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Seen him play a couple of times. Don’t watch as much Serie A as I used to, but I’ve seen a couple of his games. And of course the highlight videos, but they can be very selective. I personally do not think he’s quick enough for what we need. If the club disagree, then fine.

A back three of JPVH, Coppola and Boscagli will be very good at getting the ball up the pitch but will constantly look like they’re running through treacle on the counter attack. Not for me IMO, after the last two seasons. Would much prefer Mario Gila, though I doubt he’d come here with Chelsea...

Not fast enough. Neither him or Boscagli solve the pace issue at the back. Having those two as our summer centre back signings would be a mistake.

How incredibly boring

If I was one of those ‘country over club’ types I’d be begging for us to sign him, as a move here would almost certainly get him out of the England squad

The manager had no interest in using either of them. That’s absolutely fine, but it’s evident. Fact is the way we recruit has changed from simply being an exceptional pathway for very young players. We’ve had to mix that in with more expensive signings, spending money on older players, Wieffer...

Have to say, I see where they’re coming from. The club absolutely know what they’re doing and the project is absolutely right for what we need. But it’s hard to argue with that point of view when you look at the downward spirals of Enciso and Ferguson, two players who were our prized assets 18...

Excellent analysis thread for those interested

We have to sign this guy. I’ve seen a fair bit of him. He’s perfect.

It’s such a small-club mentality thing to go “oh, well I guess since that player that we’ve had to use as emergency cover in position x has done okay there, we don’t need to spend anything can we can just leave him there”. A serious club goes and buys a specialist for that position. We bought...

Lots of Netherlands fans on X saying Verbruggen is having surgery, hence not called up for the upcoming internationals.

Most of which he won himself through his own good play. Laughable comparison with Maupay.

I’m frankly terrified at the thought of him not being here next season. There’s no one else in the squad who can turn a game like he does and nobody remotely in our price range like that who we could buy either. I think a lot of posters are underestimating how pivotal he is for us. It’s going to...

He’s scored ten goals this season, that speaks for itself. If he goes, we’re going to have to compensate for that from somewhere. That’s really all there is to it

Enjoyed a lot of it, found parts really really frustrating. It’s never been a question of us not having the ability, but the silly mistakes and naivety (to be expected) have been really irritating. I suppose to get a figure on that scale I have to compare it to other recent seasons. Enjoyed it...

We could be, though we appear to be selling at least 20 of those goals this summer. How we go about replacing that will be the difference between a 2022/23 season or a repeat of 2019/20

Especially when you consider the current alternative

Chelsea winning, that’s that

Don’t think the medical team decided that the game plan should be playing traditional wingers with the aim of crossing the ball into the box without a recognised striker

Having this kind of mentality in must-win games is precisely why we’ll never win a major trophy. Time and again we fail to turn up. It’s been like this as long as I can remember