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Absolutely, and it's not really made much better with the addition of Alvarez, Potts or Irving....Paqueta for me is wrth keeping if circumstances allow as he's the most talented, physical enough, and offers vision the other don't (plus he's a very good penalty taker).

I suspect we'll see JWP stay.  Talk is Potter likes all the players at his disposal currently.  With our current set of players, and Potter's style, think I'd favour JWP at 6 (more for calmness on the ball and distribution) withPaqueta once side, Alvarez the other, and Soucek on the bench to relive Fullkrug as the target man or the guy that comes on to 'affect' the game.

I struggle to see that Potts breaks past Soucek, Alvarez etc. Given his age, and these are well established current internationals, suspect he'd have shown more by now if he was to.  Incredibly hard for kids to break into the modern Premier League teams these days.  Let's hope on this one I'm wrong.

You can see the weaknesses of the squad sticking out like a sore thumb there. It's that midfield trio. Urgently needs some fresh blood. Two probably need replacing and the third may be gone or banned!
CB feels slightly dodgy but it's better than it was last season assuming Aguerd stays, and we REALLY need another decent striker. But it's that central midfield looking pretty much like a hole.

Areola

Todibo Kilman Aguerd

Wan Bissaka Soucek Paqueta Diouf

Ward-Prowse

Bowen Fullkrug