Reddish-Blue

Almost like that squad we used to have. Cech - JT - Carvalho - A.Cole, Essien, think Makelele was around as well

Exactly, every game is like a shop window for other clubs to come in January for the fringe players. Its just a shame that Tosin won't be sold anytime soon

Yep thats correct, I meant 2 wins in 3 to give us a chance at the top 8 and avoiding playoffs.

"Filling in" for Delap....when Delap is nothing more than a backup striker for a club aiming for top 4. 😆 Delap seemed more ready for a team like Everton (2+ seasons) and then getting a move to a top 6 side once he had some decent goals under his belt Why the club decided to loan out Jackson and bring in another 'project' striker is honestly laughable. As for JP, pretty sure he was more effective for Brighton as the second striker or if a front 2 where he would sort of roam and float around rather than being the focal point up front. Maybe that changes when that Strasbourg striker joins us.

Speaking of, we still have to play Barcelona, Atalanta and Napoli. We would probably need 2 wins out of the 3 to be a decent chance of getting into the playoffs. And you just know Conte will want some revenge!

Should really be sold in the next window if the club is serious. How can you have 3 players on the books and they are barely fit to play 15 games a season (Lavia, Fofana, Badi).

Thought he was unofficially "banned" from playing in England and thats why he moved to France. I remember him being linked to a few clubs but their womens football team wouldn't agree to play if he was at the club.

As long as Caicedo & Reece are kept fresh and we get the 3 points

You know that won't happen, Tosin is an ex-city boy just like Maresca and his best mate is Palmer 😆

Next league game Wolves at home with Delap making his return from suspension 😆 Maresca will be passing around that paper note to the players again in the 2nd half!

Hopefully Essugo covers from his injury and he can finally start learning from Caicedo! We need Caicedo, Cucu and Reece fit for the business end of the season

Almost like we could have used the young striker we had last season (the one who was getting used to Maresca's system) and potentially built a partnership between him and JP...🤔 Delap is decent but he won't be a game changer up front.

We also need a clinical finisher in the front 3 (especially if Palmer is out for a while) Garnacho/Neto and even Gittens had the space and time to run the ball today but as soon as they got near the box, the attack was dead. Miss the days of having Hazard doing magic on the wings!

Thats what happens when we lose a home game to Sunderland in injury time 😆

Whats crazy is that Arsenal already had Gabriel - Saliba and then they go out and add two more starting quality defenders in Mosquera (bargain price) and Hincapie. Where as we are supposed to rely on free transfer Tosin, Chalobah and young Josh as our CB's for the whole season with Fofana and Badi playing 5 games and becoming best mates with the medical staff.