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I think Mbuemo at the prices mentioned is a no brainer. Hope we have enough funds to get a few starters and to flesh out the squad. We had nothing to change the game yesterday. Hopefully Mitchell can find some Brighton like gems.

yeah this. I think this is the first team to properly exploit the space Trippier leaves when he pushes forward - since he came back regular again.

Best case at 5pm next Saturday Us 62 City 61 Villa 57 Forest 57 Chelsea 54 or 57 (I'd take them beating Everton in the early ko next Saturday if they lose to Fulham today.

Fully expect Fulham and Tottenham to get at least something today / tomorrow

McGinn running at Trippier forcing Schar out of position to cover him was good tactics. Not mad at the result, we were 2nd best from kick off.

Bad day at the office against the much better side on the day. But what we all know about this team is that they always come back

Will be surprised if Chelsea win today, has a draw written all over it. Can see Forest winning against Spurs, but fingers crossed they don’t!

Worst case scenario before we next kick a ball Forest 60 Chelsea 60 Villa 60 Us 59 City 58 Happy Easter

Yep

Ideally Sven back and a physical and fast right CB in the mould of Tapsoba of Leverkeusen. Watkins showed up the limitations of our CBs yesterday.

Honestly mate considering we've managed to win a trophy which some people who have supported the club longer than my dad's been alive haven't experienced.. We are on the cusp of getting top 4 with a team that still has players from the Ashley era yet you pick on a signing that in the grand scheme of things is absolutely miniscule is incredible. But still more power to you, must be mentally draining to just wake up and find anything to beat the horse with after a defeat or whatever.

Villa also HAD to win and they played like that. I had a feeling we might come unstuck at some point and to be honest given the distinct lack of options beyond the starting 11 I think this team has done phenomenally this season really.

Well one argument for someone like Mbuemo or a “similar” hybrid forward is he can play through the middle as well as RW. This is where i hope Mitchel comes into his own this summer identifying some really good affordable targets to go with one or two purples.

This! He was really young and had never been a first 11 player consistently. The move there has to be a year at the club playing regularly for the under 21s to evaluate his level, and then make a call on the appropriate level of club for him to go on loan to.

Nah, not on the wind up. I watched a few vids on him when we were first linked, then decided to watch some full games, and he's a brilliant player. Physically, has it all. He's hard working, a fantastic dribbler, very good finisher and technically brilliant - rarely loses the ball cheaply, but the thing that impresses me the most is his vision. He's one of those players who sees things others don't. Almost Özil-esque with some of his passing. There's a reason the 3 richest clubs in the world are after him.

I've been pretty down on Osula right the way through our purple patch of wins?

The way it is approached is the issue. There were people saying that we should spend this summer's budget on two or three 'purples' and we'd be competing for the league. We need to spread that money out for at least 5 players, and there has to be a good level of versatility with at least two of those players. The squad has been neglected for over a year now, and some current members of the squad are now aged out and most are there as just bodies, as they can't really contribute in an impactful way.

A poster known to be incredibly pessimistic after a defeat is posting pessimistic content after a defeat.

Villa were great yesterday, we’ve given them some real beatings under Emery so I had a feeling they’d be bang up for this one after the tindall antics and the psg game, and they were. It happens. On to the next one.

Yes and no right? I mean for my money they were super lucky our owners decided to create the chinese super league mark 2 and bail them out twice. If not they'd be up shits creek and not be able to do what they've done. It's kinda working out for them now sure, but it's a short term fix and contrary to what some seem to think it's a super expensive fix at that.

Osula looks like a donkey? so Wilson must be a thorobred, I don't think so, Osula needs to be given a good opportunity before decisions made about him, we've been this way before numerous times where lads don't do well here due to management yet improve dramatically elsewhere.

Don’t think they will be too worried personally, this is what Monchi and to some degree Emery do.

It's become such a weird fixture this one over the last couple of years in that whoever wins has won comfortably but in the long run it hasn't negatively impacted either team . We just need to write this one off and move on.

So based on what Villa and Forest have done on loan ins etc, should we of done similar or are we at a massive disadvantage due to our ownership.