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leaning towards the same. The problem is not that our defenders are not tall enough or technical enough but that they are not smart enough and not tough enough. Idont know how smart Torresis but he for sure is not a hard ass and would get bullied by Antonio and Soucek all the same.

That amount is only true if you win every single match in the competiton. For teams like us that most likely exit in the round of 16 it will be more like 25-40m depending on money from TV and ads. I think this CL money thing is a bit blown out of proportion, so I doubt it plays sucha majorrole. With FFP being loosened for a season i think we can afford him anyway. Surely the board will not pull of a deal that is not financially feasible.

Still think it is not gonna happen but if it is to be we need to do it quickly before ManCity kick Real Madrid out of the CL and they realise again how shit they are

He can fuckin stay there 😄

Zouma+Rüdiger and Zouma+Tomori have been our most "solid" combos. And we badly need his aerial threat. Watford are a tall side again. Only two of their starters are shorter than 6ft. Even their leftback; mesina, is 191cm

But Christensen+Zouma is a disaster even though Zouma gives us better presence at set pieces

I would say not special but smarter than Alonso. He is more of a combative type who commits to. challenges early and is forceful and tenacious in that. More English than Italian in his style you could say but usually does not commit stupid fouls like Alonso. Overall he is a pretty smart lad so I am sure he can learn.

He had a bad day vs Lazio defensively but overall he is a grinder also at the back. He is obviously more of a wingback. I think you could say he is basically a fast, more physical Alonso with better crossing. The problem is there are very few lbs who are good on both ends. The only ones who are remotely close to that are Hernandez and Sandro

Robin Gosens again with a great goal vs Koulibaly and Napoli. He would fit us like a glove

Can't blame im for that^^ leageu cup final i guess but yeah. he should have been sacked afterwards.

The same defence that restricted Leicester and the best offense in the league to 0 goals from openplay. This game vs pool will suit us more. Wehave defended well vs the big teams mostly when we remained compact. We usually have the problems from set pieces where liverpool have only one dangerous player and are in general even shorter than we or when we are spread by committing to many players forward and are hit on the break or similar. I think we will be clever enough to not allow that. As soon as we can defend in numbers with a lower block we will be fine.

Unlucky chap.Should have never left us. Will at least add a title. But i am sure he already misses Chelsea. Would have been a joy to watch him and Pulisic play together.

and still, Alisson with a weird kepa moment of positionig there. even he is human

gonna be disallowed bc of that stupid hand rule

5 great goal by marez

I guessed right that pool would lose intensity after the title is clinched. I fancy our chances vs them at Anfield

That is the path to immortality. Very few players have played in teams for club and country were they were the only world class players in either and carried both teams to titles. Maradona is best example.

And someone must have scouted him and given a recommendation. That person needs o have their eyes checked. His weaknesses are there in plain sight. This and his obvious physical attributes that are completely disadvantageous for a pro athlete (short weak limbs, lacking core strength, poor leap and no explosiveness) . The only thing he is good at is making the easy goals he concedes look like like worldies by always being in the wrong position and stupidly Swinging his arms around like a child trying to fly. And even at that he failed miserably yesterday.

He scored one last year. You were saying he is not a good free kick taker and his goal yesterday was just luck when clearly the opposite is the case

Maybe you have started following the club later then 2016 then. Willian has scored 11 free kicks for us. In the the Torrid 2015/16 He scored 6 and was the most prolific free kick taker in Europe’s top league that season.

Tbf William scored quite a lot of free kicks for us. his performance today was average apart from his goals but at least he kept his side clean defensively. We have bigger problems than him right now.

lol Cakir is not even a real upgrade and Thiago silva will be 36 next season. Going tis road is what has brought us all the dregs that are still on our payrolls in the first place.

I hope he will not haunt us like Salah and KDB. TBF it would be even worse cos he is a Chelsea boy through and through. So there is always a chance of him coming back. But if he indeed goes to Napoli he will never return to us

You seem to be quite a fan of Boga. tbh i never understood why we did not take that buy back clause. Even if we can not use him we surely could sell him for more than 13m

Deeney is the least of my worries from set pieces. he is actually one of their shortest players. Sarr vs Alonso will be a bloodbath