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If we can get Cole back fit and playing like himself again and can stop dropping incredibly silly points to bad teams we have a genuine shot at making this a really good season in the league.

Multiple clubs who were expected to be right up there in the UCL places like Liverpool & Newcastle are struggling badly. 

We really should be making 2nd our big objective. We don’t have the defensive solidity to finish above Arse this season but City and Liverpool both look flawed just like we do. 

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2 hours ago, Pizy said:

If we can get Cole back fit and playing like himself again and can stop dropping incredibly silly points to bad teams we have a genuine shot at making this a really good season in the league.

Multiple clubs who were expected to be right up there in the UCL places like Liverpool & Newcastle are struggling badly. 

We really should be making 2nd our big objective. We don’t have the defensive solidity to finish above Arse this season but City and Liverpool both look flawed just like we do. 

Yeah no chance of us winning it. Still think be Arsenal at the end but be nice to get close at least or not be fighting for 4th towards the end.

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3 hours ago, Special Juan said:

3-0 City, class from Doku, the best player on the field and the best winger in the league

Meh.. His dribbling and pace is incredible indeed but has horrible end product and decision making. Bit similar to Garnacho and Pedro Neto. Very skillful but their team often doesn't benefit anything because of bad final passes and low quality shots. Today was his day.

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1 hour ago, nyikolajevics said:

Meh.. His dribbling and pace is incredible indeed but has horrible end product and decision making. Bit similar to Garnacho and Pedro Neto. Very skillful but their team often doesn't benefit anything because of bad final passes and low quality shots. Today was his day.

Nope. He has been the best winger in the EPL. 

His end product and finishing are absolutely fine - this isn't the same player from a season and a bit ago. 

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2 hours ago, Vesper said:

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he has one EPL goal in 11 games

the one today

When did we Americanize football? 

I'll just sit here and pretend Bruno Fernandes is in a class above Iniesta and Zidane because of stats. 

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5 hours ago, Thor said:

When did we Americanize football? 

I'll just sit here and pretend Bruno Fernandes is in a class above Iniesta and Zidane because of stats. 

false framing

it is not Americanising football at all to say scoring only 3 or 4 goals over 40 odd games (what he is tracking to atm) is NOT the stuff of the 'best winger in the EPL'

 

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7 hours ago, Vesper said:

false framing

it is not Americanising football at all to say scoring only 3 or 4 goals over 40 odd games (what he is tracking to atm) is NOT the stuff of the 'best winger in the EPL'

 

The guy draws the attention of entire teams and is pulling them away from their position. He is responsible for so many hockey type assists or close moments. 

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On 10/11/2025 at 14:31, Thor said:

The guy draws the attention of entire teams and is pulling them away from their position. He is responsible for so many hockey type assists or close moments. 

I agree that he cuases a lot of chaos for oppossing teams and I deffo would take him over ANY of our current LWers, but I just do not agree that he is 'the best winger in the EPL' atm.

I would say he IS perhaps the 2nd best LWer after Antoine Semenyo atm.

and then there are multiple RWers I rate over him (as a winger in general) atm:

  
Bukayo Saka (the best winger overall in the EPL atm IMHO)
Phil Foden  (is rounding back into WC form after a difficult spell, I know he is hated here but he is a crazy good player when firing on all cylinders)
Bryan Mbeumo  (close and if Doku starts scoring more he will pass him up IMHO)
Estêvão  (if not now, then he soon will be better than Doku IMHO)

Mohamed Salah is complicated. Up until until this season he was THE best winger in the EPL (no one else was close, not even Saka), if not the world (along with Yamine Lamal, and probably Michael Olise, as Mbappe and Ousmane Dembélé are now almost exclusively CF's, plus Vini Jr is in real turmoil and I rate all those listed in this sentence (save for Salah atm and a Vini Jr in current turmoil) over Raphinha, who is nonetheless a superb winger who I would kill to have on Chels) BUT Salah and Pool are both struggling a lot this season, and it looks like age may have finally caught with a 33yo Mo.

 

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