Surely, SURELY, it has break clauses

I'm not even sure I agree on Fernandez. He's good in some respects but such a limited athlete (know he covers a lot of distance) which is why I think he's often pushed further forwards at Chelsea. Wouldn't go near him even if it weren't for the character stuff

Yeah and surely there'd be a deal to do for him with Chelsea's situation. Though I thought the same about Madueke and, well, fair to say we didn't get much of a discount there

Yeah hard to actually justify, but if there's a chance of getting him for 15m or something I'd still take the punt.

Plus he's always injured so wouldn't need any adaption period

We should try and get Lavia on the cheap. Got that ability to wriggle out of pressure and progress the ball that we really lack in midfield

Ah great stuff! Glad it's still worth a visit

Looking back, Semenyo (if at all possible) would have been an amazing signing in the summer. So two-footed that he could have allowed Saka to rest while also being our best option on the left hand side

The road also already has a bike lane on it. They're opposing the extension of something that is already in place and working well

Went to a place called castizo in Seville a few years back. Bit fancier than most places but was amazing and stupidly good value

I honestly think the latter is an attempt at dark arts and pushing the margins. It actually makes it hard for us to keep the ball and is stupid

Surely worth trying Jesus to try and knit it together a bit. Gyokeres doesn't compliment the other two at all, why keep trying it

Would rather play Jesus up top ffs

Yeah Kompany feels like he'd also be worth a shot but wouldn't leave. He seems to be getting a lot out of that squad which has some great players but isn't amazing throughout. Even Enrique would be a risk, so many games off with PSG and that would be totally different in England

Yeah was going to say exactly this but less eloquently. I don't like Arteta either, but think he's probably in the top five managers in Europe so realistically almost any change is likely to be risky at best and a step down at worst

Not trying to pick a fight but wondered if you still think this. Prompted by a James Benge stat showing out xG when they play together. The addendum was that it's even worse when Madueke is on the pitch, which I think we both agreed on at the time!!

Feels like he surely needed someone to balance him out, rather then the opposite

Oh boy, then I have absolutely no idea

Are we swapping players?

He looked great at Southampton too

So shit. Saw something recently about Bayern moving to a model where the squad is filled out from the academy and they only buy stars. Maybe not totally realistic but we should be aiming for something like that where possible

Result of not rotating well at all. White looks cooked/out of form and Timber overplayed and injured

I was just think how few one touch passes we play. There don't seem to be any real patterns of play at all

We also break through the lines, then immediately turn back and have to do it again. So easy to defend

That kind of stuff must irritate refs and subconsciously set them against you.

Yeah always been a Nike man, wasn't sure if this was the first game or if I'd missed something

Key question, is this his first game in Adidas boots?

MLS started against bayern and athletico. Do you think it's a coincidence that they were two of our most convincing performances of the season? Feels like we've lost a lot on the ball without him in the side

Alvarez didn't make your list?

Hadn't noticed it until someone pointed it out yesterday but he started against Athletico and Bayern. Coincidence?