QUOTE (X-Offender @ Sep 30 2023, 07:03 PM)

Tomori and Reijnders absolutely immense today. World class performances.
Leao with a good second half. Still sloppy but the guy has the acceleration that makes the difference. Also good awareness in those two assists.
Pulisic and Musah also very good.
Giroud by far the worst player on the pitch. We literally play with 10 men when he's on. Give the starting spot to Okafor already.
Great start to the season, 6 wins in 7 games (disastrous derby aside).
I think we thought we could extract another year out of Giroud, but he seems to be struggling. Granted, his struggles started after the NT break when he got that injury. He has not looked sharp since then.
The thing with Okafor is that he's not a striker. And he cannot give us the hold up play we need, especially against the bigger sides.
Missing out on Taremi could prove to be costly.
As for our season in general. Looking at the starting 10 fixtures, I was of the thinking that it was either going to be great or terrible. No in-between. Of course, since Pioli took over we've always been strong at the start of the season. But considering that we've had the toughest fixture list out of all the top sides. I think it is great what we've done so far. Of course that derby loss will continue to be a huge blemish, no matter what happens throughout the rest of the season.