Reddish-Blue

We could use an old school defender like Zouma at the club right now....at least he was solid most of the time and wasn't afraid to put in a challenge or go for the aerial duel...unlike our current defenders (bar Silva).

Gut feeling says 0-1 to Wolves

One of the 1000 youngsters we have can take his spot on the bench....won't really matter as we'll still be mid-table.

Can see a striker being bought in the summer (assuming both Gallagher and Broja are sold and they'd be considered pure profit on the books)....the problem will be, there's no European football available next season to attract the good strikers...

Don't mind seeing losses against better sides if we are actually progressing as a club....but this game was pathetic. Thankfully Salah wasn't playing, otherwise it would have been 7-0 I do question why Poch is still manager, should have been sacked months ago

The lack of experience in attack (and all over the pitch) is quite concerning. Sterling is meant to be leading from the front by getting goals/assists but I just don't see it on a consistent basis and then you have raw products looking to develop in Mudryk/Madueke....and our only player who looks like scoring is Palmer.

He hasn't even played 2 full seasons of senior football yet, squad player is what he's meant to be. The fact that he's our starting striker is the biggest concern. Would have been ideal to have a more experienced striker like a Giroud/Diego Costa type to take the pressure off him. Liverpool can rely on Salah, Jota, Gakpo, Nunez....Spurs have Son, Arsenal has Jesus, Saka, City has Haaland/Alvarez....and who do we have a 22 year old project striker leading the line.

Santos and Ugo are no different to Madueke, they all need solid loan spells to be able to develop. Guessing the club brought back Casadei early due to the potential sale of Gallagher.

Reminds me of when we got Demba Ba. He'd do alright as a squad player, seems to have decent finishing and would be an upgrade on Broja.

Magic Ball? When have our big money signings actually worked out? Lukaku? Fail Kepa? Fail Pulisic? Fail Fofana? So far Fail

I still laugh when people on this forum say Werner was bad for Chelsea....he was at least decent most of the time. Madueke and Mudryk have been awful, don't think they've had 5 good games this season.

Doesn't really matter as we couldn't take the chances that were created and that's the reason why we're still mid-table in the Premier League. This team has lacked balance from the start of the season, always felt like Poch's tactics were based on Nkunku being fit for most of the season. Not a fan of seeing Enzo - Caicedo - Gallagher as the 3 in midfield, seems like it's more about running around the field rather than trying to make an impact in the final third of the pitch.

Pochettino vs Klopp in a final? It would probably be Salah scoring the winner just to rub it in.

I don't see anyone paying decent money for Broja. The only link I recall was a possible West Ham loan and they probably won't need him once Kudus is back from AFCON.

Even if we were to qualify for the final, we'd be up against Liverpool and that's a guaranteed loss.

Compare that to Conte who turned Moses into a wingback for his tactical system...and even back in the day when Mourinho asked Azpi to play LB purely for his defensive game. There's a reason why Poch hasn't won much in his career

Moreira was brought purely as a development player, wasn't he from Benfica's B team or something? Casadei was recalled as we're short in midfield till Lavia/Ugo come back from injuries As for the Santos deal, I never understood why the player and club chose Forest...he could have easily played 10+ games in another league by now and showcased his skillset.

They are definitely the team to beat for PL title

So we will have 1 striker for the rest of the season (with Nkunku's injury concerns)?

It really is a shame that we haven't had the chance to see Lavia play alongside Enzo/Caicedo. Seems like whoever we buy these days becomes injury prone.

Surprised that we weren't linked to Nusa at all considering our owners seemed so keen on stockpiling talents. It's a shame that he's likely going to Spurs.

They are also a stepping stone club and players know that going to Dortmund and doing relatively well should lead to a bigger transfer and bigger payday down the line. Between Sancho, Haaland and Bellingham, they were all well known talents before going to Dortmund, not like they were found in a random Ligue 1 or Brazilian club.

I don't think he 'failed' at United, won them a European trophy and also had them in the top 3 of the league table until things fell apart after his fight with Pogba/Martial. He also won a European trophy for Roma. I'm not saying that he'd fit at Chelsea right now but someone like a younger version of Mourinho (new ideas, winning mentality, wants to prove himself against the better teams, enjoys the challenge) would be interesting with the current youngsters we have in and around the first team. Unfortunately Poch won't lead us to anything, it'll always be 1 step forward and 2 steps back under him as the youngsters have nothing to aspire to. At least if it was young Mourinho, you know there's a pedigree of winning from his FC Porto days, or if its Conte, you know he's going to kill you in training and make you work hard and suffer until you play his way.

Give him a consistent creator in attack like Hazard and Sarri would do well with the current squad of players.

Can't wait for the inevitable Mourinho to Chelsea links in the next few weeks when we draw/lose two games in a row.