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I just heard Jordan Pickford is the joint-highest assist provider for Everton.

zeusis:
the front 3 is not in sync

Firmino energy and link up will change the game.

zeusis:
not even seen anything from that carvalho kid

Liverpool new front 3 don't create enough pressure up front, their patched up midfield gets overworked and cant cover properly which makes it even worse for their defense that already, due to the high line which is used to compress the field susceptible to long balls over the top.

fabinho is so static and immobile. He runs like he's wearing a full suit of armour.

BlueAngel444:
Love the way Fab corrected himself stylishly

Pierre Aubameyang to Chelsea and Marcos Alonso to Barça: here we go! Full agreement completed. €14m fee to Barcelona. #DeadlineDay More: Aubameyang will fly to London around 5pm! Two year deal + one more option. Alonso in Spain to undergo medical and sign three year deal.


So the total deal for getting Auba is £12m, while Alonso goes to Barca for £5m

its actually £10 million + Alonso. Good deal in my opinion. Ideally we would have been able to bring in another winger but Sterling and Auba both improve our attack by a lot. Both have goals in them unlike the clowns we parade. I still have concerns about his attitude. I hope it won’t become an issue.

BlueAngel444:
Should Chelsea sign Depay or Zaha?

How about neither.

I have said it several times before. Seun really needs to do something about a block option so users can decide who and what person is allowed to mention and quote them including what posts they are interested in interacting with. Just imagine the amount of bollocks in my home view.

popizaino:
To you Everyone is at fault except Tuchel. My hope is that Tuchel get all this players let me see your next excuse.

Are you done?

Jodera:
No allow Capaldi see this oo

How is this related to me?

Obere4u:
Why not give Chukwuemeka a chance, or bring in Ampadu, push Kova forward. Gilmore is there too.
We are already losing so he needs to throw in some big decision. But no, he's bringing in a defender.

Or he thinks Sterling will dribble his way to goal.

We need quality attackers not Chukwu whatever or Broja. Sterling is already on three goals and one assist and that's with playing beside Havertz & Mount who's been completely useless all season.
His quality is shining through and there is absolutely nothing to suggest any other top players quality wouldn't. Just another player that could actually beat and outpace a man and pick a good pass would transform us offensively. Tuchel have even said so himself that he's desperate for someone like that.
Mount and Havertz are completely predictable and incredible easy to play against for any team. Not good dribblers, not good passers and not even good finishers. The less said about those on the bench especially Pulisic the better.

BlueAngel444:
Crystal Palace have made a bid of around £27M for Conor Gallagher after intensifying efforts to re-sign him from #Chelsea.

[via @garyjacob]
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Crystal palace are not normal. £27M for Gallagher in a market where Gibbs white is going for 40M and Gordon nearly 60. They are playing with us.

BlueAngel444:
lol Batshuayi, Baba Rahman, Kennedy still never commot

Alonso still dey as well

One by one all the deadwoods will be cleared out from Pulisic to Batshuayi.

BlueAngel444:
Hudson Odoi to Leverkusen agreed on a straight loan, move was in danger of collapsing due to Leverkusen wanting a buy option but now all agreed with no buy option. (@skysports_sheth) #CFC

Who the hell sanctioned this deal? This boy hasn't shown any reasonable signs of improvement since returning back from that injury. He is on insane wages and has just 2 years left on contract. When he returns he will have just a year left so what now happens? Contract extension with more wages or selling him.

Barkley contract terminated. No more Marina giving useless players 1 year extensions to “protect their value”. Love it.

Ballzproblem2:
this is why I hate stupid arguments , now someone is claiming pochettino is better than tuchel .

Just ignore. Their is no metric, facts or stats that makes pochettino a better manager than Tuchel.

Unlimited22:
Lmao Alonso and Fabregas were starters for Spain shaa
Na Barca wey them do fab strong thing.

Iniesta was pushed up to accommodate Alonso and Busi in midfield along with Xavi.

Fitting these midfielders along with arguably the best striking duo in national team football in this Era in David Villa and Fernando Torres was a headache, but a headache that produced 3 straight major trophies.

This was exactly what I said few days back and somebody else was arguing with me.

kingBolton:
Why was Gallagher the one left behind for the corner when he was already on a yellow card?
That was a bad decision from the coaching crew.

Good point regarding Gallagher as the last man. Once Cucurella made that poor pass, he was left with a decision of fouling the player or giving him a free run on goal. He should have let the player past without fouling as there was still a long part of the pitch to cover. He should not have been the last man when already on a yellow.

FirstbornWds:
From 2008/09 - 2014/15, Barcelona won the La Liga and the Trio won it.


I admit to making a mistake by claiming they won 8 forgetting that Xavi left in 2015. You also are wrong cos they won 5 league titles comalred to the 4 you claim and 3 UCL, as opposed the 2 you claim.

