I personally will be glad when he returns to Chelsea, Why, he will never be or player and he is hindering Ezes return, Gallagher is outstanding at what he does, energy, eye for a goal, but he isn't the play maker Eze is, he cant pass like Eze, or walk through a defence like him:

Wilf Mateta Olise

Eze
McArthur Kouyate/Hughes

That is the best line up we have in my opinion, Hopefully Nketiah signs on a free in the summer, and maybe we can swap Edouard for a top class RB, Olise can also play the Eze role, when Rak-Sakyi is eventually introduced,

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

perhaps there is room for both. Lanzo can come in as Director of Football and sit between DF and PV. He can then punch up and down by telling both how to do their jobs.

Don’t jump the gun Lanzo. There is a lot to happen between now and the start of next season that will determine our squad.

Another daft Lanzo-Ad starter thread, designed for clickbait attention, But as we are here let's have a quick look:
Eze - pre injury / post injury. I won't be harsh, because we all saw the potential, but it has to be asked will it ever be realised? Nothing so far this season to suggest so, hopefully he will make a full recovery and force his way back into the team. Until then nothing is definite. PV is giving him the time he needs.
McArthur - I strongly doubt that he will be a permanent fixture giving his age and susceptibility to injury at this late stage in his career.
Zaha - Wanted / wants off. Always overplays the situation, thinks he has to do it all by himself. Notably we have become worse as a team since his return. PV's words on the subject recently were fairly clear - "Wilf / team".
Mateta - enthusiastic, yes, improved, yes. PL quality? The forwards don't receive enough decent ball for us to discover.
Vieira - As he's the manager and unlikely to get the sack it's not really possible to comment. I would say however that whilst he emphasised "energy" at the start of the season I see very little of it recently, with the team happy to pass side to side whilst going nowhere.
Room for improvement, some players need to be offloaded, and if there is anything in the kitty, a RB and two midfielders need to be brought in. As priority.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (13 Feb 2022 9.38am)

Duh! Fixed, thank you

Edited by southnorwoodhill (13 Feb 2022 9.39am)

Well we will get a chance to see how good we are without Gallagher next week against Chelsea. It may be that we are also without Hughes following his knock yesterday. In which case make way for Kouyate and Luca. Back to some good old Royball, defending on the edge of our box for 90 minutes. Personally I am dreading the prospect.