manpe

Honest question, what is our style? If it's passing to wing-backs and hoping they conjure something up, then I think Rice and Caicedo are both quite equally good enough at sideways passing for that style (not) to work.

Fully expect it to become a big issue once he is rushed back. Sigh 😔

Nope, I use Bitdefender Antivirus, but there were no issues before. I feel a bit guilty browsing the forum without ads, so I hope it will be fixed soon.

No it doesn't 🤔

Interestingly the forum doesn't let me browse anymore when my adblocker (uBlock Origin) is disabled. It shows me the "please disable adblocker" pop-up. I need to enable the adblocker instead in order to browse the site. It didn't use to be like that and I always disable adblocker on sites I wish to support. I also disabled tracker blocking in Edge browser, but that didn't help. Any idea what's going on?

Yeah agreed, we're not a done team yet. But my point was that clearlake are taking it seriously and are laying the groundwork to challenge them in the future. Football goes in cycles, no one dominates forever and we are looking well positioned to be next in line. City's will end once Pep leaves imo. Yeah it's too soon to say considering they haven't played together yet but on paper the potential is definitely there. Midfield wins you trophies. Exciting times!

Wow, Clearlake really are dead serious about challenging sh*tty. If we also get Lavia over the line, that will make our midfield potentially the best in the world. Where will that leave Santos, Casadei and Ugo i don't know, but at the very least we should be able to sell them for healthy profits if/when they come good in their loans.

Morata?

None of them is a bonafide DM. We need one, badly.

I am almost 100% sure that in addition to Mendy and James, Sterling, Silva, Koulibaly and Mount will also start. Maybe this? Mendy Chalobah - Silva - Koulibaly James - Kante - Kovacic - Chilwell Mount - Havertz - Sterling

Viaplay shows CL matches, doesn't it? Pretty sure I watched CL games on it last autumn when they had free promo. A quick google also says that they show CL.

Yeah, I also just subscribed to it. They bought all the rights from our local channels, including rights to our national team games those bastards! But damnit they found a way to my wallet, so well played I suppose. Have you tried downloading their app to your phone and casting straight to the TV tho? Less hassle than fooling around with a laptop I imagine. I do it via Chromecast, but it should be natively possible for smart TVs also.

Is that streaming service Viaplay by any chance?

Complaining in the sense of expressing one's opinion is fine, but if it crosses over to abuse or mindless name-calling then it is not fine. You can not be a fan of Mount yet still stay respectful, which I think most have been on here. I don't know exactly what people are saying on social media at the moment because I don't read them, but I imagine that it can get very disrespectful from the things I've heard.

Seen the discussion on here about social media "fans"... Does anybody actually read them? Like read read, with thought and consideration, not just for amusement... I don't use twitter but sometimes I stumble upon on it or read comments on facebook just for the laughs. 😄 There have been retarded people posting from the day social media platforms were first invented, nothing new here that football players (or public figures in general) are getting flamed for nothing. Pointless trying to understand their reasonings as there are none, a large portion are just plain dumb f**ks. Social medias are like fast food joints for free speech - there are a lot them, okay to enjoy once in a while, but damaging if consumed too often. Forum boards like this one, are where real intelligent conversations are held. 😎

Agüero would be a cheaper option as he will be available for free. He could be a great squad option, providing cover and competition for the ST position. Downsides are his age and injury proneness, which is why he would not probably be automatic first choice, but a rotational/tactical option. However if he manages to keep fit, he could still provide world class performances for us. Tho doubtful that he would like our 1, max 2 year offer. He could cash in elsewhere on a more lucrative deal if that's what he wants. My first choice would obviously be Haaland, as would everybody's. Failing to get him, I would have a good hard look at Dominic Calvert-Lewin or Lautaro Martinez. Neither would come cheap as they still have some time on their contracts. Lukaku... sceptical, but if we got him on a bargain deal I wouldn't mind. He has defo improved, but many strikers have come here and been unable to cope with the pressure... he also has that "flop" feeling about him if he ever came here. Serie A is probably his level and he would do good for himself if he stayed there. Dybala is another name I've seen thrown around, but he's more of a second striker a la Werner. I want us to sign someone who is capable of playing alone up top.

Very similar playing style to Conte when he first switched to 3-4-3, CHO's marauding runs akin to Moses when he was tearing sh*t up at RWB. Overload the middle and create space for the wings, works very well, much more thoughtful than random crossing under Frank when we wouldn't even consider playing through the middle. We have an element of surprise going for us, However, it's a matter of time until teams start finding us out. Conte couldn't adapt to that, hopefully Tuchel is more flexible tactically.

Only if we persist with wing-backs would it be worth to give him a shot. In a 4-man backline he's proven to be a huge liability.

Was our best player once he came on, made things happen. Should have come on sooner. Has to start against Burnley.

Take off Jorginho, what's the point of him? Bring on Mount. And Tammy.

Think you meant to say James and Chilwell?

Sure, Sarri ended up being a disappointment, but at first it was exciting because of how Napoli had been playing under him. Fast, direct, exciting football. I was just saying that no way was he a more underwhelming appointment than Grant in Abramovich's era, but to each their own.

At some point in that training video he asked them to play a quick one-two. I like that because it looked like they'd forgotten how to do it lately. I like the idea of 3-5-2 for this game. Chilwell and James are good enough attacking wise to act as auxiliary wingers stretching the pitch. Werner can then hopefully continue playing together with Tammy up top. Mendy Azpi - Silva - Zouma James - Gilmour - Mount - Chilwell Havertz Abraham - Werner

Sarri, who came off back exciting seasons with Napoli and had a playing style so distinguishable it was named after him? We wanted to become an attacking team after enduring Mou's and Conte's cowardly sh*tshows towards the end of their tenures, and got who was at the time regarded as one of the best attacking coaches in the world. I personally was excited. Now Avram Grant is another story... From The Special One to a complete unknown... now THAT was underwhelming.