23 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

A year of his brand being damaged, when his status as the US poster boy comes under threat. And another year of not playing, he's going to get lower wage offers. 

Is he the US poster boy still?

10 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Is he the US poster boy still?

It's slim pickings over there.

12 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Is he the US poster boy still?

surely it's Ream the Dream these days?

Do we need to start looking at beefing up our defence ?

I hope James and Chilly stay fit but unfortunately their history of injuries suggest otherwise.

And our Brazilian meastro defender is getting on a bit and Fofana has had injury issues ?

Maybe we'll just have to score tons of goals to win games . I've put last season out of my mind . How did we do btw?

59 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Do we need to start looking at beefing up our defence ?

I hope James and Chilly stay fit but unfortunately their history of injuries suggest otherwise.

And our Brazilian meastro defender is getting on a bit and Fofana has had injury issues ?

Maybe we'll just have to score tons of goals to win games . I've put last season out of my mind . How did we do btw?

No! We are only playing once a week, and even with Koulibaly leaving we have more than enough options at the back.

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

Do we need to start looking at beefing up our defence ?

I hope James and Chilly stay fit but unfortunately their history of injuries suggest otherwise.

And our Brazilian meastro defender is getting on a bit and Fofana has had injury issues ?

Maybe we'll just have to score tons of goals to win games . I've put last season out of my mind . How did we do btw?

Well, we didn’t relegated. That’s about it really. 🫤

19 minutes ago, ducavis said:

No! We are only playing once a week, and even with Koulibaly leaving we have more than enough options at the back.

We hadn't played loads of games when the wing backs got injured ?

16 minutes ago, Kev56 said:

Well, we didn’t relegated. That’s about it really. 🫤

. We'll have another go this season 😄😄😄

16 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

We hadn't played loads of games when the wing backs got injured ?

We'd played 6 CL games and 5 of those were crucial, in a condensed first half of the season due to the world cup. 

Yes, we had played loads. It might be a shock how little football we have next year!

1 minute ago, bisright1 said:

We'd played 6 CL games and 5 of those were crucial, in a condensed first half of the season due to the world cup. 

Yes, we had played loads. It might be a shock how little football we have next year!

Not to mention, if we start getting a winning run together we'll probably not see that many changes if any.

9 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

We'd played 6 CL games and 5 of those were crucial, in a condensed first half of the season due to the world cup. 

Yes, we had played loads. It might be a shock how little football we have next year!

We might have loads of domestic cup games though. Didn't have many last season !!

7 minutes ago, Argo said:

Not to mention, if we start getting a winning run together we'll probably not see that many changes if any.

We can only hope!

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Do we need to start looking at beefing up our defence ?

I hope James and Chilly stay fit but unfortunately their history of injuries suggest otherwise.

And our Brazilian meastro defender is getting on a bit and Fofana has had injury issues ?

Maybe we'll just have to score tons of goals to win games . I've put last season out of my mind . How did we do btw?

RB: Reece / Gusto / Chalobah

LB: Chilwell / Cucurella / Hall

CB: Fofana / Chalobah / Silva / Badiashile / Colwill

This is assuming Koulibaly leaves there's plenty of cover. Bash is coming back off an impressive half season loan with Paderborn too, assume he'll be going on loan again though. Defence is least of our worries!

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

RB: Reece / Gusto / Chalobah

LB: Chilwell / Cucurella / Hall

CB: Fofana / Chalobah / Silva / Badiashile / Colwill

This is assuming Koulibaly leaves there's plenty of cover. Bash is coming back off an impressive half season loan with Paderborn too, assume he'll be going on loan again though. Defence is least of our worries!

Colwill can play leftback.

6 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Colwill can play leftback.

So can Sterling.

3 minutes ago, just said:

So can Sterling.

Colwill can play at left back to a high standard. Lol

15 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Colwill can play leftback.

So can I, would still rather see him in his best position. Left hand side of a back 3 would be fine though. 

7 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

So can I, would still rather see him in his best position. Left hand side of a back 3 would be fine though. 

I don't think I want us to go back to 3 cb system. It will be a waste having this many winger and play 343.

1 minute ago, Bob stark said:

I don't think I want us to go back to 3 cb system. It will be a waste having this many winger and play 343.

I agree, but that's as wide as i'd want Levi playing. Would be wasted as a LB in a back 4 imo.

1 minute ago, RIP Mourinho said:

I agree, but that's as wide as i'd want Levi playing. Would be wasted as a LB in a back 4 imo.

You can always play him as more defensive lb. Colwill will be fine,he will play a lot. 

 

 

4 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

I agree, but that's as wide as i'd want Levi playing. Would be wasted as a LB in a back 4 imo.

Or could he do from there what John Stones is doing for City?

40 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Or could he do from there what John Stones is doing for City?

I think he can. However you need to be very careful of copying city. It is true that city attack in 325 shape (pretty much everyone does this ) but they defend in 442 shape. Can we defend with Enzo and Gallagher/chuku in the middle? 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

I think he can. However you need to be very careful of copying city. It is true that city attack in 325 shape (pretty much everyone does this ) but they defend in 442 shape. Can we defend with Enzo and Gallagher/chuku in the middle? 

 

 

Think that's why I've been advocating having Caicedo + another DM in midfield. 

Nkunku as an inside forward ala Hazard. 

Just now, Sconnie Blue said:

Think that's why I've been advocating having Caicedo + another DM in midfield. 

Nkunku as an inside forward ala Hazard. 

If you plan is to play Caicedo + dm, where are you going to play Enzo?