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Far better since the switch. I wish we had a full back who could cross.

WHY DOES RUDIGER THINK HE IS PIRLO? Three times he's tried an outrageous long ball when easy pass was on. Connected zero times.

What a brilliant goal. Fuck you VAR

2-0!

I would worry more if it was Juve or PSG or Barca. Bayern are definitely suspect. We definitely need to shore up in defence though

We can get Bayern! The best club to face this season out of the bunch we could face

That's true. Would not write CHO off just yet though. We can revisit this in a couple of months

He hasn't been given a run though. Pulisic and Willian have been playing week in and out.

Time to seriously introspect. Why was the team unable to create any kind of clear chance? I can think of the Mount one early on and that's it. This team fails to penetrate a team set up to defend. Same story vs West Ham Aston Villa Crystal Palace Newcastle Which is why it is always baffling how the team started another home game in such a slow tempo. No urgency to move the ball. No urgency to create openings. Rudiger and Zouma think they are Pirlo all of a sudden and try to pull off ridiculous long balls. The performance last night was Sarriball all over again

Premature. Would not write his season off yet. Would like to see him start again but unfortunately there's no league cup game to blood him in.

What is the solution really? We need to sacrifice Kante I feel in home games like this.

Was the only one breaking the lines and pulling Bournemouth apart.

Long ball FC. How many long balls from defense today? To no one in particular. There are not many options to turn this around either

No complaints today. Unlike vs West Ham there was no decent start either. Azpilicueta should be the first name out of the team in home games. He cannot play a high line anymore I feel

Its a clear goal. What is going on at this club?

That Willian free kick which hit the wall took out nearly two minutes off the clock. This team really needs to inject more urgency like Liverpool, City and take quick free kicks as much as possible.

They do play 2 strikers in their formation though

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/12/liverpool-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-salzburgs-takumi-minamino-for-725m 7.25 mil? for an insanely energetic schemer like Minamino

Maybe Giroud can be the make weight since he intends to leave and that will give us Tammy Zaha and Bats in attack. Handy

I like Lampard's words after the game last night. It is better to strengthen in attack. Rudiger, Tomori and Zouma are decent centre-back options. Only area to strengthen would be left-back and there seems no one available.

By this logic, it is happening isn't it? I just hope it is 40 mil and not 70 + as quoted in the summer.

Someone who can also play on the wing like Son Heung Min or Werner

I can see Willian phased out and Pulisic and CHO used on the wings at some point this season. Credit to Willian for keeping up this season though. His flaws in front of goal aside, he has worked his socks off for the team. Still needs to be replaced

Wan Bisakka is a good buy. A Right-back who lets very little past him and is technically good. I think he is the 3rd RB in the league after Trent and Ricardo Pereira who are both ridiculously good. But we do have James so not overly concerned with missing out on AWB.