Sander Berge

And what struck me, being on comms today, is both teams played the same system.

And when you're struggling in a game to get any sort of rhythm whatsoever, I, I don't think I've seen midfield players like Sander Berge and Che Adams get the ball off their center backs, get on the half turn, and turn around at Anfield under no pressure.

So the conversation I would be having if I was playing alongside Szoboszlai is, "Right, let's go man for man against those two for 10 minutes of the game.

You take care of him.

And it's one pass sideways that defeats all of them.

You've got Sander Berge on the bench.

He's...

He never shoots.

You've got, um [lips smack] Iwobi can play in midfield.

You've got Sander Berge.

You've got the, the fella who scored the, Harrison Reed scored that worldy against us.

Like, there's a strong group of midfielders, strong group behind the attack.

I think Shay Charles is, is very good.

You've got Sander Berge, you've got Harrison Reid.

I, I li- I like that four.

And then in the line ahead of that, on the left ...

And that is unsustainable even if you get in an extra center back who's really quick.

And even if, you know, at the moment he's playing Alex Iwobi, and it was Shay Charles at the weekend, but it was been Sander Berge.

Even if you switch that for two more defensively-minded midfielders, even if that is, let's say, Berge and Charles or, or Larsson and Charles, or whatever that looks like, I, I still don't think you've got enough defensively in order to deal with the amount of counterattacks that you're going to give away.

And, uh, you know, when Marco Silva used to be the Fulham manager, he tilted left a lot.

I think Sasa Lukic going is a big loss in midfield from what he brought.

Didn't start with Sander Berge this weekend.

What else is there? Charles, I hope he does well, but he's gotta come in and be as good as Lukic, as good as Palini was before him, as good as Sander Berge has been in that role.

I dunno.

I dunno yet.

I'll wait for him to pronounce it properly.

Um, I would like to see Shay Charles in the middle with Sander Berge.

I think it gives you a bit more assurance going back as well as going forward.

Um, I'm not Webby's biggest fan.

They had other possibilities.

I heard names such as Sander Berge at, uh, Fulham, and we know Lamine Camara became the one that they went for in the end, and we'll come on to talk about that drama.

Why did Chelsea leave it until that point? People are frustrated them for that, but there, there were reasons for it as well, because the moment you start to show the market that you're going for somebody else, like a replacement, you're telling the other club that you're gonna do the deal, which is exactly what you've been trying to show that you might not do.

And I think Chelsea were more than ready to keep him if they couldn't get their... what they wanted, and they would've hoped that he could reintegrate.