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Its more like 20+ players out on loan and it is gonna be 30 before the window closes. Sparatk seems like a step down for Pasalic after having had reasonably successfull at some of Europe's better clubs. Also I always ahd him down as superior to Lewis Baker, who is also 22 and non-homegrown IIRC.

No one deemed him an accomplished player already. But you can tell from these highlights that he is definitely talented, which is all w recognized here. I'd rather give him a chance than force Morata on the wing or bullshit like that.

My faint hope is that Conte has tried Morata on the wing of a 3-4-3 to confound Arsenal and start him as pure striker in a new formation like 3-5-2 or 4-2-4 this weekend. I really want him to score to get the monkey of his back.

40m for a player who has declined so much he is only average at best and this only a few games per year so yeah, this is really decent business. I don't mind having him at Utd where Mourinho is once again assembling squad of twiggy beanpoles.

For sure, But a club this big should never change to accomodate a playeer like Moses. Moses would play more as a winger but he is incredibly toothless in front of goal. His most important attributes are his pace and his stamina. Wingback is actually the only position he is decent enough to play despite his obvious limitations.

LOL, in the first 3 plays of this video, he creates 3 100% goalscoring chances any half-decent striker should convert in his sleep. Why do we loan out so talented palyers to so incredibly shitty sides?

Look, this is what I have always hated about us buying players like Marin, Djilobodji, Sidwell, Boularhouz etc. They might be proven at mid-table level but they are no better than the Bakers or Pasalics of this world. I don't mind us improving depth. But if we want to spend money, there should be some upgrade at least in the 4th/5th cm position. Otherwise it is just money down the drain. I understand that Drinkwater is only our 3rd or 4th choice for CM backup but why dafuq do we sell Matic and Cahlobah, only having 2 fit senior CMs adn then 1 week before the season think about reinforcements for depth? Are we unable to handle multiple transfers at the same time?

Conte has warned us of a repeat of the 2015/16 season. Ironically that one kicked off at this exact fixture. I pray that history will not repeat itself. But if so no one can say the writing has not been on the wall for moths.

U can not win against the ref.

Another bullshit offside decision

What a goal

Yes 😂

Losing most of our test matches is so 2015....and we know how that one ended the refs are such a joke. Offside at throw in wtf

If signing Candreva means Jose does not get his player it is 20m well invested

I remember two things from last nights dream, the First was that i caught an Arktos in pokemon go and the other that wie signed barkley. ...well, i just caught my second Arktos today🤔

I hope this puts to bed the accusations that we loan players out and then forget about gen. I have read multiple accounts of loanees appreciating the support they get from the staff in that time which is unique for a club with such a high number of loans.

Bayern are a good sidr and they have something to prove after their defeat against Ac milan but they should not be hammering us like this. Our offensive 3 like this is useless but conte should take some share of the blame here. Courtois on the other hand should have saved the latter 2 goals.

Could be a blessing in disguise he is not on preseason in Asia so he is saved from the arduous travel

but how is he compared to Moses? I read that Danilo has quite an offensive drive but has concentration issues leading to Real leaking goals when he plays so he sounds pretty much a carbon copy of Moses.

Neither are Mendy and Walker, at least not by much. I got the impression that what we want to buy is not necessarily an upgrade but competition in those positions. Last season's short term injuries to Moses and Alonso in the Utd and City games at the worst possible time showed that having a stand in who is not schooled for the position can massively disrupt the system. Other than that IMO esp Jonas Hector, Antonio, Anderson and Aurier are indeed a bit better than our current choices.

first they have to fit those into one team. They were vastly superior already last season and they still lost out to Monaco. It does not come down to having the best team but outscoring the tiny sides in the league consistently.

we should not be so focused on wing backs. IMO there are loads of viable options out htere and the highly sought-after ones like Mendy, Sandro, Walker are highly overpriced despite not being much better than far more easily attainable ones such as Jonas Hector, Ricardo Pereira, Michail Antonio, Felipe Anderson, Emerson, Escudero, Aurier and perhaps that Canadian guy.

well we got Baker and Pasalic and one of them might stay at the club for cover. But surely should have another experienced back up for our 60+ games this season.

That was indeed a well taken goal, even though the horrible defending made it look even better. HIs first touch was again heavy but he had all the field in front of him to chase it and as we know he excels in these situations. The finish however, at full speed and from an acute angle, was impressive.