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I just hope that Caicedo gets a breather every now and then, so important to the midfield. If only Santos was fit, we need that depth and Essugo is also out for ages.

If he's like Hazard and gives us amazing memories for around 5 seasons, wins the PL and other trophies and then wants to try something new, that would be fine. Every player has a dream and from what I've seen South American players typically enjoy playing in La Liga at some point in their careers. Feels like it is inevitable that Estevao and Enzo will ask for moves to Spanish clubs at some point

Hopefully not too long, one of our crucial players in the back line

I'd be surprised if he doesn't go back to Spurs for 1-2 seasons so that he can go for Shearer's record

Credit goes to the team, super strike from Caicedo and then ESTEVAO getting his first goal for the club, what a time to do it! Who would have thought we would beat Liverpool with 4 fullbacks on the pitch 😆 That's 3 losses in a row for Slot!

we also got a red card today 😄

That's about as likely as Sterling somehow returning to the first team when Pedro picks up a red card and George gets injured from too much running around and we have no-one available to play up front 😄

Forest didn't win again...their next 2 fixtures: Newcastle away, then us at home (hope Maresca is ready!)

0% in 30+ age group I wonder what the squad breakdown percentage was when Mourinho won those titles or when Conte helped us win the league.

He had 12 starts in 23 PL games last season, pretty similar. Probably to help manage his fitness. Bayern, United, Brighton were all starts, so makes sense to give a rest against Benfica.

JP is more of a 10/supporting striker, honestly feel like he'd do way better alongside another experienced striker up top.

I know @Vesper is a big fan of the current Liverpool backup keeper! It really is a shame that the Valencia keeper (can't spell his name), Donnarumma, Maignan and even Chevalier were all available in the transfer window and yet the club really thought Sanchez + Jorgensen would be enough to compete for top 4 this season.

Lol Reece can't start every game and Gusto has never been a good defender, maybe in a few years time with experience he'll get better.

Seems like a very lazy list, including names such as Nagelsmann, Conte, Ancelotti, Simeone. Glasner would be interesting. Iraola will be managing a top 6 side sooner or later.

Sesko broke his duck

Wonder if Guiu finally gets some minutes or if he goes with George for another cardio session

He can run at pace but thats about it Dortmund laughing at the transfer fee they were able to get for such a limited player.

Not surprising, was able to catch the last 30-35 minutes and it was a scrappy game. At least the players tried the counter-attack and Gittens has the pace, just doesn't know what to do with the ball when he gets near the box, had 2 chances to cut inside and put in a cross or even shoot but kept the ball too long. Good to see Badiashile get some minutes Liverpool will be all over us, especially after two losses.

We had Colwill available last season and we saw how pissed Maresca was after Colwill got that training ground injury, he kept saying that the CB role Colwill was playing was crucial for his system. Sometimes that is all it takes, one bad injury and the whole defensive line starts to collapse. Also, this season, Sanchez got sent off against United in the first few minutes. As an experienced keeper, he really should know better than leaving his team down to 10 men.

Great to see AC Milan around the top of Serie A! Pulisic in fine form this season, 4 goals in 5 games and what an assist vs Napoli 🤩 I miss the days when we had a left winger who would actually take on the opposition (Pulisic/Hazard)

The CWC win has bought Maresca time but he panicked against a pretty poor United side (taking off two attackers in the first 20 mins knowing that Palmer was carrying an injury). Then against Brighton, whats with the fascination of Gusto playing as a winger, he's not a good defender and he doesn't offer a goal threat in attack.

I think the bigger problem is, we have a GK who wouldn't start for any other top 6-8 PL team. And we have five CB's on the books but none of them get into the top 6 PL sides. Between Tosin, Chalobah, Fofana, Badi and Disasi....I don't see any of them at Arsenal/Livo/City, even Spurs have better CB's.

Where would Enzo play at Real madrid? They already have Bellingham in advanced position, then the two french midfielders in deeper positions.

Its his first season playing PL football, I think he's fine as a squad midfielder. If Lavia wasn't made of glass, we'd actually have a decent rotation in midfield!

Another coach may not panic every time we get a red card and take off all the attacking options. First at United, taking off two attacking players in the first 20 minutes. Then against Brighton throwing on Gusto, Lavia, Josh. You don't beat a team like Brighton by throwing on "defensive" players and trying to soak up pressure.