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One thing is for sure, it will be a busy window. We have guys like Tierney, Tavares, Lokonga, Patino out on loan that probably have no future here. Cedric and Elneny are out of contract. Players with big question marks, Ramsdale, Zinchenko...

Didn’t realise so many of Palmers goals were penalties. Was probably a silly comparison for me to make, different players, different positions etc. Plus like you say, one is carrying his team, the other is more a cog in a well functioning team.

How does his non penalty goals compare to Cole Palmer, who we all accept has had a great season?

For the Feyenoord / Dutch guys, how’s his time there viewed in comparison to someone like GvB who also won the league there?

Has he?

Good one! :D

We all looked at the run in a while ago, and those games vs Spurs and Utd away stood out like sore thumbs. Without being too disrespectful to Bournemouth and Everton, it’s looking increasingly like the Spurs and Utd games are going to go a long...

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I’m sure they hoped Nkunku would be that guy. Yeah, I think you are probably right. My thinking is that it should be easier to tweak the team and structure to get results against teams you should be beating next season, than look way off in...

Again, another very decent performance against a top team, and it’s not been a 1 off, they’ve played well in a few different big games, and if they had a clinical no 9, could and should have won a few of them. They’ve obviously suffered a lot of...

We did mess up the Bayern game. We went 1-0 up, White should have made it 2-0. But we shouldn’t have chased the game. There was no need to. Then a catalogue of errors leads to the equaliser, you can also say similar allowing them to take the...

Fair point, but it's hard to put a time scale on it, as each season is different, and each will have it's own context. Everyone will have a different opinion when that point is reached as well. Some might even have it now.

While others were saying last seasons title challenge was a 1 off. One seems a bit more correct than the other.

Its the first time we were actually in the Champions League for 7 years, the first time our manager has managed in it, and the the first time many of our players have played in it. Experience counts for a lot. Its also a knockout competition...

Highly experienced team who have many players that have won the lot dealt with a highly pressured knock out tie better over 2 legs against an experienced young team that have won nothing is hardly a big surprise!