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WhiteWall said:
Yet to be fully convinced by Gusto. Be honest, at this point in time Gusto and Pavard is incomparable. One's a full blown international, World Cup winner and Runner up, CL, Super Cup and World Club Cup winner, and 4 times Bundesliga champion. It might not fit the age profile (27 too old? Jesus!) but its a safer pay of hands i reckon. Maybe Gusto will grow into the position. We are about to find out i suppose
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Let's not pretend Gusto wasn't one of our better players at preseason, and looked quite comfortable against Liverpool once he found his feet. I have high hopes for him and it is looking like he will come out as our most important signing. 

We also have Disasi who can play RB. 

 
Very annoying but totally expected , great player but wouldn’t be surprised to see him retired within a few years the ways things are going. 
 

Does look to me like he carries too much weight/muscle though.

 
What the hell has he done? Longest he's been out with a hammie previously is 49 days.

His recent injury history is appalling though.

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I appreciate being a captain is also a symbolic thing but practically it was always sketchy to give him the arm brand considering the constant injuries. Chilwell is by all purposes the actual main captain due to the constant uncertainty around Reece. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
Let's not pretend Gusto wasn't one of our better players at preseason, and looked quite comfortable against Liverpool once he found his feet. I have high hopes for him and it is looking like he will come out as our most important signing. 

We also have Disasi who can play RB. 
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Problem is - and the same as the last two seasons - all our attacks depend on Reece and Chilwell. Was the same against Liverpool already.

And now we're looking to play 3 DMs in the centre, how are we going to score enough goals. the days of 1-0s in the Prem is largely over and we pretty rarely score more than one goal per game in the last two seasons  

 
Sconnie Blue said:
Same source that claimed Nkunku needed surgery. 

And yes, Gusto now looking like our most important signing. 
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On what basis. I'm confused. Define most important signing. Presumably you are referring to the fact that he is now the only cover for an injury prone James.

I can't see what rationale makes Gusto our likeliest most important signing in comparison to Jackson, Nkunku, Disasi, Santos, Madueke, Caicedo, Lavia, as well as players coming into the side (as if new signings to the first team) such as Colwill and, hopefully Maatsen

 
WhiteWall said:
On what basis. I'm confused. Define most important signing. Presumably you are referring to the fact that he is now the only cover for an injury prone James.

I can't see what rationale makes Gusto our likeliest most important signing in comparison to Jackson, Nkunku, Disasi, Santos, Madueke, Caicedo, Lavia, as well as players coming into the side (as if new signings to the first team) such as Colwill and, hopefully Maatsen
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I'm referring to instead of replacing James with an over the hill 33 year old Azpilicueta, we have a young promising player in Gusto who is hungry to impress. 

Imagine Azpilicueta for months in a season where we need to finish Top 4/5,

 
I have no faith in us getting back to the top end of the league. I don't see how it's possible when our best players keep getting injured. Badiashile, Chalobah, Fofana, Nkunku and now James. 5 players out and the season has only just started. Nkunku and James are our two best players, you can't make it into the top 4 without your best players.

I don't know what can be done with James at this point. He's exactly like Kante. We all knew this was going to happen again and it has, and it will happen again as soon as he comes back too. Surgery is an option to try and correct the issue, but as we saw with Kante, it never worked. 

I don't think Gusto is ready to be relied on yet, but we already have no choice but to throw him in.

 
This is depressing news that ruined my day, hope James gets a speedy recovery

 
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With this amount of doubt in Gusto, I'm pretty sure no one here has ever seen him play before preaseason. Ya'll gonna be really surpised. James getting injured yet again is shambolic but Gusto is the best one to replace him.

 
A great chance for Gusto.  This is disappointing news, but at this point its no longer surprising.  Big loss.

I am confident in Gusto - he has all the tools to be successful in PL.  Think back 4 suits him better, but no reason he can't adapt to WB.

Agree with @Scott Harris - recurring injuries to critical players will severely hamper any progress.  Not sure how we break this cycle

 
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Scott Harris said:
I have no faith in us getting back to the top end of the league. I don't see how it's possible when our best players keep getting injured. Badiashile, Chalobah, Fofana, Nkunku and now James. 5 players out and the season has only just started. Nkunku and James are our two best players, you can't make it into the top 4 without your best players.

I don't know what can be done with James at this point. He's exactly like Kante. We all knew this was going to happen again and it has, and it will happen again as soon as he comes back too. Surgery is an option to try and correct the issue, but as we saw with Kante, it never worked. 

I don't think Gusto is ready to be relied on yet, but we already have no choice but to throw him in.
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Pavard is valued at £34m apparently. We are chasing after Olise for £35m and now Barcola or Johnson for simialr money, when we have Madueke, maatsen and if needed Burstow as a stop gap that we could put in there.

maybe Caicedo wil end up at RB more than at DM, which woud be a massive shame

 
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