10 Apr 2026 19:38:56
After last summer's Kleenex transfer window, I genuinely hope they realise what they need to do this summer because all those Kleenex's should have been used for our tears at the shambles we have become.
Everyone asking for new wingers but how on earth are we going to fit Isak, Ekitike, 2 wingers, Wirtz, Szobozlai, Gravenberch and two attacking fullbacks into a functioning team?
No legs, defensive mindset, no physicality and no drive in that midfield.
A rebuild of midfield is needed.
They offer no protection to the defence whatsoever!
10 Apr 2026 19:48:11
If Hughes and Edwards are at the helm, I wouldn't trust them to do a pi$$ up in a brewery.
10 Apr 2026 19:59:18
Tell me, how is it you propose to move forward without replacing Salah? Look how well not replacing Diaz went. Players will have to adapt. End of.
10 Apr 2026 20:03:31
Could try an old fashioned 4-4-1-1, Wirtz in the free roll/10. Ekitike to rotate with Isak, wingers start on their natural sides but switch as needed like PSG. Gravenburch to sit in, and Szoboszlai as the engine room. If we get a DM, then chop and change them as needed, dependent on the opposition.
10 Apr 2026 23:34:01
Teacake on the left, Diomande on the right, Isak up front, Joao Gomes central mid, Mac at Madrid.
11 Apr 2026 03:26:07
@Chewy, We can't replace prime Salah - there was nobody like him and for three or four years he was the best in the world in his position. So, we either continue playing him until he's 40 or we move on and adapt the team to play a different way.
He and Robbo have accepted that they aren't going to be regular starters next season, but still want to be regular starters at the best level they can get. Good on 'em for giving it a crack, and I really hope they are successful.
That said, we need to move on. Hopefully at the start of next season we have 3 or 4 starters / worthwhile squad members added to the squad and a coaching staff that has the team fit and ready to play in August and that has a style of football in place that allows players like Dom, FW, Hugo, AI to achieve what we know they can do.
If we can do that then, again, hopefully we can look forward, restore belief and tear up the PL and Europe rather than looking back on what we had and lost.