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It's a really good signing for them imo, still only 29 too.

I got his autobiography as a prize for being the best defender on a 5-a-side tournament few years ago. Only read the Newcastle chapter and the cunt was very complimentary of Pardew.

Or bring back Colo to play as a CDM!

That was actually a good performance from WBA tbh.

Really disappointed with Watford, that was a grim display against a Bruce team.

They lost Godfrey to a serious injury and Mina had to be subbed off too due to an injury. Keane seems to be completely out of picture now after the terrible season he had.

They played four at the back with new signing Collins and Kilman. Coady more suited to a five at the back formation. Have Boly and couple of youngsters too. Probably would like to keep him as a backup but allow him to go to another club as a thank you for his time at Wolves maybe?

The Jorginho style penalty takes a massive amount of practice and skill to get right tbf.

Thank you, great read!

Not a bad time to play them as they most likely don't have time to bring in anyone with the Cucurella money. Win would be amazing and would be happy with a draw.

Looked at it but it's only 164 which seems low so fuck that. Sarr and Dennis dangerous on the counter too.

Lovely ball to Dennis too that was just cut out.

That's amazing.

Shit hot start for WBA and 3 corners already.

That's a bummer.

€129 Watford 3.05

We still have the momentum but we really rode our luck at times during that period. Having another run like that for a season just isn't likely at all. That said, Howe has had a pre-season now and we are going to be better but other teams are stronger too.

@Milanista Would love it if you wrote a little season preview to our Serie A thread. Love reading your posts and you clearly love writing.

This is my view too. We got Botman for 35m and Leicester want 80m for Fofana, I haven't seen too much of either but I would expect them to have pretty similar valuation based on their age and profile. We also got Bruno (established Brazilian international) when we were in no position to have any advantages on negotiations for a similar price that Wolves are asking for Morgan Gibbs-White ffs. We really shouldn't be buying much from PL sides unless we can exploit a contract situation or a selling team's financial position. Which is exactly why I liked our bid for Maddison and not so much for Harrison.

Writing off ten Hag already?

I don’t think Howe brings in Botman unless there’s a clear reason. He has already showed here that he rewards performances over name or price tag. It will happen at some point but I’m expecting Burn and Schär to start for now.

His numbers have been going down for two seasons now. Was he played more as a striker in 18-19 and 19-20 when he had a great non-penalty xG+xA per 90? Shots per 90 has gone down too after those seasons. He has never significantly outscored his xG either so I don’t think he has ever been that great finisher?

And they have a team full of players that are capable of playing those passes.

You saw that the moment Haaland started his run with KdB on the ball.