3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I mean Spurs found Udogie. They certainly are available with actual decent scouting. 

Udogie reminds me of sergie aurier.. physical and fast.. but makes rash tackles and no delivery. Lets see how he progresses.

18 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Same can be said for James. May as well just sell them all then. 

I would rather we get to the bottom of these injury issues and give our players a chance to reach their best again, because every time we sell a player, they seem to be perfectly fine at their new club.

James is a much better player than Chilwell, not even close. 

Which players? some have gone to easier league, Mount done nothing and Havertz looks exactly the same player he was at Chelsea. 

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by jack_super_class

I wouldn't sell Chilwell. We obviously need a player that is more reliable though. 

If we can find Gusto we can find the LB Gusto. 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I wouldn't sell Chilwell. We obviously need a player that is more reliable though. 

If we can find Gusto we can find the LB Gusto. 

Or, we turn RB Gusto into LB Gusto and look for another RB Gusto. But then RB Gusto is Gusto who is LB Gusto who is RB Gusto who is LB Gusto. 

That said, I like RB Gusto and LB Gusto which makes Me Gusto. But Me Gusto means I am Gusto... 

Problem solved, sign me up.

I need more sleep.

We don't need another Gusto for LB.

We need an actual top LB in his prime.

When fit you could argue Reece is the best right back in the world that's why he's worth persevering with through injury.

A fully fit Chilwell doesn't break the top 15 left backs. we've tried to upgrade on him once and in truth we'll need one to be competitive anyway.

6 hours ago, jack_super_class said:

James is a much better player than Chilwell, not even close. 

Which players? some have gone to easier league, Mount done nothing and Havertz looks exactly the same player he was at Chelsea. 

It's not about one being better than the other. You say Chilwell had 6 good months, and I am saying that the same can be said about James. James hasn't been good for a long time now, and we put that down to his injury issues, the same can be said about Chilwell.

Out of all of the players we let go, it's only Mount and Ziyech that are suffering from injury issues, and Mount is playing for a club that is also notorious for turning fit players into a broken mess. Our most injury prone players of the last decade like Kante, Pulisic, Kovacic and Loftus-Cheek have mostly remained injury free all season. 

Edited March 11, 20242 yr by Scott Harris

15 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

It's not about one being better than the other. You say Chilwell had 6 good months, and I am saying that the same can be said about James. James hasn't been good for a long time now, and we put that down to his injury issues, the same can be said about Chilwell.

Out of all of the players we let go, it's only Mount and Ziyech that are suffering from injury issues, and Mount is playing for a club that is also notorious for turning fit players into a broken mess. Our most injury prone players of the last decade like Kante, Pulisic, Kovacic and Loftus-Cheek have mostly remained injury free all season. 

Kovacic isn't being played as much, and has been injured this season. Pulisic wasn't injured that much in the last year with us just wasn't used correctly. I personally would of kept Pulisic anyway especially for the cheap price we sold him. RLC has been injured too. 

I thought James was playing pretty well before being injured, only the Utd game and Newcastle i can think of where he was really poor. 

 

Selling either James or Chilwell isn't ideal.

We already have a proper reliable replacement  knock on wood in Gusto to fill in for James. Just need to find the same thing for Chilwell, and ideally an upgrade. 

4 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Selling either James or Chilwell isn't ideal.

We already have a proper reliable replacement  knock on wood in Gusto to fill in for James. Just need to find the same thing for Chilwell, and ideally an upgrade. 

If you upgrade on Chilwell why do you want an injury prone backup on 200K a week?

Just now, Whats_The_Mata? said:

If you upgrade on Chilwell why do you want an injury prone backup on 200K a week?

Because aside the reality that no one is going to take from us an injury prone left back on 200K a week, he's still a good player when fit.

I'd have him as a squad option. 

On 07/03/2024 at 18:45, abister1 said:

Better for us if we sold him and Reese at the very first opportunity. As well as other players with recurring injuries. 

I feel strongly about him and Reese because it is obvious they will never have a season devoid of injury and they hold or are meant to hold important places in the team. 

Also not good for morale in a squad with an already fragile morale. 

I disagree re Reece, he's one of those players you just have to put up with it for for me, even more so now we have Gusto to pick up the slack.

To put it into context, Reece is three off the top in our squad for big chances created despite starting 5 times (all bar one of which against a big opponent).

I've just seen a report that Chilly may not be back until the end of the season , I think maybe

it's time for a parting of the ways if we can find anyone to buy him and cover his big wages .

7 hours ago, hawkster said:

I've just seen a report that Chilly may not be back until the end of the season , I think maybe

it's time for a parting of the ways if we can find anyone to buy him and cover his big wages .

Doesn't seem to have stopped Southgate calling him up for the England squad LOL

He’s in training

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He’s in training

Setback incoming in 10, 9, 8, 7.....

So jaded Val. 

1 hour ago, Scott said:

So jaded Val. 

I know. Too much dashed hope...

4 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Doesn't seem to have stopped Southgate calling him up for the England squad LOL

What sense does that make if he's injured  and I think Southgate is a kn*b anyway ,and dont get me started on Henderson 

On 12/03/2024 at 13:18, Sconnie Blue said:

Selling either James or Chilwell isn't ideal.

We already have a proper reliable replacement  knock on wood in Gusto to fill in for James. Just need to find the same thing for Chilwell, and ideally an upgrade. 

I’d take Tierney. £23 million apparently and he’s a far more solid player than Chillwell. He’s also decent going forward but won’t score as many as Chilwell.

Obvious injury issues the last 18 months but when you consider how much we spent on the generational talents over the last 4 windows £23 million seems a bargain.

5 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

I’d take Tierney. £23 million apparently and he’s a far more solid player than Chillwell. He’s also decent going forward but won’t score as many as Chilwell.

Obvious injury issues the last 18 months but when you consider how much we spent on the generational talents over the last 4 windows £23 million seems a bargain.

No thank you

No point replacing an injury prone player with an equally injury prone player. May as well keep Chillwell and save the 23 million.

On 11/03/2024 at 16:32, Whats_The_Mata? said:

When fit you could argue Reece is the best right back in the world that's why he's worth persevering with through injury

Certainly worth arguing. My view is there are maybe at least 2 in the league that he might face a losing battle with for the title, not to talk of on the world stage. 

I feel it's the hype of our own as well as a fawning English media and accompanying narrative. 

Sure he is good, maybe more complete than othera in all phases of the game, ie attack and defense but I've never really subscribed to the best in the world view as solely a RB. 

Anyway, the best player in the world is of no use to his team if he can't get on the pitch. 

On 12/03/2024 at 13:24, Sconnie Blue said:

on 200K a week, he's still a good player when fit.

Hmmm, I don't know. On his recent return from injury sabbatical I didn't see many bright sparks except maybe one game after he returned before he went on sick leave again. 

Encouraging to hear that he is available for the first team again quite quickly this time. Sounds like there was bruising around his knee and the medical staff were being cautious following his injury history.

3 hours ago, abister1 said:

Certainly worth arguing. My view is there are maybe at least 2 in the league that he might face a losing battle with for the title, not to talk of on the world stage. 

I feel it's the hype of our own as well as a fawning English media and accompanying narrative. 

Sure he is good, maybe more complete than othera in all phases of the game, ie attack and defense but I've never really subscribed to the best in the world view as solely a RB. 

Anyway, the best player in the world is of no use to his team if he can't get on the pitch. 

So Reece James is now overrated 🙄 amazing.