leffe186

Just Liverpool people doing Liverpool things.

I slogged through the list. I think 5 players are 21 right now and 9 are definitely U21. If for argument‘s sake they are all considered U21 it’s not so bad (I know at least two of them aren’t but can’t be bothered to check them all). Let’s say there are 12. They have six keepers. If they ditch/loan three of them that’s down to only 28. In theory they only need to loan out three more players to name everyone. And Lukaku and Gallagher are still on that list.

Chelsea currently have 43 players named on their website as the First Team squad. Need to check who’s U-21, but they have to name a squad of 25 out of that lot.

Supposedly 35 signings ago for us was Llorente in 2017 . How about you guys?

If he actually wanted to come to us I’m sure we’d be interested…at a discount price. Sounds like he just doesn’t want to come to us though. Also it genuinely seems like the other Cartel Six clubs simply refuse to sell decent players to us

Their results fell apart a bit towards the end of last season, which is why their manager was sacked. If they’ve lost some loan players and not yet replaced them then I’d have expected them to struggle anyway, Rooney or no Rooney.

Not sure how many loan players they had last year but certainly we gave them Phillips at CB all season and Devine in midfield for the second half. Presume there were others. Neither has been loaned back to them so far this year.

I presume that was the joke.

Toney and Tonali doesn’t seem like a great idea

It will be telling, but shouldn’t be make or break. I was always looking at year three of Ange being the acid test. Even more so now with the young players coming in and coming through.

Sounds like we weren’t interested in Toney (for all sorts of reasons) and why would Villa sell Watkins? He’s a couple of years older too. I’m distinctly underwhelmed but I’d rather have another striker than not have another striker and he’s English too. I trust the current brains trust to make good calls. Solanke, Richarlison and Lankshear as striking options is pretty good. More concerned about who we bring in as another wide forward.

Yeah supposedly he rejected a move to Saudi.

Yeah but they used to pay silly money. 100-120K is certainly comparable for new, younger players, surely?

Chelsea pay nowhere near the basic wage of a top PL team? I genuinely don’t believe that, unless you only mean Man City, Man U and Arsenal. Might be paying them less than they used to, but it’s still comparable surely?

They were touting him round before that tbh.

I mean, yes? Wouldn’t it be weird if there wasn’t?

Surely they can’t have the same luck with injuries again. If so I’d expect them to at least win the league.

As for Gallagher - Ange supposedly really likes him and we were going hard for him in January. Can’t see that happening now we have Gray. The story was that the asking price was well over the 30-35M somebody mentioned in here - HG premium etc.

They’re properly touting him round everyone . Supposedly they contacted us because we’ve been interested in the past. Can’t see us going for him now unless all our other options fail and he’s cheap.

The numbers of players brought in by each Premier League club so far are very peculiar. The top three have brought in 3 players between them (including Raya) whereas Villa have signed 10

Don’t think he’s dynamic enough or possesses enough pace/acceleration for what Ange wants there. Tends to turn the same way when receiving the ball too. Such an interesting player though. Covers an unbelievable amount of ground, and from time to time produces moments of breathtaking vision and skill.

For Kulu - he’s not the sort of winger Ange favours but has always considered himself more of a #10. Did a good job at times being the false 9 or even the actual 9 when injuries took their toll, but seems like we’re happy to listen to good offers. Does a lot of good things, can be frustrating. For Son - he was terrific at LW/CF early last season but has simply played too much football, particularly when factoring in the travel for international games. He’s definitely getting older, but he’s also just knackered. Hopefully we can rest him more this season if we bring in a couple of players up front. For Mikey Moore - he’s still young enough that Man City and Man U are trying to poach him before he’s allowed to sign an adult contract with us. As a result we’ve fast-tracked him a bit to try to nail him down. He could be really special - has that sort of Rooney thing where he already seems to have adult strength and balance, and cockiness to spare. Expect to see him get a lot of minutes this year, although all off the bench.

Fun, but can’t escape the feeling that this reinforces the idea that football should be nowhere near the Olympics. Even knowing that the history of the Olympics is very much not all sweet-smelling roses.

Stop listening to Talkshite FFS. You’re only encouraging them.

I grew up with Hoddle and Archibald so always had my shirt out and my socks rolled down.