14 Dec 2025 15:31:33
5 games unbeteaten. 3 wins 2 draws. 5 conceeded, 3 clean sheets and performances are not as dire as they were. Hopefully it continues.
On Guehi, basically Palace have a choice. Cash in on him in Jan or lose him for nothing in the summer. I suspect they will cash in. They are in talks for a CB from Atalanta. Both him and Semenyo are keen on the move to Anfield, fees and wages are not a problem. If we don't get Guehi, we will sign 1 of the back up options.
With Gomez being injured again, we may go in the market for a RB. A young Italian, can't remember his name because I had too many porn star martinis last night ?.
14 Dec 2025 15:37:45
Palestra.
14 Dec 2025 15:43:50
Was the RB option Peter North?
14 Dec 2025 15:47:37
20 yo Marco Palestra at Cagliari (owned by Atalanta) is probably the Italian RB you are talking of, Thefields.
14 Dec 2025 15:52:47
Dare I say it we have seemingly turned a corner, them two and another young Italian defender would be a fine start to the new year.
All the best Fields.
14 Dec 2025 16:06:21
Cheers Thefields. We definitely need a right back as the two we got are seemingly made of glass.
14 Dec 2025 16:30:07
3 injury prone RB's on the books - let's buy another.
14 Dec 2025 18:13:08
I really like Michael kayode very athletic can get up and down the flank with ease and looks like he can actually dig deep and defend when needed .
Guehi is needed in Jan
Semenyo I really like and would add much needed pace upfront
A right back would free up frimpong to be a rotation player on the right wing as he is more winger than full back . And someone to rotate with Bradley at full back allowing Gomez to cover centre half off the bench and when needed for his minutes .
Kayode would be a great choice but won’t be cheap although we have great relationship with Brentford.
14 Dec 2025 18:40:44
Why are we not in for Givairo Read what are we actually doing he's literally perfect.
14 Dec 2025 20:06:02
Are we now going to have to ask for updates on YLFA for the next few weeks?
14 Dec 2025 23:33:20
Kayode is a good shout. Exactly the kind of piece you assume was dry-fitted in the summer, especially given how freely we were adding items to the trolley. That we didn’t pull it off the shelf feels deliberate rather than forgetful.
My read is the club are committed to BRADLEY (pre-owned) and don’t want to block the runner. You don’t install a temporary unit in front of something you believe will hold weight. He’s already shown what happens when the opponent arrives wearing white and the room is loud.
What remains is durability and conditioning of the imagination. Fewer sick notes, more visualisation. If every winger can be mentally relabelled “Madrid, ” the need for an additional bracket reduces significantly.
15 Dec 2025 02:26:19
@MrBrightside, I think the club will have decided not to by any more RBs ever again.
15 Dec 2025 05:03:39
Is it just me or is Fornax making more and more sense with his IKEA related posts? I swear I read all that and it made perfect sense in my head. I even found myself agreeing to it all.
15 Dec 2025 07:54:29
Dracred, I weirdly agreed with it too haha. FORNAX has been posting in his own weird style for so long, that he is practically a part of the 'furniture' on here now. (ba dum tss)
I'll get my coat.
15 Dec 2025 09:33:18
Drac, I agree with FORNAX on almost everything aswell.
I would question his reference to needing a bracket though.
I do believe that we would be in more need of a hinge and a multidirectional one would be even better - both Salah (and the current Madrid Trent) are both one dimensional brackets.
15 Dec 2025 10:29:56
Dracred- he’s slowly turning us….
15 Dec 2025 18:34:35
The birth of the Fornaxians!
15 Dec 2025 20:31:35
Apart from
The fact that the 2 draws were against promoted sides and Brighton played the exact opposite of the type of football we have been struggling against.
Hoping we’ve turned a corner but so unconvinced by Slot’s tactical ability at this point. The football we play is tiresome to watch even if we are now getting results. We have far too good a squad to be playing so badly.
15 Dec 2025 22:49:12
As with one or two other posters, @Brummy, you’ve conveniently overlooked the Milan match. Someone, I can’t remember who, tried to pass it off as being a European game presumably because they play those games under different rules.
We are going in the right direction. We are joint 5th in one of - if not the - toughest club leagues in the world having performed poorly for about three quarters of the games we have played so far. As you say the recent results are getting better - why not try and see the positives?
16 Dec 2025 07:19:44
The Milan match was also awful to watch and let’s not pretend they are a great team. If we played with any intensity we would have been able to turn them over like psg did last year.
16 Dec 2025 08:59:13
They were in the Champions League Final at the end of last season. Obviously they equate with a National League North side in English terms.
I thought it was good to watch.
Perhaps I went into the match without the pre-written script that a number of people have that says we are bad so we are going to be bad and people see everything that happens as being poor or awful, irrespective of what’s actually happening.
19 Dec 2025 06:34:41
yeah i agree.