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lordfalcao:
Delap don even first Jackson leave

It's hard to sell a bad product.

popizaino:
This is the just quality we need from a DM no more or less.

Absolutely!

Enzo5:
Scott for 80m is too much but better than spending that 80m and buying Wharton imo

The main reason why it must be two midfielders 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,

Sharp!!

nateevs:
Is he though? While the eye test might give an illusion of not being rapid or explosive, the data suggests otherwise.

He's in the 99th percentile of PL midfielders with successful take-ons, even though volume of take-ons are not on the level of say a Kimmich. That's mostly a reflection of the profile of the team he plays for.

He also attempts more through passes per 90 than Guimares, Caicedo, Rice and Mainoo.

In the PL, these are crucial stats from a deep-lying midfielder. You will not get the time on the ball to accrue such numbers if one was slow.

I think he's not rapid or explosive, but he's intelligent, composed, quick at execution and has an elite level ability of space interpretation and exploitation.

he is slow, imagine the speed of matic, that’s the type of speed he has.

Na that his through balls I like, the through ball creates a lot of big chances

lordfalcao:
he is slow, imagine the speed of matic, that’s the type of speed he has.

Na that his through balls I like, the through ball creates a lot of big chances

Proper DM not Ib.ime's kind of DM are usually slow and they make up for it with passing accuracy, good positioning and a nice first touch.

If Wharton gives me these 3, then we are ok.

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

Martinez

How e take be upgrade on Sanchez??
With his disgusting attitude

drisham:
Martinez

How e take be upgrade on Sanchez??
With his disgusting attitude

Doesn’t change the fact that he clears head and shoulders above sanchez even on his worse day

typicalgamer:
Doesn’t change the fact that he clears head and shoulders above sanchez even on his worse day

Not disputing that

But shouldn't we have gone for a proper keeper instead


This Martinez guy is washed

drisham:
Martinez

How e take be upgrade on Sanchez??
With his disgusting attitude

I think his attitude is much better than Enzo ur paddy.

And yep, he's an upgrade on Sanchez may be currently not by much but he's better than Sanchez.

The idea is to stop shots and stop being jittery at the back like Sanchez. If he can do that on the pitch, his attitude won't matter much.

Nemesis0147:
Sharp!!

Wow!

I swear, the moment Sanchez committed that first blunder against Fulham, my mind just went to Emi straight for replacement!

Teams i can wait to beat this season.

Sunderland
Brighton
Leeds city
Arsenal
Newcastle

timbros:
Wow!

I swear, the moment Sanchez committed that first blunder against Fulham, my mind just went to Emi straight for replacement!

Emi can give us at least 3 seasons or may be 2 at worst. Sanchez no be am at all.

Estevao
Hato
Colwill
Acheampong

The future looks good with these players.



Alonso really needs to bring Hato out of that shell.

https://x.com/HalfSpaceMC/status/2092552881387786515

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

Enzo5:
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

I think most Chelsea fans are not imagining a Chelsea side without an available Caicedo for an extended period. We take this stuff for granted.

We have over reliance on Caicedo and we don't protect him enough. We want to run him into the ground before we have options. In today's yahoo market, Caicedo is worth close to £200m. £160m is not too much money to pay for quality midfield options and protection for Caicedo playing too many games.

If Caicedo breaks down, we cannot even replace him with £300m. There is no one on the market like him.


Re:Lavia
I am Lavia's biggest stan. I believe a 100% fit Lavia would be magic, and something that has yet to unfold. But I also agree with the sentiment that we cannot sacrifice our season on the anticipation of a fit Lavia. He could well get injured again and be out for 6 months.

Now you are lol..ing at Alonso with 3 in midfield . Remember I indicated early on the he will definitively set up with 3ATB and you weren't convinced. Well... even Alonso himself admits that he could playing 3 in midfield. So this is a good thing all round. Tactical flexibility.

drisham:
Martinez

How e take be upgrade on Sanchez??
With his disgusting attitude

Dey play

I'm just unhappy we're not in Europe if not na sure win once we get to Penalties

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Enzo5:
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

Alonso uses 2 midfielders which is why he can never earn my trust. Never will I take a manager who doesn’t understand the extreme importance of midfield dominance seriously.

AirBere:
I think his attitude is much better than Enzo ur paddy.

And yep, he's an upgrade on Sanchez may be currently not by much but he's better than Sanchez.

The idea is to stop shots and stop being jittery at the back like Sanchez. If he can do that on the pitch, his attitude won't matter much.

Martinez is only better than Sanchez on some days when the latter is having one of his mental episodes. Sanchez is ahead of him on his normal day at work.

popizaino:
Teams i can wait to beat this season.

Sunderland
Brighton
Leeds city
Arsenal
Newcastle

A team that relinquishes possession to opponents in most games can never win consistently.

Most of those teams will likely beat us because they will create lots of chances against our extremely weak pressing.

AirBere:
I think his attitude is much better than Enzo ur paddy.

And yep, he's an upgrade on Sanchez may be currently not by much but he's better than Sanchez.

The idea is to stop shots and stop being jittery at the back like Sanchez. If he can do that on the pitch, his attitude won't matter much.

Walai Martinez is as much as a bozo as Sanchez
Na why arsenal discard am years ago
We need a proper goal keeper

🚨💰 The deal for Honest Ahanor will exceed £34m.

(@DiMarzio) #CFC


And I was wondering why BlueCo are yet to overpay for one 17 year old project signing.. almost looked like they have repented

Honest Ahanor?

swiz123:
Martinez is only better than Sanchez on some days when the latter is having one of his mental episodes. Sanchez is ahead of him on his normal day at work.

Thank you for this .... They should get a proper keeper .... Going for an older version of Sanchez

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drisham:
Walai Martinez is as much as a bozo as Sanchez
Na why arsenal discard am years ago
We need a proper goal keeper

Arsenal didn't discard him. They just couldn't guarantee him playing time over Leno, much like we couldn't guarantee Rio playing time over the bozos at LW, or guarantee Lewis Hall playing time over Cucu

He is better than Sanchez imo or, at worst, they're at the same level shotstopping wise, but obviously not a long term fix (Penders is the future).

I would've loved fot Penders to start against Luton and own he shirt from there, but Alonso nd co. know best how ready he is.

Sanchez normally is a good keeper. But many nuts dey loose upstairs

Emaprince:
Okochas team mate narrating the sad experience they had, playing with him

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSVHFdTdT/

Shebi I dey talk am her regularly dem think say I dey beef am

raumdeuter:
unlimited22 chrisooblog
My weekly Iwobi uncle update

Be like okocha collect your ex

popizaino:
Estevao
Hato
Colwill
Acheampong

The future looks good with these players.



Alonso really needs to bring Hato out of that shell.

https://x.com/HalfSpaceMC/status/2092552881387786515

Good evening bro. Check Dm on Whatsapp

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Sell

drisham:
Walai Martinez is as much as a bozo as Sanchez
Na why arsenal discard am years ago
We need a proper goal keeper

You can say something else about his departure but the emboldened is misinformation. Martinez left Arsenal because of competition from Leno. He was much better than Leno but the club felt Leno was better after his recovery and kept Leno instead of Martinez. Martinez knew that to continue as the #1 for Argentina, he must be #1 at club level as well. He then handed a transfer request and left. Some arsenal fans were not happy with his departure.

It was a mistake they waited years to correct with Raya because Leno and Ramsdel were simply not good enough.