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If he’s second striker he’ll also have a #9. I think he needs one. He really looks like he drifts to create space for others and has a good decisive passing range Buonnanote isn’t a 10. He’s an 8 I agree -he’s not a 9, which is why we need Fodis as well and then have 2 of the 3 you listed also be runners. I do worry about Zaha a little. He and Stephy want to play in same space Stephy liked being main man. Also Zaha isn’t a presser so what does that do to us defensively? That was a huge part of our success last season but clearly we’ve lost the player who was key to that (KDH) cc: @StriderHiryu

Looks tidy! Could be a great 10 / SS - I still want Fotis too. Will feel a lot more confident of staying up if we can get both

I really like the look of this guy. Has pace, drive and can carry the ball as well as finish. I think he fits what Cooper is trying to do… get us a bit more direct and inject speed across the front

Undoubtedly a really good player - hopefully the price is right. I do worry he’s never really done it in England apart from at Palace and having him up top is yet another move away from last season’s successful tactics of pressing quickly to recover the ball fast and creating chances (although we’ve not seen any of that preseason anyway!).

Sensible move (finally ). Good player, gives us more what we need and doesn’t lock us into long term commitment to keep paying for him beyond this season (like Okoli where we are putting a big bet on on him improving and having resale value, or else we are locked into paying YoY for him via amortisation, which the cap gets smaller on if we go back down). I know some here would prefer to buy if goes well (like Fatawu) but if doesn’t (Souttar) we are stuck. goal for this season is to stay up and short termism (with small outlay immediately) to achieve that outweighs buying for long term in my opinion

Groundhog Day was a funny film. This is just as depressing a fcuk

Maybe named after the trouser press?

Not sure LFC are a direct competitor right now! Could happen with Doak but I’m mainly wanting to just stay up at any cost right now and start some sort of rebuild. Beg, borrow or… no, just those two… to avoid relegation!

Totally agree. Also, wasn’t Fatawu a loaner that fell in love with the club after playing a blinder?

Why can my we have both or play Will as a 10? This kid is great

Extended highlights on YouTube didn’t make it look too bad. I thought people said our media team was crap? They clearly did a great job editing to control the narrative (and included the usual 3 mins of players walking out to pad the run time)

Awesome! Which one is you? Need face to name!

I see where you are coming from but also seems like he doesn’t have a plan A first?! Surely you have to perfect that before planning for contingencies? Cohesion and rhythm are what make teams click and get results

Best part of today seems to be that Palermo paid a tenner for the LCFC stream and then restreamed it on their YouTube for free!!!

I also watched olympics - it was free for a start! I already replied why I was wondering. Not sure people wet the bed but chatting to mates who I trust and who went in person, they are a little worried and summarised it in a word… 💩

Ummm, yes. Because if people who watched overwhelmingly are a bit worried about lack of cohesion and plan and someone said anyone moaning is entitled but that person didn’t watch then how can they say that. if the person I asked watched, and didn’t think it was worrisome, and said why, I’d put more wait behind their comment. Make sense?

Did you watch? Genuine question

Love how our preseason is turning into the first part of a rope-a-dope. Look out PL when we unleash…

you could remove the m after the 2.5, Ric Lad!

Depends if we also pay other expenses, like to feed him at Seagrave... [insert your own joke about amount of food he eats]

To be fair, Tete was decent and helped us get wins against Villa (where he was very good) and Spurs. Shame he dropped off - I blame Rodgers still for us getting relegated. I think VK will turn out decent, not sure for who - still early days with Cooper and will be interesting tomorrow to see the tactics and team

Glad he asked him about integrating the young up and coming players into the squad…

FBREF does https://fbref.com/en/players/bceda5ff/scout/365_m2/Abdul-Fatawu-Issahaku-Scouting-Report

Wout a rumour this is. which Wout will be good Wout? Weg puts himself aWout I like it. Pleeeeeeee——aaaaaannnnnn BEEEEEEEEARGHFHFJFJ # GERRITFORWARD Might score from some corners too The new Ulloa

Keep him for squad depth and as buffer if we go down. The lad clearly loves being at City and has some potential, I’d keep. Not going to get much better for the price and we still have a thin squad in the attacking positions and he can cover a few.