W\e are out of the FA Cup, out of the Champions League and Man City is likely to win the EPL. I think it is quite clear that our season now is more or less over, we just need to keep up our efforts to stay in the Top 3 of the league. Is our season disappointing? From a trophy perspective, yet. From our ability to compete and also from our overall team growth and improvements, this seasons is rather successful.

We now need

• Another CB to add more steel to the defense, someone who would genuinely challenge Gabriel for his starting spot (Branthwaithe?…)
• Timber back at LB
• probably another CM/DM to complement Rice and Odegaard (Fofana from Monaco? Koopmeiners from Atalanta? Douglas Luiz from Villa?…),
• probably a winger to supplement Saka (sorry RN…- Williams, Olise, Bowen, Gordon, Mbeumo, Malen, Eze); and
• a CF to add more aerial threat and poaching instinct in front (sorry Eddie – Zirkzee, Wind, Sorloth, Toney…).

We also need to probably work on more game plans to become less predictable so maybe new formations like a 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 or 4-3-1-2-

Raya – White, Saliba, Gabriel, Timber – Rice, FOFANA – Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli – Havertz

RECRUIT? – Tomyasu, RECRUIT, Kiwior, Zinchenko – Partey, Jorginho – WILLIAMS, Emile, Trossard – WIND

Alternative set-up:

Raya – White, Sailba, Gabs, Timber – Partey, Fofana, Rice – Ode – Saka, Kai…

Raya – White, Saliba, Gabs, Timber – Odegaard, Fofana, Rice, Trossard – Saka, Havertz in a diamond shape

…

Anyways, let us try until the very end to win this league but chances are slim. I am hoping next year we do give ourselves a good chance in the FA Cup too. Trophies are important.

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