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I remember when Leicester beat us season before the one that just ended. Was looking back at my comments on his performance: Just under 2 years later we have signed him Football is a funny old game. Hopefully he locks down this position for years to come and becomes England's main LB too.

It is because of the money. He knows he hasn't got a chance of making it hear but I think he is on around £30,000 a week which is a lot of money for a player who has no future here. So if a club bought him, they would not pay him anywhere near that amount realistically and will he drop his wages for a permanent transfer? Most, certainly not. His contract ends next year, so that is when he probably will leave on free transfer.

He got MOTM away to Croatia also right? Croatia are arguably better than England. Ok, you saw Lamptey destroy him. I saw Chilwell put in MOTM performance against us at the Bridge when they beat us 1-0. Don't get me wrong, I have been really impressed by Reguilon and I would take him here. However Chilwell seems to be Lamps first choice and I think people need to get behind him and also support the player. The lack of support it is was is surprsing me. Chilwell has shown flaws but he also has shown qualites in the PL too. Price, we getting him for around £50m which is a lot lower than Leciester initially wanted. It is a good deal. Matter of fact is all English players are overpriced. Norwich got relegated and already put a £50m price tag on Ben Godfrey. We have seen too many occasions before where the board gets a player who is not necessarily the manager's first choice and it has backfired. IIRC Conte wanted Lukaku but the board wanted Morata. I think a lot of fans were happy with that but facts is if Conte got his wish and got his man, it would have worked better but we got a striker who it just went really wrong. So I am happy that Lamps is now being given the full backing and I am sure he has weighed up why he wants him and also believes he can improve him as a player. When Lamps supported the permanent signing of Kovacic, again a lot of people did not agree, but most of them if not all of them now have changed their mind. Lamps improved Kovacic. Let's give Chilwell time to actually play under Lampard before writing him off. Also I never agree with paying that much money for a keeper, however getting Chilwell for this price in the English market is no way near in comparison to the Kepa deal.

Well ironically, I think some people are acting as if he same age as Alonso and can't improve and have already written him off. He has loads of years left and loads of room to improve. I think season before last he was excellent actually and even for England his performances have been impressive.

Delighted about this. Long been a fan and think he is going to win people over the same way Pulisic did too.

Like Jason said, I don't think there should be an appearance restriction. That is basically saying to a player, you aren't being rewarded because you have featured more than this and that player. There maybe needs to be an age restriction and as Jason suggested an award for 'best newcomer' or 'breakout star'. For instance I think it is unfair to give young player of year to a player who is 24. Maybe cut it at 21/22 at most. I think TAA is deserving of that. 21 is still very young and he is playing with players who are far more experienced, so then that gives him outside chance for winning main award.

Werner's technique and dribbling is underrated. He is not just a pace merchant. Many of his goals this season have been from dribbling/cutting inside from the LW and letting the ball rip in the net. Some of his finishing has been fantastic.

We just were the better team. Wolves had something to play for. If Wolves won, they would have been confirmed to get at least Europa League next season. If Arsenal win FA Cup and Wolves fail to win Europa, Wolves will not be playing any European footy next season at all.

The way Mourinho and his staff celebrated getting in Europa

It was a 5-2 win, not 5-3. Yes they had the Europa to deal with, however this game came after the international break so not as if they had just played us on the back of Europa game. We were the better team on the day, fair and square. Wolves losing this game was a turning point for them though. This is where they picked up their act and got a great win at the Etihad 2/3 weeks later.

Goalkeeping and defending just not good enough. Harsh to blame Kepa but a taller keeper saves that. He has been beaten by two many of those long rangers this season. His positioning for TAA free-kick was poor. Basically gave TAA a free shot of goal. Positives was that Pulisic put on a world class show when he came on. My worry was we left him out based on Sunday's win/performance but we have seen trying to do the same thing can backfire. Pulisic just had to start. CHO also was very lively when he came on too. All to the last day then. All to play for!

Lamps should have switched to a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 straight at half time and taken off one of CB. What did he think was going to change by continuing the same shape.

