janpawel

Agree with all 3 of your points Getting a CB will improve the baseline of the team, we can score 100 goals next season but as we seen, if we ship goals, it's gonna knack us With Murphy / Almiron we still got a record scoring season. Don't get me wrong, it's a bit ridiculous we haven't upgraded the position in 6 transfer windows, but needs must right now with PSR and last seasons results etc Wish we had gotten Marmaduke or even Trafford

Getting Guehi / a marquee signing would give the team such a lift man, hope it gets done

We thinking the team will be stronger tonight or tomorrow, or a mix? We lined up pretty strong last game

They have Mudryk and Sterling, isn't Neto too similar to them? Mainly transitional players Plus, Palmer has to start, if he plays in a 10 role to accommodate a RW then I think their midfield would get ran through

I also share the opinion that £65m is a huge fee for him, in comparison to some other players who look good (Lacroix, Tobido, Hujlsen etc) Rightly or wrongly, I tell myself the club researches it's players to the n-th degree and knows when to pay a premium for the right player. So far all our purchases have worked out well and at good value (Tonali ban aside)

Why are they giving out contracts longer than 5 years? Didn't they close the loophole where you could amortise over 8 years etc So surely Chelsea are worse off as they are gonna book this cost over 5 years, but have the player on for longer which is a risk if he is shit, gets injured etc Unless I'm missing something, or they have yet another trick up their sleeve etc...

It was clear Tonali lacked an understanding of our team and tactics in the first few games. If I remember correctly, he had some good games and some quite poor games. He was also playing in a few different positions in midfield I'm sure (Milan away I remember him being close to the touchline on the left hand side) With Longstaff it feels like his job is just to 'steady eddie' the position, he doesn't really offer a lot defensively or offensively

Joelinton on £150k would be crazy imo I'd understand an increase that gets him into 6 figures a week, but he shouldn't be on that much imo

Yeah good point about the home fixture Plus Kelly has only played 45mins in pre season so pretty sure he's ruled out of starting the first game

I'm sure it'd be Guehi LCB and Schar RCB, at least until Botman is fully fit For me it's a question of will he start Hall/Kelly or even Burn at LB Hoping it's Hall, he has a great end of the season and also has looked good + lots of minutes in pre season there But like you say, Howe loves Burn (height..)

Hahaha, should have said under new ownership 😂

Getting excited at the idea of singing him now like, pretty sure it will be the first time we signed a highly rated Prem player who shouldn't need any time bedding in

For me the top 3 are undoubtedly Man City Arsenal Liverpool These 3 are way above the rest, like someone else said, I don't think Man City are as close to as good as they were 2/3 years ago, so maybe Arsenal will pip them. And Liverpool could go through an adjustment period with a new manager, who knows Us, Man U, Villa, Spurs and Chelsea - I consider close in terms of ability on the pitch, though Man U, Chelsea and Spurs blow us out the water in revenue for FPP so have that constant advantage Guehi, a decent RW, Pope not getting injured and I reckon we could pip them 🤷

Looks like they have massively beefed up their squad rather than starting 11 compared to last year, also they don't play with such a heavy style as us which would suggest it's more sustainable. Also, there's no chance they get a group as hard as us 😂 So can see them fairing better / CL taking less out of them

Said this before as I don't know much about Kulu, but is he good enough for us if he's not good enough for Spurs? I consider our teams at a similar level (though not in the FPP world if I dare say) Plus we'd be doing them a favour I know he'd be an upgrade, just surely there's better out there for the price 🤷

Also wouldn't Guehi be left centre back alongside Schar if we do get him?

@KaKa Sounds like that RW we mentioned earlier

Alvarez going for £70m? Crazy figure Strikes me as one of those good at everything but excellent at nothing players, who can cover the front 3 quite well but ultimately isn't going to improve a man City Or maybe I'm being harsh on him as their team is full of quality

I like this idea RW is our weakest starting position and probably back up position too. Looking at LW with Barnes and Gordon, those 2 are quality to have in 1 position So if we can't get our no.1 / Olise level signing in, then surely we have an talented younger player with long term potential, who could also make a difference now seeing as Miggy/Murphy are quite poor

No takers for Gibbs White it seems Quite like him as a player and think he could definitely step up

Yeah I totally agree, but the previous poster said 'any' player I was just referencing that unfortunately the cost of players and FPP is such a burden and limiting factor for a team improving. I admire him for never giving a shit, but for example I'd be gutted if we signed a CB who improved us for huge money and then we couldn't afford a RW etc Not saying that we will do this or Guehi is gonna bankrupt us, just a hypothetical

What about if we overpaid for signings like Everton or Man U, would you care then? Casemiro improved Man U for a season, now he's a £60m + old DM with no legs on mega wages

I understand the apprehension when it comes to Howe and Hall Got to question why we bought Hall if he will be the victim or a preferred 3 CB system / height at LB

I worry that Tonali will take a while to get up to speed when he is baxk and Longstaff will have the place nailed down for a while I know he's apparently trained well but imagine he'll take a while to get match sharpness

Dream of a CB with pace 🤩