Harry_SFC

I'd go with this. Would like to see Gabbiadini on the right cutting onto his left foot. Apparently he was used in that position for Napoli a fair bit.

I feel for Bertrand to be honest. The amount of times he sprints to get in support of Redmond who in turn either loses the ball or cuts inside and ignores the run is ridiculous. RB is a much better crosser of the ball, sadly Redmond rarely uses him.

Basically this. Their defence was terribly exposed for the majority of the second half and most of the team were poor. As has been said already, there aren't any strikers in the premier league as good as Mbappe.

We really do require a creative player to link up with Gabbi, fingers crossed the club have something lined up.

He would definitely struggle to get into the team, our forward players are in such great form at the moment.. assists and goals all over the place. Who would he replace!?

Our attacking options are pretty dire really and as others have mentioned, this is what's holding the team back. Tadic has done next to nothing since Pelle left and his workrate is pretty poor. Don't get me started on his finishing.. Redmond is too busy moaning at others and just doesn't contribute enough in the final third. Boufal is trying his best to live up to his price tag but nothing is coming off for him. When he does release the ball he tends to give it away a lot. Possibly give him more of a chance though at the expense of Tadic as clearly we can't play both at the same time.

Wrong formation. Wrong team selection. Players didn't seem to give a toss. Bednarek, Forster and Tadic particularly bad. Could be a long season..

I think every team needs a player who is a little more expressive on the ball. Someone who is willing to take a risk now and again. Okay maybe this is a bit too often with Boufal but we wouldn't be very entertained if we had 11 Steven Davis's on the pitch would we? At least when he is selfish he's not like Redmond (loses the ball and blames everyone but himself)

He's probably lower half premier league level. It's definitely a position that can be improved upon however I can't see that happening any time soon.

Forster Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina Boufal Davis Tadic Gabbiadini

Forster Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina Redmond Davis/JWP Tadic Gabbiadini Subs: Taylor, Bednarek, Pied, Davis/JWP, Boufal, Long, Austin.

It's not the fact that Yoshida or Stephens would be first choice that would concern me, more so that Bednarek or Gardos would be their replacements if they happened to get injured or suspended..

How many have seen Gibson on a regular basis? Middlesbrough had a pretty decent defensive record for a relegated side last season and their fans rate him very highly. His stats are very good too. We wouldn't spend that much on a centre back but I expect he's better than what we have (Vvd excluded).

Due to be announced tomorrow according to Di Marzio

Disagree that Bertrand wouldn't need replacing. Targett is just not good enough and whilst McQueen has potential he's not up to the standards of a premier league left back just yet. Van Dijk would be harder to replace though I agree. We cannot afford to have a window like last season when players weren't adequately replaced.

Imagine what VVD will be thinking when we let Bertrand and Cedric leave..

We're probably looking for an upgrade on Clasie.

Jokanovic for me.

Targett is pretty shocking. Mcqueen has promise but is not ready to be No.1 Left Back. If we sell Bertrand we need to buy someone who is ready to go straight into the first 11.

This - we have some very deluded fans..

Are you telling me you were happy with the way the Centre Back situation was handled by the club? To let Fonte leave before we had a replacement in was criminal and contributed to us losing the EFL cup final.

There isn't any need for a statement unless something is official however I'd like to think things are progressing behind the scenes. Hopefully Les Reed has learnt from his mistakes during January and is getting the managerial situation sorted now.

I'm pretty sure we are just waiting on St Etienne to approach Puel, if they don't then surely he will get the boot. Just as long as we don't miss out on potential managerial targets in the process (Can see another Fonte esq situation occurring)

There's only one Thomas Tuchel, Oneeee Thomas Tuchel

We shouldn't even consider selling him for less than that. Man City have at least £400 million to spend this summer, I'm sure they can stump up another £10 million or so.