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I do miss the days when we would actually take on the opposition with speed on the counter. Feel like a lot of PL teams will be able to score 2-3 goals on us as our defensive line is non existent.

Don't worry, by next month, that gap will open up We also had luck vs Palace, then against Fulham with that disallowed goal.

Seems like everyone's ego got a little bigger after winning the CWC. Just because we got past PSG in pre-season doesn't make us a contender 😆

Lets be real, Barca weren't going to sell Fermin unless it was some ridiculous transfer fee Not sure why we splashed on Gittens and then missed out on Simons cause we didn't have enough sales to meet UEFA criteria. I miss the good old days of Cech - JT - Essien - Lamps - Drogba.

Wasn't he asked the same question in one of the previous games and I'm pretty sure he responded with something like George needed minutes more than Guiu or something along those lines. Alot of his decisions recently seem quite poor. Like with Palmer today, if he wasn't ready to go, why start with him and potentially make his injury worse?

I saw on reddit that one of the posters was saying that Maresca is playing George to keep his value so that they can sell him in January.

Liverpool improved from last season, they basically upgraded Nunez into two technical goal scorers up front Arsenal go and get two talented defenders to join as squad players, Zubimendi to complement the midfield and even Madueke adds to their attack We just spent 90 million on two left wingers and yet George gets sent out there to do some cardio game after game. Why not give a chance to Josh in the back line or Santos in midfield? I hate seeing Reece in midfield, he's a natural winger/fullback, let him express himself on the flanks!

He won't be sold because it would be a massive hit to his book value. He got a 7 year contract back in 2022. Transfer was around 70-75 million.

It was on Maresca, you sub off two attackers that early in the game (knowing Cole isn't anywhere near 100%), then you throw on George and Gusto when we actually had a chance to have a go at United. At this point, I'm not sure what Maresca is trying to prove by bringing on George off the bench every other game.

Get ready for more losses in the PL, just saw our upcoming fixture list 😆

Just wait for the next two games, Brighton & Liverpool will be having a party at the Bridge.

We already had a pretty good young CB at the club (Veiga) and the decision was made to sell him and keep Tosin/Chalobah/Fofana.

Opposition under pressure, playing at Old Trafford, their manager just had talks with their owner.... This has 1-0 to them (courtesy of a free penalty from us) or 1-1 written all over it 😆 Talk about horrible fixtures, we got United (away), then Brighton at home, then Liverpool at home.

Thought Palmer had a minor issue at the end of the Bayern game?

All of the games will be tough, we just looked off the pace. What happened to Enzo, just looks a bit slow since start of the season. Was hoping Lavia would be back by now to offer midfield rotation. Club made a mistake not going after a good CB + GK in the transfer window. Instead we spent 50 million on Gittens and then another 40 on Garnacho.

If we did sign a keeper, we'd still be stuck with Sanchez and Jorgensen on the books with even lower re-sale value. The Maignan deal made sense as he was old enough to play a few seasons and if Penders is as good as they say, he would be ready to fight for that #1 spot in 2 years time.

Seems like both him and Disasi were listed in the PL squad because we had space. Estevao, Gittens, Facundo are all in the U21 list as per PL webpage

I agree but I was more saying that Kudus would have offered a different physical profile to the rest of our attack. It would be similar to Arsenal getting Eze when they have Odegaard already. Arteta wanted that technical skill and they will have more than enough game time over the season. Surely Maresca would have found a way to play with Simons & Palmer 😄

I would take Kudus over Gittens any day of the week Such a shame that Spurs got him and Simons.

Exactly, it was interesting to see the early subs but it was obvious we were off the pace after the international break. Hopefully the likes of Facundo, Gittens, even Guiu start to pull their weight as squad players, its going to be a Long season!

Almost like we sold our starting striker and starting right winger from last season and our star player has been out of the side for 2 games 😆 I know Gittens & Madueke play on opposite wings but man....talk about a downgrade in talent. No wonder why Arsenal dropped their interest in Gittens, the kid is still super raw.

They must rate him highly....such a shame that Veiga and Maresca fell out, he had all the tools to be very good CB.

Yep, looks like he'll be out for 12 weeks We seem to have no luck with backup DM's https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6618754/2025/09/11/Chelsea-injury-news-dario-essugo/

They only started hating Chelsea when Roman brought Jose to the club and we started winning again and again 😆 Those Champions league trophies must have really pissed off other top clubs as we did it against the odds!!

Potentially Ange back in the Premier league!