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People will be expecting him to do miracles vs Spurs if he starts.

That means we will for sure sign him.

Let him sit out. I doubt with him in the squad, unfortunately, we would beat spurs. Not if it's based on the current state of both teams. We have really nothing going for us. Plus, he is coming back from fecking surgery.

We're still closing in on Hulk.

Then our board are great procrastinators

We can't assume both Rudiger and Christensen will hit the ground running. Hopefully the do. They're under huge pressure, like everyone else.

What is giving people hope that we'll sign players? It's still just paper talk. 2 more weeks left of this shite.

I think him being English is a major reason for why he is captain. Or maybe I am just being cynical. His offensive prowess, if you can even call it that, doesn't justify his defensive lapses enough to warrant being a guaranteed starter.

Cahill will be a record one-game captain.

He's already mentioned how the criticism after the Arsenal game has affected him. It would be unfair Batshuayi to leave him on the bench after the preseason he's had. And I don't think we have the personnel to go 2 up top. Basically, someone's getting screwed.

We're going to resort to using our record signing out of position. Arsenal-esque.

Can we bring in THEN let players leave?

At least if we don't get him, it will unsettle him for the game...............right?

So we can get on with the football and stop this paper talk.

We're not in a situation to be picky. We need bodies. He has ability. Better yet, lets draw names out of a hat from Conte's 15 man shortlist.

What about a loan for Ceballos ?

They should end the transfer window on Friday.

You think he won't start with Bats and Morata? With one of them out wide. Willian is too safe imo. He might as well go for it seeing as how Fabregas is playing.

Why another CB.....Or is he going to use Azpi as LWB

Conte and the players (present and ex) have both publicly stated that we need reinforcements. Now it's purely on the board. They caved in once to Conte this summer....

So if we sign VVD, we will have 6 CBs for 3 positions? (Cahill, Andreas, Luiz, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, VVD) Would rather sign someone else. 2 WBs and a Midfielder.

You're right, It feels like we did. We beat Arsenal and they beat us. Same thing happened during the season. Other teams have different situations as well, not just us. Are people assuming Conte is going to give up on the team/board?

I meant, we lost all our preseason games. Ancelotti will go the way of Conte?

I can see us only making 2 signings by the time the season starts. If we don't make any, Conte won't last through December

Ironically, Juve have a much stronger squad with less cash.