Looking at what's happened this season not only in our games all the others who do you realistically see beating us next? I am not trying to come across as naively thinking we are unbeatable and don't want to be accused of being a happy clapper but going forward at this moment I'm not frightened of anyone. We have played the, arguably, best two teams in the league and not for two soft penalties would have drawn with both. I honestly think when we do lose it will be to one of the poorer sides who catch us on an off day.
To reply to your last paragraph it should depend on our bench. Bielsa has shown less rigidity and willing to change players earlier in the game. Indeed he has hooked some at half time take roberts for example. (please take Roberts). Class is permanent so it has been proved and these new signings have just that. Cooper is not immune and the team spirit will survive any player being replaced even from the off.
For me it will be anyone who we fail to score against. As soon as we slip back into a day of missed chances in front of goal, is the day we will get beat. Premiership teams can close out a game better than the Championship and we need to snap up a good % of chances as we have done so far. We have Rodrigo who will helpand Koch/Llorente will score from set pieces but we also need Klich, Pablo, Harrison and Costa plus Raphinaha to chip in too. Im sure they will but an off day will become a bad day
Early days lads, I find myself cheering for whoever is playing Fulham, WBA, Sheff Utd and Brighton. I just want us to avoid relegation, anything else is a bonus. Bielsa doesn't think like me, just as well.
Just read a good article based upon an interview with Man City’s CEO who is kicking off at the Premier League for not cashing in on B Teams. He says Premier League clubs develop fantastic young players who get snapped up on free transfers or for peanuts as only 17yo by big German clubs like Dortmund, Leipzig, Bayern etc and then cash in by selling them back into the Premier League at 10 times what they paid for them. Jadon Sancho a case in point, was behind Sterling, Silva, Sane and more so left at 17yo but now being hawked back to the Prem for £120m. Man City have lost too many talented kids including Poveda because they cant get into the first team immediately. Why should we prop up the German leagues with talent that we develop. Bellingham is also at Dortmund because no Prem club could promise playing him, so Birmingham had to let him go for peanuts. Like the idea of Premier B which would be above the Academy U23s which would carry on developing kids, but we would end up with a proper reserve team and more competition and more televised games and more cash?
Who do people see as being our first choice dead ball player now that we have the new signings? Still Phillips or the likes of Llorente?
I’m with (I forget who posted it) concerned with the goalkeeping situation. Meslier picks up an injury and we’re playing our U12s keeper
I mentioned it the other day. Wouldn't fancy throwing in one of our reserve keepers if Meslier gets injured. They're too young and inexperienced - just not ready imo. They're all better than Coco though
Hoping the plan is for Meslier to fake injury and we can then go for an emergency loan of Romero as Kiko is injured
Anyone heard of the bollox this afternoon where we had Charlie Cresswell score on his England U19 debut and we also had Sam Greenwood playing and England were winning 3-1 against the jocks. Match abandoned before half time due to a jock coach testing positive for covid.