Your own fans are often the player's harshest critics. Been used to this for ages. From hero to villain and villain to hero is always a common theme.

Yep. Watch how people jump on the bandwagon for James and Mount again

Wow. What a dominant performance. Not a bad thing to say about any player. Mount put in a tremendous shift. Remember all the slack he got from here in past few weeks/months? Good to see him back amongst the goals too. Lamps tactically outsmarted OGS today. James put in a dominant performance too. Giroud will get majority of MOTM but for me Kovacic is my MOTM. He was sensational. Was just whizzing and gliding through that midfield effortlessly. Love watching him. Such a top player. Bring on Arsenal in another final again Attention switches to Liverpool now. Two big games left. If we can put same effort we did today, no reason we can't beat Liverpool to and qualify for UCL.

I will be very surprised if Ziyech is on £100k a week. Him being Ajax POTS and been one of their top players in domestic and Europe, and likely to be a key player here, he defo would be requesting more than that. Kepa came on what £190k p/w. Ziyech came for a much smaller fee, so you would think he would demand much higher wages. That is the kind of wages we give to our young players who have broke through. For the players who are more experienced like Ziyech, I would think the starting point is £150k p/w. That means he would be on less wages than Hudson-Odoi and roughly on same wages as Reece James. Pulisic is on about £150k p/w too. If that is Ziyech wages, then he is really generous

RLC looks shaky for me. Not surprised though. I prefer him right now as impact player. Thanks God for that goal as my nerves would have been all over the place if we went into H/T 0-0. Just need to get a second. Noriwch two FB will defo gain PL interest. Aarons gets more headline but Lewis is very talented.

Would like to see Abraham start again. Norwich will attack and when we are on the break, Abraham will be a better option for the counter etc. Then start Giroud for Untied. Also Abraham got 2 goals in the reverse fixture.

At the beginning of the season after we lost Hazard and received a transfer ban, sold Luiz (despite his flaws to a rival) and relying on a youthful team, i would have laughed off anyone saying we would be third, regardless of how inconsistent teams around of has been. I expected a tumultuous season. I was not confident about this season at all and envisaged a top 6 battle not top 4. I thought Arsenal signing Luiz would help them big time as I stiill think he is the best CB at the club there. Signing Pepe who despite the huge fee, was a needed transfer for Arsenal and then signing Tierney and Ceballos on loan, I did not see us finishing above them. Spurs too, signing Ndombele and Lo Celso and keeping Eriksen at the time, I thought they would definitely finish above us too. So when you consider that we have had a few payers who were playing in the Championship last season, we have integrated in to our team and other youngsters too and considering a couple key players have struggled with injuries this season such as Kante and Pulsic, I will consider it a top achievement if we lock down top 4, considering who we have finished above.

Pogba is big. Matic is big. Bissaka is very strong. Maguire powerful. Shaw powerful. Even their attack are well built. They defo aren't able to get bullied easily.

United are well suited to not being opened up like we do, because they have a domineering physical team which is suited to the league and won't be bullied. Our team is lightweight in comparison and when we play more physical teams, does sometimes looks like men against boys.

Family rivalry. They are cousins.

It is pathetic. The general conception at the beginning of the season was that we are a team in transition. Many saw reaching the UCL as a very optimistic bonus, however that is now looking a reality. There has been stages throughout the season where Mount was considered our best prospect, then Abraham, then James but the minute they have dip in form, the stark contrast in opinions is amazing. No patience for the young ones at all. They have all had strong moments in the season and moments where they have faded out, however I think that was expected but a a whole, the experience gained will continue to make them better players and some of the comments, I think some of our critics will be looking at themselves in shame in the long run.

Thank you! I hope those goals kickstart his career and he can reach the heights Abraham did. Done us a massive favour today

Before yesterday, Giroud started the last 2 league games and generally has been favoured over Abraham. I did expect Giroud to start yesterday myself and Abraham come in on Tuesday but I don't think FL is scared to rock the boat as Abraham has been benched quite frequently recently. He took Mount off at H/T yesterday and in the cup game and also has bought Werner and Ziyech where Mount and Abraham will know they have serious competition.