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I wonder why Gusto was the one selected to play out of position as the emergency midfielder. I'd guess it is his engine. Not that any of this is ideal but I'd think we'd do better with Josh or Levi than Malo there.

Slightly off subject....Liverpool fans believe they are some of the most knowledgeable supporters on the planet, also that there is nothing quite like a European night at Anfield. Both of those two comments are utter tosh of course.

I don't think it should be unpopular and I think too many people hold off on criticising James just because he came through the academy. He makes too many excuses. I'm not interested in hearing our captain say Arsenal have been together under Arteta a lot longer. I never saw Terry, Cahill or Azpilicueta making that excuse when a new manager came in, so I don't want to hear it from James either. There's no such thing as a game coming too early when it's against your rivals. Hull played their first game of the season against United and beat them. This annoyed me too. When Rogers went mad at Rice, there was about 5 Arsenal players that quickly pounced to protect him and were in the refs ear. Only one of our players came over and that was Gusto, and all he did was pull Rogers away. I said in the match thread that all of this whining about Arsenal's dark arts isn't going to change anything. You need a bit of nastiness in you to compete at the top and you certainly need it to win titles. I think we lack that and James certainly does too.

Fearing we have to play Gusto in midfield AGAIN. Or risk playing Lavia. Penders Acheampong Lacroix Colwill Chavarria Lavia Barco Estevao Palmer Rogers Welbeck

I see people go for some experimental formations, but this is definitely not going to be the case. We have no reason to not go for the Cups and Alonso seems set on that. Maybe a few ins and outs, but not a lot different from the team that played at the week-end. Leeds are a solid PL club and surely won't put the reserves out there.

If he's not able to play RWB then he should be playing RCB. The man is not a midfielder.

The Liverpool fans don't pick the team, the manager does and he'll always go for the player with good PL experience rather than a lad with potential. They probably view Gakpo the same way we used to view Willan and Pedro. Gapko is no Salah just as Willan and Pedro were no Hazard. I'm excited about Estevao and have been since before he even arrived, but he has to earn his place in the team and do a lot more than he has done to date when he does get selected. If he's as good as we all hope he is, his time will come.

I call a spade a spade. Some Osasuna left winger nobody has ever heard of is starting over arguably the most exciting young right winger on the planet not named Lamal. I suggest you read how Liverpool fans feel about Gakpo by the way.

Unpopular opinion. I think Reece is not the best option to be a captain. I love him to bits, he's a world class talent and Chelsea through and through but he's just not vocal enough and does not command the kind of respect a true captain should. Watching the last game vs Arse makes it even more obvious, he's just too reserved and shy. Arsenal players are trying to bully and sh*thouse us all over the pitch, and the moment sh*t goes down, they're all over our player, or a ref, and Reece is just, well... there. Even Colwill has more of an attitude and has no problem getting into people's faces. I'm not saying you should run around screaming and picking fights all game like a madman, but there are times in almost every match where you got to stand up for your team. And captain should lead by example.

Think you need to remove those blue-tinted glasses! Not saying Estevao isn't going to be better than all of them eventually, but right now he is very inconsistent and wouldn't start ahead of a player like Gakpo.

No he’s not he’s our best player at running fast in a straight line!!!

That's not saying much. Liverpool have been tragic. They are currently shuffling between Rio, Munoz, and Gakpo on who can play RW. Estevao would be clear of them.

Show me who I have gone over the top in saying had a good game at the weekend. No one had a good game, I simply stated Neto is a bad player and offered nothing (as usual).

I'm not sure their fitness/sharpness has anything to do with it. Lavia+James as a 2 man midfield will always pose issues for me, and it's magnified when we are up against the best team in the league, and arguably the best side in Europe, at closing down spaces.

Yep, Munoz has started well and now they have Barcola, Gapko can switch to the right too. Estevao would spend as much time on their bench as he currently does on ours, where he would keep Ngumoha company (also doesn't get much game time for one tipped to be the next big thing).

Munoz has been one of their best attackers so far, he has 2 man of the matches for them.

He would most definitely start for Liverpool. They have that Muñoz lad currently playing RW.

Not really sure what the debate is all about, he's just an okay player who puts in a good shift. Against arsenal he was one of our best attackers but 1) that's not saying much seeing as all were poor and 2) every time he did something good he made a poor final decision as usual

No way he would get a start at Liverpool. United maybe, but they need to strengthen their defence before they think about attackers.

Will he, based on what exactly? Are you really claiming young players dont get a chance at Chelsea, considering the average age of our squad the past 2 years?

Maybe if we are proactive and start negotiations on January 1st instead of January 31st an immediate transfer might even be possible.

What's quite funny is that the same rating system (Sofascore) being used to slate Neto also shows that Fofana was the best defender ! Probably why All Barco guillotined the screenshot to only show the front seven LOL Josh fans ... look away 😇

Now that the transfer window has closed and Chelsea have lost their first match it’s open season for these journalists. From Estevao’s point of view he can stake his claim against Leeds tomorrow. Slow news week.

He will start and earn more at Liverpool & Utd for starters.

I can imagine being one of the only clubs with spare cash from the summer splurge we have the advantage of not needing to raise funds to buy. I see us getting a deal done in January, with him joining in the summer to beat off any competition (if there is any). Will probably still try to get him in January but I don't see Bournemouths stance changing.