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even see them play live So true!!! Marina at the wheel

Agreed - so often he walks with his head down & complaining without really going for it.

If Maurizio or anyone else from the coaching staff checked this forum and used the collective intelligence here I’m sure we’d win everything each year!

Whats is more I looked obvious that all our defence saw the flag up and just stopped playing, Rüdi didn't track back and Kepa hesitated. Other than that Spurs didn't have a single chance.

I thought Jorginho was excellent today - won so many balls, made interceptions and played some really good passes as well as dictating the play. Barkley was poor though - you’d expect more quality from our CAMs to provide that through ball or something creative - thats the problem in attack that we have now. As well as of course not having a CF or ST.

Signing US player to increase our US market presence and commercial value and eventually sell the club to US owners?

Same!

Great analysis with some stats from Opta: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46442319 basically we are passing a lot but the ball is moving too slow and our strikers are just not good enough. as for the Kante discussion - I not yet convinced he is played out of position - Id like to see stats how many interceptions he made up top. He can be key to those, think of Pedro goal against Fulham. The problem is that Luiz can't defend and is completely dependent on the DM helping him with some cover.

The signing that excites me the most is Kovacic. He has incredible close ball control and great acceleration to lose his marker in midfield and essentially cut of the first line of defence. This will come in so handy against the teams who pack 10 players without the ball. Kova can take a line of 5 out of the game . Morata's confidence and finishing is currently poor, but I hope he can still keep running and opening spaces - Kovacic will be there to place those passes for him.

Yerry Mina over Rugani anyone? :) One of the best CBs from WC.

Auba is also fox in the box type of player. Correct me if I'm wrong 97 out of this 98 goals in Bundesliga were scored form within the penalty area.

We should have just gone Bats <> Auba and made things easier for everyone. Yes, this would have been a bit more expensive option, but I'm sure club would have had the finances to facilitate this deal.

Spot on. Kinda explains why England never do well in international championships too. Boll*cks and pressure from the media is insane.

Any updates for the Boro game? Hazard, Costa, Azpi?

I'd have Isco over Rodriguez all day long! Also the Spaniard would probably come cheaper.