Even though Caicedo is physically better, Rice's positioning and his decisions in midfield - always making the right choices in midfield - has been really good. It does feel like he can be a consistent midfield piece for years while with Caicedo - there is still no hard evidence of this.
Difficult to get Wirtz in January.
I hope we can wait it out in January but unless Broja/Jackson improve and become semi-reliable, we'd need a striker to get through this season and try and get into the top 4/5
Conceding from almost no consistent pressure
happened vs Brentford from a throw, vs Arsenal, vs City
and earlier vs Villa, Forest.
The pressing is crazy good but the number of mistakes are insane