janpawel

They're congesting the pitch so well, we're playing as if we weren't expecting this

He proper rubbish?

How do we develop Osula if we have DCL as our 2nd striker? Surely next year Osula is more developed and better prepared to give some breaks to Isak I previously liked the idea of DCL as it would give us another way of playing, and with everyone high pressing these days, it's important to have the option of going over the top. Plus, our 4-3-3 could morph into a 4-4-2 out of possession if Isak and him ever played together, Arsenal do it a lot and they seem to be the strongest team defensively But he's supposedly a crap finisher which wouldn't cut it if we are aiming for CL places, as well as likely getting in the way of Osula

Completely agree with you RW, RCB and keeper are essentials in summer imo, and we'll have to allocate funds wisely Our centre mid situation is interesting, and I think it's because Bruno and Tonali are so much better than the rest. Joelinton/Willock are good LCM options and cover for each other, but now the drop off to Longstaff from Bruno is huge, and Miley is still too raw to rely on for 4 competitions Willock did play on the right side recently ahead of Longstaff, so I guess we could go with this. Either way I can't see is making an addition to CM, unless 1 goes Keeper as well, assuming Dubs goes, Pope and a new keeper, do we go for a Trafford to build as an able deputy, or someone to start ahead of Pope etc

First time properly watching Dibling, he saunters round a hell of a lot, but looks super talented

Can see Tonali and even Hall getting some goals from outside the box Tonali often seems to be in that danger area, and we seen what he can do in the cup game against Brentford Hall, I've noticed he isn't shy to shoot and has a great left foot on him

Agreed, or if we have a left footed, Mbueme type winger, then using Tino as the wide option who can overlap and get a cross in Part of the reason I think Tino hasn't done as well offensively, is having Murphy there doing his thing

He showed an incredible burst of pace against Cunha towards the end

Botman was rapid there

Can't see Burn being at this level in 1-2 years time, surely Kelly is marked to be LCB back up, unless internally we don't rate him

Honestly for the fee that Huijsen went for, I csnt believe we didn't go for him I know we had our Guehi goggles on all summer, but he went for such a low fee, and seemed a low risk transfer too

I know that's overly simplified and assumes we make linear progress on the pitch, all singings come good, we can sell fringe players like miggy, Longstaff etc. just wondering what the way forward is that isn't selling Isak for £100m, or the club pulling their finger out and boosting commercial revenue drastically which seems unlikely @The College Dropout you have a good understanding of this type of stuff

Can we review and increase sponsors every year, specifically when we make Europe? Just trying to think of how we can make significant progress that doesn't involve getting a £100m sponsor like the top 6 teams, or selling our best players every year. Say for example this year we either make CL or EL (not guaranteed, I know) , making Europe for the second time in 3 seasons, could we - Increase our sponsors as result - CL is probably worth 20-40m for group stage participation / making it though? - Assume we make 20-30m in sales/wages saved - Sign a RW, RCB and Keeper Then I assume we'd start next season as we started this season, pretty much maxing out our FFP allowance, but with a reasonablely improved team and squad So we go again next season, and hopefully make Europe again, with my question then being, can we bump up the sponsors again, and soon have them as big as the lower end of the top 6 teams, as soon as we can show we are 'established' in those positions?

What a disgrace Chelsea are. Imagine that phone call to Chalobah, after banashing him in the Summer

Surely it's a load of shit, being used in negotiations with Villa/Carlos That being said, I was about to say he isn't good cover for Hall (as it means a change of style), and that I prefer Botman, Schar and Burn to Kelly, assuming we get a RCB this summer, so could he be sold for profit Then remembered Schar and Burn are old as hell so no chance 😂

I know nothing a out him, but that's not a bad price at all assuming he's a decent player

If we sell him, don't worry, we can then buy Elanga, Guehi and Ekitike

Miss the dopamine hit of a high quality transfer. Imagine we singed Mbuemo out of no where, would be on cloud 9 for weeks

For some reason he reminds me of Yaya Toure, in that he's lanky and saunters round the pitch

Yeah, christ

Love how explosive he is when he makes runs. I hope he develops more to his game as he gets older, but this seems to be a standout quality.

Woah, Araujo supposedly available for €45-€50M. Would be a dream signing to partner Botman for me Would love to have a fast, aggressive CB in the ilk of Rudiger alongside Botman, can't think of someone better who's available, though I'm sure insane Barca wages, and the fact he'd have better suitors means it's a no go No idea if this link will embed, not done it before https://x.com/ReshadFCB/status/1877398088437866859?t=_TvSNv1q4q03o05D5xwheg&s=19

Another left winger? Why not

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Klopp is a great manager, but people act like Liverpool never spent any money, they did, and I don't think there was much between them and the City teams that were neck and neck and years, Liverpool recruited insanely well as you said Salah, Van Dijk, Allison and TAA are / were arguably the best in the world in their position, and Premier league greats imo. Then prime Mane, Robertson, Firmino etc. Makes me rate Pep even more to be honest considering he dominated them in terms of trophies