No am not wrong. Trophies the trio won as starters not when one was rocking the Bench like Xavi in 2015 for Rakitic. Barca 2014/2015 midfield trio was Busquet, Iniesta and Rakitic. So yes 4 league titles and 2 champions league as a starting trio for Busquet and Xavi compared to 4 champions league titles and 3 league titles for Modric,Kroos and Case.

FirstbornWds:
Bros, if you saw matches then, you'll know Iniesta was an attacking midfielder than a winger. I honestly wish I was settled to show you clips

Bro i watched all the matches. You don't have to show me clips. The trio In midfield was always Xavi, Busquet/sienna and Xabi.

FirstbornWds:
You claim they didn't play up to six seasons, sir. They played for 7!!

Ok they played for 7 so how did the trio win 8 league titles like you claimed? So you finally agreed you lied?

So Modric,Kroos and Casemiro won 4 Champions league titles as a starting trio and 3 league titles while Busquet,Xavi won 2 champions league and 4 league titles as a starting midfield trio yes or no?

FirstbornWds:
I didn't insult abeg. Sorry if you saw it like that but it was majorly on a pun basis.


That said, we all know the truth, but if it allows you breathe well.. So be it.

Of course the truth. 2008 euros final, 2010 world cup final and 2012 Euros final. Xavi, Iniesta and Busquet was never a midfield trio for Spain. Xabi was always there and Iniesta pushed to the wings and attack.

FirstbornWds:
This one na rubbish. 2008 to 2015 is a 7 years difference and they played for at least 6, and the 7th, for freestyle as per Rakitic concern.

You are repeating my post. Xavi was a bench warmer in his last season at Barca. So Busquet was only starting regularly with Xavi for six seasons yet you said they won 8 league titles as a trio. Even those 6 seasons Madrid and Atletico Madrid won a league title each. So why were you lying?

FirstbornWds:
This is not the first time we have seen Iniesta on the wings. Even at Barca, he did play there but everybody with half a brain knew he was just there majorly for the paper.

A more capable midfielder than Iniesta you said? Some jokes write themselves.

Throwing insults already wow. Repeating the same make believe to feel good about your lies. The fact here remains Xavi, Iniesta and Busquet was never a midfield trio in any way for the Spanish national team. It was always Busquet, Xavi and Xabi or any other midfielder with Iniesta pushed to the wings.

FirstbornWds:
Oga Iniesta was on the wings ONLY on paper and but functioned as an attacking midfielder. It's as clear as day except you of course didnt see the 2010 world cup

Iniesta was functioning on the wings. You are just beating around the bush now. Like I said previously Busquet,Xavi and Iniesta was never a midfield trio for the Spanish national team. Iniesta was always shunned to the wings for a more capable midfielder.

FirstbornWds:
Xavi left barca in 2015, 8 years after Busqyest made his debut in 2008!!

So, even you are not correct

I am very correct. Xavi was a bench warmer in his last season at Barca. So Busquet was only starting regularly with Xavi for six season yet you said they won 8 league titles as a trio. Even those 6 seasons Madrid and Atletico Madrid won a league title each. So why were you lying?

FirstbornWds:
Oh... You really should. Or I'll be forced to conclude that you just have selective amnesia.

You can even see Iniesta was pushed to the wings to accommodate Xabi Alonso. You are even making my point for me.

FirstbornWds:
KCM won the UCL 5 times, compared to XBI's 3. They however have only managed 3 league between them compared to 8.. The latter also have 2 European cups.. 1 WC ( The pinnacle of fooballing achievement) and many more cups.

Busquet didn't even play up to 6 seasons with Xavi so where is the 8 league titles coming from?

FirstbornWds:
4 to 2.. Agreed.

But for the national team.. You should revisit history books.

They were never a midfield trio for Spain. I don't need to revisit history.

FirstbornWds:
The abundance of the use of "or" should justify my statement cos I am sure I didnt use "and." But let's let that be.

How on earth do you guys even try to compare a formidable 3 that dictated how games were played... Made a style of play so famous that they won both club and country, including a world cup where one of those mentioned scored the decisive goal.

KCM won the UCL 5 times, compared to XBI's 3. They however have only managed 3 UCL between them compared to 8.. The latter also have 2 European cups.. 1 WC ( The pinnacle of fooballing achievement) and many more cups.

Yes, claim it that it's not fair since KCM didnt play for the same country but then, it'd be also very unfair for the great trio that not only proved that they could replicate a form from the club side without the GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME upfront.


I tell you again... KCM inclusion, both individually and collectively, is a forced debate by Madrid lovers not to rubbish their relevance, and they only achieved that by peating against the greatest midfield of all time!!

Point of correction Xavi, Iniesta and Busquet was never a midfield trio for the Spanish national team. They only won 2 champions league title as a trio for Barcelona as well. Your post is filled lies and make believes.

Am guessing Aubameyang relocated his wife and children when moving to Barcelona and barely 7 months later they will be coming back to London. I wonder how the children will cope with moving up and down plus changing schools regularly .

Ziyech to Ajax is on the cards if Antony leaves.