7 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Hopefully we can find an Oshiman, a Rice, a Maignan, before they make a big money move rather than being their big money move.

At what point do we have to stop and say we are adding too many pathway blocks? A younger GK blocks Slonina. Another young CM blocks Casadei, and another young ST blocks Fofana/Broja. 

This is what irks me as it seems there is no plan, bar buying and selling for a profit. 

15 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

At what point do we have to stop and say we are adding too many pathway blocks? A younger GK blocks Slonina. Another young CM blocks Casadei, and another young ST blocks Fofana/Broja. 

This is what irks me as it seems there is no plan, bar buying and selling for a profit. 

If Pochettino is happy to make Slonina his number 1, and swap between Broja and Fofana, then fair enough. Casadei is a number 8 though and will be in competition with Kante and Santos, rather than a CDM. Only natural CDM we have is Trev, so unless Pochettino decides to play him there we will need to buy someone.

We are already covered for a back 4 or 5

We are covered for wingers

Goalkeeper, 2 midfielders and number 9 is all the new manager should be looking to sign.

54 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

If Pochettino is happy to make Slonina his number 1, and swap between Broja and Fofana, then fair enough. Casadei is a number 8 though and will be in competition with Kante and Santos, rather than a CDM. Only natural CDM we have is Trev, so unless Pochettino decides to play him there we will need to buy someone.

I'd love to look forward in time and see what we do regarding the ST situation. 

49 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I'd love to look forward in time and see what we do regarding the ST situation. 

22 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

They say third time is a charm?

Reasons for optimism: it literally can't get worse anymore. 100% loss rate for Lampard. I think he has done a fantastic job of lowering expectations further in view of next season. He has destroyed every 'if' and 'but' with our performances, taking us to the lowest of lows.

There is literally only up from this point onwards. 

16 minutes ago, Chelsc96 said:

Reasons for optimism: it literally can't get worse anymore. 100% loss rate for Lampard. I think he has done a fantastic job of lowering expectations further in view of next season. He has destroyed every 'if' and 'but' with our performances, taking us to the lowest of lows.

There is literally only up from this point onwards. 

Well we could always get beaten more heavily, so technically yes it could still get worse LOL

On 04/05/2023 at 23:17, axman2526 said:

Hopefully we can find an Oshiman, a Rice, a Maignan, before they make a big money move rather than being their big money move.

Are you willing to go through the pain of developing them?

Because if you want to improve them quickly, you can't hide them, you need to thrown them into fire and give them big responsibility. 

Fans will think you are stupid because you will lose a lot of game. It will be even worse these days with social media. 

 

 

 

Hello!

4 games to go - we can still finish 9th runner up!

Millwall not coming up.

It has got to stop raining soon, surely?

On 06/05/2023 at 17:00, Dean said:

Hello!

Nkunku still ballin. 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Nkunku still ballin. 

Yes, looked a good player, although said the same thing about Werner 3 seasons ago. He scored 13 league goals, despite missing a big chunk of the season, more than any of our players got

Levi Colwill ... #26 ... Captain, Leader, Legend Mk II

8 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Levi Colwill ... #26 ... Captain, Leader, Legend Mk II

No pressure on the lad then!

3 minutes ago, Valerie said:

No pressure on the lad then!

He can handle it 🙂 

Lots of reasons to be optimistic, we have such a quality team with a lot of youngsters at that. With a good manager (hopefully Pochettino gets us on the right track) and a more fast-paced counter-attacking style I think we can really get the best out of this team.

I'll be disappointed if we don't sign a good DM though, that should be the priority in the summer. We can't go into next season with just Kante who can barely play 1/4 of the season. Then obviously a striker would be a good idea. I think we're good to go. 

1 hour ago, Victor90 said:

Lots of reasons to be optimistic, we have such a quality team with a lot of youngsters at that. With a good manager (hopefully Pochettino gets us on the right track) and a more fast-paced counter-attacking style I think we can really get the best out of this team.

I'll be disappointed if we don't sign a good DM though, that should be the priority in the summer. We can't go into next season with just Kante who can barely play 1/4 of the season. Then obviously a striker would be a good idea. I think we're good to go. 

Agree with a lot of your posts Victor but here I think you are miles off base. How anyone can think not getting a proven, consistent, top class, natural centre-forward is the absolute 100% top priority is completely beyond me. How could we play a counter-attacking style if we have no one capable of holding the ball up?

After that, bagging a top keeper and integrating Colwill are more pressing priorities than a DM for me.

1 hour ago, just said:

Agree with a lot of your posts Victor but here I think you are miles off base. How anyone can think not getting a proven, consistent, top class, natural centre-forward is the absolute 100% top priority is completely beyond me. How could we play a counter-attacking style if we have no one capable of holding the ball up?

After that, bagging a top keeper and integrating Colwill are more pressing priorities than a DM for me.

I just think we'll be in big trouble if we don't fill that gap Just. Unfortunately, Kante just can't be relied upon anymore, his injury record is really bad. Without Kante next to Enzo I think we'll get run ragged. I don't want to see a full season of Enzo-Kovacic. Both are a priority but if I had to pick I would pick a DM first, I think the goals will come eventually once the team starts to gel and we get a proper system in place. 

Yeah I'm leaning towards fixing the midfield before the ST as well. Need an actual environment and structure in place for the ST to actually perform in. 

On 08/05/2023 at 18:11, RMH said:

Millwall not coming up.

This doesn’t mean that we don’t all have to renew our Millwall insurance. They’re always up to their old tricks. 

Our women's side won the FA Cup...again. Pride or Chelsea FC.