honeybradger

That's forgetting the fact that two of those European finishes happened after two of the worst bottles in our club's history. 14 points we had on 5th place Man United in 19/20 with around 13 games to go and we collapsed spectacularly. The real test of a manager is how they respond to when things go pear shaped and Rodgers failed in that regard. Look at the gap to Southampton and imagine us finishing below them at the end of the season (if the season only had 12 games left), that's how bad it was.

He's a lot better than i thought he was, I was pleasantly surprised by his finish for the first and tenacity for the second. Hopefully he can continue with these sorts of performances.

He's getting a lot of touches but is scared to make anything happen with them. Winks is ticking along nicely as always, Faes's passing has been sloppy, Vestegaard Justin and Ricardo have been good.

Why do we need depth for LW and attacking midfielder? We're strolling the league as it is and have Akgun coming back from injury. Personally i would rather see Will Alves get some first team minutes over the season rather than loan a player as a bench option who will be gone again in 5 months.

It's not a no brainer though. A player with attitude issues that hasn't played consistently in two years is not guaranteed to make the starting XI, not guaranteed to have the impact he had two years ago and will likely disrupt the squad. Let Leeds and Southampton have him, if we fail to get an automatic promotion spot it will be because of a mental collapse on our part, not the performances of Leeds or Southampton or us lacking player quality.

Calvin Bassey just had a standout performance against Arsenal.

You do have to wonder how we would be perceived after a couple or more seasons in the championship though. Considering we've had one of the most successful decades out of any club in England including the big six it's arguable that our status as a club has only temporarily increased.

He's our best player and the best player in the league. Even when he's off it he's still been a difference maker for us.

How come the ipswich game is still going on?

Mavididi wow

What do you mean by 'mythical goals and assists ratio of Iheanacho'? The stats that you have pulled up are good numbers for all of our strikers.

I think the issue with this is that with Winks not being a very defensively minded 6 we need two athletic, ball winning 8s for our midfield to not be bypassed easily. Does Gronbaek have the defensive capability we need?

His distribution was shocking today, gave the ball straight to the opposition at least three times. Part of me is worried that he will not be ready to play in the PL next season.

2.5 seasons of bad form for Wilf is a bit harsh. The Ndidi-Tielemans double pivot was one of the best midfields in the PL in 20/21, we would not have won the FA cup without Ndidi's performance. It's more like 1.5 seasons of Wilf not being at his best and half a season of that was because of an injury.