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I would agree. It was also due to them being outnumbered by Fulham in midfield, but I think you drop Caicedo instead of one of them and its a lot more secure. He doesn't yet have the positional awareness to play that role perfectly. On the ball, however, he's still fantastic.

I sort of feel that, at his age, this might be good for him. Palmer and Rodgers playing every PL game is unrealistic, there will be injuries/illnesses at some point, and this gives him the chance to really graft and gel with the team, learn the tactical side of the game and mature a bit as a player without being thrust into the spotlight. Last season there was so much expectation on him and that isn't always good for a youngster. Let's see how he develops coming on in the last 30-20 mns, playing cup games and starting the odd PL. Might be good for him.

Dominant in the air, very strong 1v1 and can also find key passes too. A few times he was battling as the last man near the halfway line and I immediately panicked, thinking Fulham were through on goal. Each time he calmly dispossessed the striker (who was having a good game) or pushed back the attack.

It's funny, Sanchez will often pull off some incredible saves which make me think that yeah, he's got mental moments of decision making but as a shotstopper he's very good. Then he goes and does what he did last night. Jeez that was painful. Even the best keepers make mistakes but two mistakes (and a few more which didn't lead to goals) is not good enough. It's like he was scared tonight, scared of making mistakes, scared of the new manager. A mate of mine is a league 1 keeper who played with Sanchez as a junior and said that growing up, Sanchez was just so dominant - in the air, as shotstopper, passing, a complete player. When he looks at his performances now, he says there is so much doubt in Sanchez's mind throughout a game, which you absolutely cannot have at the top level. Any hesitation can lead to a goal.

Fair enough, I hadn't seen that photo. Was the deleted post him posting Wonderwall? Or did he reference Falklands? I think Fernandez is an idiot. Decent footballer, but it drives my nut in when people don't think or understand their actions have consequences.

Weird end to the BBC article. Says the deal was hard to negotiate as RV wanted the full £42m, insisted on that price, there was a weird tax comment, then the article ended. Sort of like it was missing 1-2 paragraphs, saying Chelsea got a good deal, or got around it, or an agreement was made at nearly 1/3 RV's valuation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg0rw84xk9o

Surely he's not match fit yet anway and won't be for some time. I can see him benefitting from training with the team for the next 6 months then we assess in Jan. Who knows what injuries we may get in the meantime...

Catching up on a lot here. What did Enzo say about the Falklands? I can't see any pictures of him holding the banner nor comments he made online or in interviews. I know he posted Wonderwall, but then deleted it... Doesn't seem too controversial to me. Sure, Romero, Paqueta and some others were pushing the Falkands stuff and I think they're idiots but to be honest, that sh*thousery doesn't really bother me. The Falklands are British, them winning a football match doesn't change anything. I don't like the Argentinian machismo bragging, they can be sore winners as well as sore losers which isn't a good look. Maybe the backlash of that lands on Enzo as one of their top players, which is fair. That being said, some of the comments on here (not yours specifically) paint him as an absolute donkey. If he gets sold for £120m I'll be happy. If he doesn't, I won't mind and will hope Alonso gets the best out of him, and the rest of our players

It just feels like a bit of bot nonsense to me. Not saying he's a bot, but using it for sure. The text is AI heavy too. The amount of times I have seen the phrase "here's the rub" on social media followed by a bunch of AI drivel almost always ending in a question followed by a short stupid sentence.... Innocent until proven guilty? Not on these boards.

Is Wharton really that good? I can't say I've really noticed. Then again, I didn't realise Anderson was decent until I saw him playing this WC.

So I take it you're a fan of his? It was utter nonsense. Sure Enzo didn't need to clap, but it wasn't in any way sarcastic and definitely not dissent. Meanwhile other players/teams swear at refs and its brushed aside. Didn't Bruno Fernandes just swear at the ref in their loss to Newcastle last night? I think we've stupidly got a reputation for dissent, a hangover from the last few seasons. This season we have been given so many yellow cards and I think some of them are down to reputation. Joao Pedro got one yesterday for what seemed like a soft foul - he was goal side and the Villa player was already falling over. Pedro Neto's first yellow was for dissent I guess but all I saw was him sighing and an exasperated wave of the arms... No other team gets a yellow for that

Wins at Burnley and Arsenal take us within 8 points of top*. I would love it if Rosenior instilled that desire to win in the team and chase down results. *Note that I am not suggesting we have a chance to win the league, just that it means the gap between us and first will have halved since Rosenior took over.

He said as quoted on x.com? So he tweeted it? Or was interviewed? A bit of a nothing comment and I'm sure most people agree that Rosenior is less likely to win the league in 10 months than be sacked. That being said, it's impossible to win the league in 10 months - that would only take us to next December. Silly clickbait title - nothing interesting in Petit's claim.

It was a scrappy game in the end, good to see him get a win. I was a little worried they were going to tail off and miss out on promotion in the end, which would have been a big strike against Lampard after getting them top of the league at Christmas.

You think that's an excuse? Back in my day players were winning 3 Ballon D'ors a year before their 16th birthday. Kids these days...