injury and suddenly just disappeared altogether. On the bigger picture, it highlights AGAIN that we don't have the best of squad depths in terms of quality. It's 3 managers now who have not been keen on Giroud/Barkley/Pedro/Alonso.

Three notable stats of ours in the league this season... SHOTS 1. Man City (351) 2. 🔵 CHELSEA (292) 3. Liverpool (274) 4. Leicester (258) 5. Man United (248) SHOTS ON TARGET 1. Man City (119) 2. Liverpool (108) 3. 🔵 CHELSEA (106) 4. Man United (94) 5. Leicester (92) CONVERSION RATE 1. Liverpool (21%) 2= Leicester (20%) 2= Man City (20%) 2= Spurs (20%) 5. Wolves (17%) . . . . 9= 🔵 CHELSEA (15%)

How timely! Watch us lose to them and then United turn them over after that!

Poor marking was the reason for that

So, Man United are still Man United then..

Got battered by Wolves in the second half but somehow got all 3 points.

So we will be out of the Top 4 if we lose to Spurs...excellent!