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You can be badly advised and you can also make bad decisions yourself. I imagine, given the issues he’s faced at PSG, us being messed around and this new transfer debacle that he needs to take a lot of responsibility too

I’d be playing Anderson over Longstaff all day long at the moment. Personally think Anderson deserves a lot more minutes than he’s had but I wouldn’t drop Bruno, Joelinton or Tonali so it’s just a shit situation for his development here

Agreed, can’t really blame the model. Unless they moneyball via the back office then this is a decent alternative for a club without huge spending power. I think they’ll be a solid championship club for a while though and I’m not sure what would need to happen for them to come up. Probably need some major quality to come through the academy, while getting some good loans and players signed from abroad who also fit. A lot has to come together to make it happen I’d say given the competitiveness of the league

Luck’s impossible to quantify really. We had so few major injuries last season. We got Isak over Ekitike unexpectedly. We had terrible luck with VAR calls last season. I don’t really care what goes on as long as we don’t see appalling and corrupt officiating

I’ve already qualified my opinion. I was referring back to him in 2021 if he hadn’t been a wreck then

Fair play, I always really liked him, not as an elite talent but someone who was a committed player when he wasn’t getting in his lying-on-the-grass breaks each game. His game had zero frills but I think he would have followed what Howe wanted him to do to the letter and worked extremely hard in training

I meant from November ‘21. Not as things stand now. If he’d been healthy when Howe came in I think he’d have got decent minutes in our relegation battle and then not gone out on loan. As it stands, he’s clearly being held together by some string and pritt stick

They’re absolutely going to sell him, but for £200m. The whole thing is absurd

Good deal for Everton

I think if his body wasn’t a wreckage Howe would have found a way of reintegrating him into the side and he’d have been a really reliable option for us

Probably a decent move for all involved. He can have a middling career at Palace or perform well and then head off somewhere else for a bigger payday / success

As if I didn’t already have enough issues with SA and Liverpool independently without SA deciding to bankroll their club for the next five years

That transfer is baffling, fairly sure Liverpool are rejecting because they know they can get more from the Saudis

Gan on lad, would be great to see him playing abroad rather than for Sheff Wed

Ekitike still NJOYing himself at PSG?

How big is Chelsea’s current squad? Slimy little slugs

9 long-term, 8 short-term. 8.5/10

https://voca.ro/199IwVN1eNMi Thank me later lads I ramped up the geordie for authenticity purposes

Apart from a striker, what do you need? And who are you linked with, anyone of note or any players from top clubs who haven’t made it into the first team via their academies?

@Optimistic Nut will track him down, don’t you worry

Wonder if that’s the sign Howe needed to get him in midfield, allowing Bruno to push up into an 8 role

Some huge business still happening, think tomorrow is going to include some massive deals

Loving the draw, don’t think it’s out of the question that we get through the group. Think all four teams have a chance but if I had to bet I’d say Dortmund won’t get through

I think Dortmund and Milan are beatable at home. PSG, probably a draw at home is the best we can hope for

Personally think PSG will be much more difficult than in previous seasons, they’ve curtailed some of their complete nonsense