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Pimlico Tiger's avatar

Not bad, but in what world are we better served with Madueke than Conor?

Presumably Mudryk is having the time of his life in Strasbourg?

Onana I could definitely get behind. And Olise. Yes please. If we're adding a CB then I'd record scratch that and just keep Trev. Save a few bob.

Maatsen isn't coming back so spend the money on a LB - Doughty looks alright. Ait-Nouri maybe.

Striker? Gods knows. I'm too scarred to have any confidence in any of them TBH. Toney will do but doing business with Brentford furrows my brow. I'm tempted to let Arsenal waste their summer doing that. Osimhen? Big gamble. Looks a player, but will be in the PL? Morata looked a player, still does sometimes.

Luke Rushbrook's avatar

You all made the decisions mate. Madueke and Conor are incomparable to me, positionally for starters.

Pimlico Tiger's avatar

Well, I understand the concept! Just seems a weird outcome.

Obvs they aren't positionally the same but one is putting in standout performances and one... Isn't.

So a comment on how that has translated into the wisdom of crowds, seems like different standards were collectively applied to different players.

Umair's avatar

that midfield of Caicedo - Enzo and Nkunku as no 10 will get ripped apart defensively.

Put it simply we would not have got the point against City had Gallagher been not there. You need profiles like Gallagher, Onana, Rice. We made a mistake by not going for either Rice or Onana.

Luke Rushbrook's avatar

Nkunku is a 2nd striker in my system, the wingers would be hard working and go both ways

Umair's avatar

think then it can be Palmer / Olise on the right... both work hard though Palmer does get dispossessed a bit easily. On the left you cant have Mudryk or Sterling then. Sterling does not work hard enough and Mudryk is forever lost. So roll with Jackson plus someone as a back up.

Luke Rushbrook's avatar

I believe we need a starting left forward/winger, it is Palmer in my system

Andy Setterfield's avatar

Hi Luke

Yes your right some surprising omissions, Gilchrist for one, Gallagher for another and we’ve ended very light in midfield and attack.

As for fofana starting I think it will be a long time before he starts so Colwill Disasi would be starter under current form

Can we run this again at season close please?

Luke Rushbrook's avatar

Gilchrist was chosen to be loaned out

Andy Setterfield's avatar

Except how do we break the cycle of loan outs and buying expensive “finished” articles so called and cutting off the route into the team for academy players which ends up with us saying why did we sell Salah, debruyne et cetera.

Alex Carter's avatar

Agree. Think these polls were done at a really indifferent time for the team and the results might look intriguing at the end of the season

Not sure of the appeal of Onana when he's a bench warmer for Everton?

Luke Rushbrook's avatar

Onana is excellent technically and physically and the right profile for the type of squad player we need in that position