The College Dropout

I like the idea of a left-back that's good defensively and in the air and can distribute from the back. I would welcome a better Dan Burn.

Fair. I think Maddison will have to adapt his game wherever he goes though with the possible exception of Spurs. Unless he wants to move to West Ham or Villa.

I don't think they'll go for him. But Thiago is also not a typical Klopp player.

Dislike the Tierney links. Lad can't stay fit. People are mad that ASM has missed games this season. Tierney has had 4 seasons like that. Yet people want him in, why is that? We are talking a lot about Rice & Bellingham because we've all watched them play actively. I don't think they are serious targets. A player like Kephram Thuram - never seen him play in my life.

Every Isak, Botman, Bruno, Pope level transfer is a game changer.

The Martinez one is brutal. Man Utd have such easy fixtures I would’ve preferred the squad to stay healthy. It’s Kane that could really do with a 5 match injury. Nothing long term or major.

Did City sign Aguero, Silva and Toure in the same window? I think most teams can only handle 3 new players going straight into a team regularly. I would look for a LB, CM, and attacker to come straight in to the team. With another 2/3 that can bed in or be rotated.

Tbf we need them to concentrate on Spurs when it comes around. Didn’t know Tony Bloom also owns the Belgium club in the Europa League. He really knows how to run a football club man.

Agree with everything except the bolded. We need Pope, Trippier type signings of getting great players who suddenly become available at knockdown prices (Maddison or Barnes fall into this bracket potentially). And the Isak, Botman, Bruno CL-level at young age maybe a little unproven in the major leagues (Diaby, midfielder Thuram). And we need more 16-21 year-olds (Lavia and such). With the possible exception of Maddison, i don't think any of these profiles would demand £200k+ p/w.

Need Harry Kane's ankle tapped to get me back to an 8.

This not true at all. Joelinton at CM is great physically but no great shakes on the ball.

Fair. If they replicate that again they'll be in the mix. Our H2H is crucial. If we win that, we just need to hold our form. Again, gutted ASM is out.

Gone from an 8 to a 7 with the ASM injury.

I hate this combo against weaker teams. That's what we were doing in our sticky patch. Barely created anything.

I don't think Rice has "many" options. If he goes to City - he's playing in defence or on the bench. Arsenal and Man U are the other options. He has a few options. Many is strong. Players demanding that salary don't typically have "many"options.

This is the first time he’l have played less than 25 league games for us.

Seeing people want to sell him so much is so annoying man. He's been instrumental in us getting some major results ffs.

This is a big blow to our CL aspirations. Is that his season done then?

Who do you think we would sell? I don't think we're selling anyone with sizeable minutes or value this season. I think we sell Targett. Dubs, Krafth, Murphy, Manquillo & Lascelles go for pennies imo and I don't think we sell all of them. ASM & Almiron we keep.

I think Rice would want closer to £300k than £200k and I don't think we'll do that.

We're spending £200m+ if we sign 6 imo (assuming we qualify for the CL). We spent £180m on 5 this year. How are we going to spend £150m on 6 while being int he CL?

There's not going to be a bidding war though. Only PSG, Barcelona and Chelsea have spent £110m+ on a single player. None of which can spend that amount now.

He's also a slight looking lad. Joelinton is a unit and gets stuck in a bit more. Joelinton is also more useful on his left foot and in the air iirc. Personally I like them about the same but Joelinton is more versatile and is defensively a little stronger both on the ground and in the air. With the ball at their feet they are similar and we need an upgrade. I'm not as sold on Joelinton as others, or as down on Willock as others. I think avoiding injuries/suspensions are key to us finishing in the CL but I think we just need 2 out of Joelinton, Willock & Longsaff fit. No single one of them is as important as Bruno or Isak for example.

Casemiro literally held a press conference where he broke down in tears about leaving Real Madrid. Marcelo, Ramos, Ronaldo all left as heroes and legends. Only one to leave by the back door was Bale. And that’s because he had given up club football for about 3 years while earning £100m. Had he left after the overhead kick, he would’ve been celebrated. The British media slagged off Real fans for their treatment of Bale but when Bale came to Spurs and could barely get a kick under 3 managers, people realised he was done. Then he retires at 32/33

Joelinton has to behave himself better. 15 yellow cards in a season is crazy,.