37 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

*37

That's the Balon D'Or for 26/27 all sewn up then LOL

And maybe he can do it with De Zerbi the prophet as his manager !

On 30/07/2026 at 11:47, Sexyfootball said:

Lacroix signing takes the first team squad up to 34 (and I'm not including Mudryk, Disasi, D.Fofana, Paez or Wiley).

These SD guys need to get at least 10 players out the door in what remains of the summer window. Only two each so surely achievable LOL

GK: 5 (Sanchez, Jorgensen, Penders, Sharman-Lowe, Slonina)

DEF: 13 (Palestra, Adarabioyo, Badiashile, Lacroix, Colwill, Sarr, Hato, Chalobah, James, Gusto, W.Fofana, Anselmino, Acheampong)

MID: 4 (Fernandez, Essugo, Caicedo, Lavia)

AM/FWD: 12 (Neto, Delap, Palmer, Gittens, Jackson, Rogers, Joao Pedro, Quenda, Emegha, Satpaev, Guiu, Estevao)

Welbeck and Henderson will take it to 36 !!!

Squad still looks one midfielder light on numbers to me, given injury potential for Lavia and Essugo.

Missing Barco in Midfield. Takes it to 38 players (Murdyk included).

We have 6 midfielders + James for 2 positions, would we have 1 too many.

Unless Enzo leaves, can’t see us signing anyone. The only issue is if he decides to stay and insists on playing further upfield.

Need to lose 13 players. Arteta has told Badiashille he isn’t in his plans, Jorgensen is Strasbourg loan bound, Chalobah might still be going to Como for a low €28m + €2m add on fee. Arteta said he needs 4-5 CB, so we need to lose 5 CBs.

1 hour ago, markpitts said:

Missing Barco in Midfield. Takes it to 38 players (Murdyk included).

We have 6 midfielders + James for 2 positions, would we have 1 too many.

Unless Enzo leaves, can’t see us signing anyone. The only issue is if he decides to stay and insists on playing further upfield.

Need to lose 13 players. Arteta has told Badiashille he isn’t in his plans, Jorgensen is Strasbourg loan bound, Chalobah might still be going to Como for a low €28m + €2m add on fee. Arteta said he needs 4-5 CB, so we need to lose 5 CBs.

I want this season scraped if he's our manager now.

Those Directors are so diabolical they done switched managers on us. What f**kers.

5 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

8 would be ok for the 4 positions in the 4-2-3-1 ... 4 starters and 4 back ups ... Ranieri's "two 'champions' for every position ... "

The 5 that I'd move out (4 of the 12 listed, plus one to accommodate Welbeck) would be Neto, Delap, Jackson, Guiu and then whoever Alonso fancies least out of Satpaev and Emegha

Let me go back to 2 season ago where Maresca default formation was 4 attackers and we essentially had no europe.

PL min

Palmer 3200

Jackson 2200

Neto 2200

Madueke 2100

Sancho 1700

Nkunku 800

Mudryk +Felix +George 500

Or Poch season (3 attacker).

Jackson 2800

Palmer 2600

Sterling 2000

Mudryk 1500

Madueke 1000

Nkunku - Borja 800

All you need is 6 attackers who really can play, 7 if you want to stretch it.

2 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Let me go back to 2 season ago where Maresca default formation was 4 attackers and we essentially had no europe.

PL min

Palmer 3200

Jackson 2200

Neto 2200

Madueke 2100

Sancho 1700

Nkunku 800

Mudryk +Felix +George 500

Or Poch season (3 attacker).

Jackson 2800

Palmer 2600

Sterling 2000

Mudryk 1500

Madueke 1000

Nkunku - Borja 800

All you need is 6 attackers who really can play, 7 if you want to stretch it.

Agree! You would think Palmer, Rogers & Pedro will get 75mins each in every game if they are fit. Ideally Enzo leaves so you can move Palmer into “10”, or sits in midfield (nightmare) which allows you to develop Estevao at RW. Quenda will rotate at RW, or Neto if he stays. That leaves Morgan Rogers at LW, moving into a “10” if Palmer is unavailable. Gittens as RW sub, with Welbeck as backup to Pedro.

Can’t see where Emegha gets mins without European football.

So what are they up to?

Sanchez

Jorgensen

Gusto

Tosin

Badishille

Disasi

Delap

Guiu

Jackson

Neto

All dross players they recruited bloating our squad with useless wastes of money. No sign of moves for them.

Nope instead they have added Emegha and Barco who quite possibly might join that list, as well as the injured twins Essugo and Lavia adding further issues.

I mean at least they can blame Todd for Fofana.

But hey they can release PR that they are impressed working alongside Alonso. I doubt the feeling is mutual.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

So what are they up to?

Sanchez

Jorgensen

Gusto

Tosin

Badishille

Disasi

Delap

Guiu

Jackson

Neto

All dross players they recruited bloating our squad with useless wastes of money. No sign of moves for them.

Nope instead they have added Emegha and Barco who quite possibly might join that list, as well as the injured twins Essugo and Lavia adding further issues.

I mean at least they can blame Todd for Fofana.

But hey they can release PR that they are impressed working alongside Alonso. I doubt the feeling is mutual.

Gusto, Jackson & Neto are all good enough to be squad players. The rest absolutely need to go. Including Sanchez.

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Nope instead they have added Emegha and Barco who quite possibly might join that list, as well as the injured twins Essugo and Lavia adding further issues.

I think Barco is here to stay and will be replacing Santos. They even made a video for him.

59 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I think Barco is here to stay and will be replacing Santos. They even made a video for him.

Our away games should be entertaining listening to the crowd. Enzo and Barco, plus the reaction to our 74 charges hearing.

14 days left dummies.

Slonina

Tosin

Disasi

Anselmino

Essugo

Gittens

Guiu

Jackson

Delap

DD Fofana

Washington

11 needed to be sold, or in some cases loans.

Get a move on.

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

14 days left dummies.

Slonina

Tosin

Disasi

Anselmino

Essugo

Gittens

Guiu

Jackson

Delap

DD Fofana

Washington

11 needed to be sold, or in some cases loans.

Get a move on.

Don't forget Neto, Enzo, Gusto, Wiley and Paez !

1 minute ago, Sexyfootball said:

Don't forget Neto, Enzo, Gusto, Wiley and Paez !

Neto, Enzo and Gusto may well prove some use to Alonso. More looking at the players who are either needing games to see if they have anything, like Anselmino or Essugo, or are just useless and need gone, which Wiley and Paez appear to be heading towards.

I didn't think it possible to find anybody more incompetent and a bigger bellend than those imposters we have as Sporting Directors at this club.

But...calling Thiago Scuro to the stage please.

What a w*nker. Clearly Laurance Stewart was his mentor.

When does he join?