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You seem fixated on the narrative of number of goals conceded = the strength of the defence. Context is important. Having watched the dross we played last season, my brain and eyes told me that we conceded very few goals because we played hopeless sterile possession football, tapping it side to...

I feel like this is very wishful thinking. Hope it’s true but the Kolo ship may well have sailed now.

The bar is low there, if he scores about 10 goals and has a few good moments they will be frothing and likely buy him. We’ll never know the truth, I think it’s more likely we were low-balling and they weren’t budging from their valuation. He also can’t be on that big of a wage if Spurs decide...

Good on him, the mercato has been shit and he is concentrating on trying to win games and collect as many points as possible with what he currently has.

Could’ve really done with him today, would be better at LWB than anyone available today. But instead we can’t use him because he ‘may be’ sold. We are not a serious club any more, points and league tables are secondary to euros.

Yeah, nobody is doing that.

It’s a very likely scenario, and it will still hurt the same as it always does.

Home or away, Benfica will toy with us as they always do.

He is soft as piss. Any time there’s a battle, he loses, he’s inconsistent, can’t concentrate for 90 minutes. A few fancy skills, touches and inversions can’t make up for his obvious flaws. His back up is fucking Kostic.

Didn’t he score a header from near the penalty spot against us last season?

Playing with Kelly is playing with 10 men, they don’t mark him because they want the ball to go to him, he stands on the left touchline in possession so Yildiz and Cambiaso have to move, and then he will inevitably give the ball away about 5 times a game on average.

All I say is why bother playing at all, wish there was a way to simulate a whole season.

It’s like a morgue in here 35 minutes before the first game of the season.

I thought it was worse, but you’re right, just looks like that serious long term ACL and that’s it.

We currently have 5 players who could play in the 2 positions behind the forwards even if 2 of those were trying to offload (Conceicao, Yildiz, Koop, Luiz, Gonzalez). We only have 2 competent centre backs with a 3rd who is ok if Bremer is with him. If Bremer is out, that back line is shockingly...

Well. We paid about 9 million for someone named Djalo who fits the same description and is far worse. History keeps repeating itself at this club in all the wrong ways.

Looking after ourselves first, would include not strengthening a direct rival with whom we will likely contend for a top 4 place trophy, for the upcoming years.

Likely the same reason as Weah, Costa and other recent sales; there is no belief that their replacement (if one is brought in at all) will be any better. I’m not necessarily saying the rationale is correct.

I felt the bigger issue was that all he was doing was making simple passes and taking the easy option all last season, despite playing in the final third where his supposed creativity was meant to show. If he continues to move as slowly and little as he has since his move here, then he’s not...

The media have certainly painted that narrative. We do not know the truth here. Him snatching at shots that are not on, erratic first touches, errant passes are more synonymous with someone trying too hard than one who doesn’t give a damn. In terms of going out on loan, I’m not sure of the...