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Don't think there has been a debate since 2020 when he hit the 100 PL goal mark and won the golden boot to be honest. A couple others have more goals than him for us but his overall career with us is far better than any player we've had before him.

5 goals 2 assists with minimal service all season as well.

Moroccan zidane. I said he will be our best and most improved player under Ruud but even despite that I was surprised with how good he was today, should have gotten 3 assists. Already kissing the badge, let's hope he meant it.

Arguably the best player in the world this season. If we need scouts at the game to determine whether this guy is worth buying or not we really are screwed.

I think we would all be relatively happy with Skipp if he was bought for £5mil. He's decent enough and can do a job as a rotation player. Even for that price maybe you would look for a player with a higher ceiling than him. For example you can get someone like Lennon Miller for £5mil. Us spending £20mil and not getting a player who is definitely good enough to start at PL level in the position we were in this summer is ludicrous, it really is. Add in the fact that this sort of business (spending large amounts on mediocrity) has been our transfer strategy since 2019 and there really should have been some senior people at this club sacked by now. There were a few exceptions like Fatawu and Fofana but even then we spent a lot of money on them. I just wish we would go back to our old strategy of buying low and selling high.

Does anyone else feel that looking at the money we've spent on players over the last few years and the quality of the squad right now that they could do a better job at recruitment than the club has done? It barely seems professional the way the club has been run looking at the players we have at our disposal and the quality of players you can find with about 20 minutes of research that are available on the market for cheaper prices than we bought our players.

I dont get it but that's hilarious.

Lennon Miller at Motherwell. 18 years old. Apparently available for £5mil in January and is already twice the player Oliver Skipp is for 1/4 the fee. Shows how poor our scouting department has been recently.

Cooper spent over £50mil in the summer. He could have easily replaced Faes if he wanted, Faes being a starter at this point in the season is partly down to him.

Yes we also need a better midfield but it works both ways, the defence is also to help support the midfield. What are Ndidi and Soumare supposed to do when Faes dozes off and marks Vestergaard's man like he did for the 3rd goal?

2026 isnt it? Please God it's 2026.

His contact runs out at the end of next season, his book value should be around £7mil in January. Hopefully there is someone who will buy for that.

No Coady please. Defenders are supposed to be able to defend first and foremost, not sure leadership means anything when we concede every time the opponent attacks with Coady on the pitch.

We spent £15million pounds on Faes, £11 mil on Okoli, £8mil on Coady, £20mil on Soumare, £20mil on Skipp. There are many clubs that are competitive in Europe whose record signing is £20mil or lower ie. PSV, Sporting. These teams are not spending more than we are. We dont have a budget issue, we outspend most clubs in Europe. We just spend our money poorly, our issue is that we need to change our transfer strategy. Look at the best teams in Europe that are not in the PL and see what works for them and what £20mil gets them.

At least the squad is so bad that if we do it right replacing them with better players shouldnt even cost that much. Genuinely think you could improve every position in that backline for a total of £30mil.

We were actually considering signing Theate in the summer as well. Joke of a club.

He isnt the only problem but he is a small part of our biggest problem which is that we have been signing players who arent good enough for the last 5 years. We need a rebuild of our transfer department, worst part of the club currently.

Ayew still on , thank **** we wont have this preferential treatment for him and Cordova Reid under Ruud

Doesnt matter if he has a buyer or not. He needs to be shipped out on loan or sent to the reserves. We cant have his catastrophic defending impact the club any further than it already has.

Because Skipp is also not good enough. El Khannouss should be starting though.

We need a new DM who can cover the defence and who is comfortable on the ball. Neither Soumare nor Ndidi can offer both (not Skipp either).

Here are 3 young ball playing centrebacks at midtable Belgian clubs who are better than our centrebacks: Omar Fayed - 21 years old. Plays for Beerschot on loan from Fenerbahçe. Starred for Egypt at the Olympics. Rein Van Helden - 22 years old. Plays for STVV. Jose Marsa - 22 years old. Plays for Mechelen. Excellent on the ball but struggled at Sporting so might not be good enough defensively.

El Khannouss will be our best player under Van Nistelrooy.

Why is El Khanouss not starting? He's far to good to be sat on the bench behind this start XI.

Alexandro Bernabei from Celtic on loan at Internacional looks like a good option. Seemingly fallen out of favour with Rodgers and has been arguably the best left back in the Brazilian league. His loan ends in December, for £8mil I think he could be a steal for us. Potential Argentinian National team player.