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Sarr on loan and this honest guy is supposed to go on loan, so our cb options now are just 4 colwill lacroix fofana(survives again), Josh, maybe James and hato options for 3atb

nateevs:
Penders is unfortunately not ready yet. We can start to play him in the cup games.

and what happens when he is ready and we have diogo Costa do we sell him like courtios

Godx:
Is this comment real or what? Bernardo has been playing that position for almost 5 to 6 years now. Bernardo is the ultimate all rounder that can play in at least 7 positions and give you 7/10.

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Astrid4:
So the double 10 of Roger and Palmer are what Wingbacks?? Una go sha Dey talk rubbish with pride

lmao attacking forwards 🤣🤣🤣

popizaino:
How is where Mourinho played Bernardo Silva different from where i asked us to play Cole Palmer before you lots without an iota of football knowledge began to convulse on my mention?

I am sure i would have received alot of backlash if i had suggested that Mourinho bring Silva to the base of the midfield but surprised none of you is calling it ridiculous.

difference is Mourinho would never play Ozil as a cm, even though for a defense minded manager he hardly ever uses a double 6 mostly a dm and a cm pairing, so Mourinho won't use Palmer as a cm just as he NEVER did that to any of his attackers not even di Maria who could play cm

nateevs:
If we are buying a goalie, it's got to be Diogo Costa..... and luck down that position for years.

Kimbeast:
Martinez is about to be 34 and has been going downhill. Why not invest in Diogo Costa and lock down that position for years.

and penders?

Martinez to Chelsea, we may not be able to sell Sanchez, maybe Aston Villa will take penders on loan

nateevs:
The main reason why it must be two is if we run into a major problem playing with 3ATB against quality opposition, and we need to go with a 4-3-3 or 4-2-1-3.

Now imagine having to do that but no Caicedo. We have no midfielders. Lavia is barely match fit for 90 mins. Henderson is senior man and Barcola is too slight to marshall any midfield by himself.

The rest are kids in Watson and Jazuli.

Trust me, even you would like to see a midfield 3 and forward 3 of......

=====Wharton====
===Caicedo Scott===

====Palmer Rogers====
====Pedro=====

And then we can have midfield subs of Lavia, Henderson, Barcola, Watson, Jazuli,

lavia is still a footballer and needs to earn his keep in minutes, Barco was purchased for 40m, and lol Alonso playing 3 midfielders, remember we don't have european competition to be spending 160m on two midfielders who won't play game in game out

Ibime:
You are talking to someone who doesn't know the function of a midfielder and thought Bakayoko was a good one

do you feel so insecure about your views that you have to cook up bs to feel validated? well your track record is pathetic, there not one of your so called preferred dms that's ever a top dm. If your takes on midfield were only as mediocre as the players that would be okay, but you have bs takes like caicedo is not a dm

nateevs:
We don't need any ke? What if something happens to Caicedo?

Scott for 80m is too much but better than spending that 80m and buying Wharton imo

andrewbaba44:
Cassado Dey there Dey look everybody while available for a cheap 35/40

nah, we better trust barco instead or change the formation entirely

forgiveness:
Barca get money?

where they see money for Alvarez, osimhen cheap pass

nateevs:
Exactly what I have been saying for weeks now. Enzo out for Scott or Wharton......or both. Scott is my favourite, but I can see why Wharton fits Alonso's system better.

I need both those guys, and then we can comfortably declare a league challenge.

lol both? To play where and when, one game a week. Infact we don't even need any self

We have lavia Barco Henderson james caicedo (essugo if they don't loan him)

don't know why una no rate barco but he ticks a lot of boxes for xabi midfield 2

Ibime:
Wharton is too slow to cover

slower than enzo self

lordfalcao:
this Wharton slow o, I dont think he has the leg to cover enough ground

not sure pace is what xabi uses for both his midfield pairings, we have caicedo for that valverde and palacio role and we have lavia a natural replacement and fit for xabi's usually pairing. Lavia no fast like that, see how Enzo played he sat deep more times. Wharton seems the natural alternative to xhaka we were chasing earlier and alternative to lavia in case of injury, (Henderson)

Unlimited22:
Nwokem you go need change your moniker o 😂

nairaland na backward app, simple change name it can not do

forgiveness:
Make Chelsea use the money buy Osimhen, abeg. The sight of Osimhen is enough to intimidate players.

If there is no replacement for Enzo, I don't see the reason for selling him.

Man city just wants to weaken the team. They should have bought him before the deadline.

Barca no buy osimhn again

45m+ for delap
65m+ for jackson

That's almost 120m... Is that what they want to dash atm for Alvarez that's twerking for Barca when we have CPR

drisham:
Omo mehn looks like enzo is gone

for 130-140m, but na who go replace am like this

Some dey debate Scott, Wharton, kone

Jackson to aston villa 60m+ 😡 too cheap
Enzo to City Fab & David confirm

This one una dey ignore the Chelsea Alvarez rumor 😂

mirinder:
do you like the formation

no

mirinder:
So nobody can replace Sanchez in the goalkeeping position and chelsea have second choice and third choice. Enzo5, this calls for concern

a new manager should not make such a drastic change, especially not changing previous number 1 for a gk that resumed late for preseason. Penders needs time to adjust so we go dey patient and let Alonso build the team to concede few chances

zeusis:
Na you get poor and low understanding of football if you couldn’t see the nonsense he played after successfully evading those defenders and then shooting into the side netting

nateevs see example of what I am talking about

Bro, Zeus, there's a reason he played that "nonsense" and his teammates where giving him a low five

Omoluabi16:
A lot of work still needed for our backline. I can't bet against us not conceding everytime we play a game. Hopefully Alonso fixes it.

lol Alonso will fix Sanchez periodically goofing? Maybe by benching him for penders but make penders first play cup games make we see first

Omoluabi16:
We scored 3 goals away from home. All our attackers scored/assisted and that's a good omen. Since we have no defence/keeper we should be able to at least outscore our opponents like tonight.

well we no get de gea with quick reflex to stop an immediate rebound but that first goal sanchez just miss that ball asides that defense and gk was solid

TheDepressed:
You see the regime change .... Hw e be
I nor even sure e hold ball sef

Make coach find how squeeze estevao for first 11 oh

it was different in second half sha

Estevao cannot bench anybody in that xi expect Alonso goes from 343 and playing 6defenders to playing 4231 and more attackers

The way some are complaining about that neto dying minute cameo, which obviously was to waste time and not create a counter, shows how poor and low your understanding of football is.

This kind of uncomfortable win, win na win sha

Segedinho:
We miss caceido n cucurella

cucurella at lwb and caicedo at cm may not have stopped that ball, rogers should have covered that position, imagine neto there

TheDepressed:
Where u want put am for this match and why?
This starting 11 is balance except for the back with a little shakes


Btw ... That number 9 on pedro unlocked 🔓 something... Wtf

we had a number of chances to shoot from the middle or play along pass through, maybe it's Alonso's tactics for this game because much of the play went through the wings and palmer had to drop deep to push the ball further atimes through the middle. Fulham were doing shoot first ask questions later and we wasted early opportunities to shoot from the middle

I pray rogers helps defensively on that left side o