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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.

He's pretty unique due to his position change, midfield destroyers don't usually have the ability to dribble and make long carries like Joe does but because of his background as a forward it's natural for him. If only he could shoot.

Best keeper in the league last season imo.

Love to watch him play, such an old school CF with absolutely no pace but nice feet and great personality like you said.

@Flip They are watching Bruno, would expect someone to notice at some point that the other Brazilian is pretty amazing too.

Norwich got more money for finishing 20th in the PL (£98.6m) than Real Madrid got for winning the CL. I don't think the CL money has that much of an impact anymore to the massive English clubs, more relevant when you want to sign players who want to play in the CL. Liverpool got $91m, Man City $67m, Chelsea $54m and Man Utd $40m.

Hugo must be hating his life right now, poor kid.

They seem like a great bunch, didn't see a bad word said about us post game (or even our owners). Really hope they can survive and establish themselves as a PL team.

Probably petty as fuck but I wouldn’t be happy to see Lampard chatting with Azpi at the FT if I was an Everton fan.

Feel like he’s passing too often, takes some edge off his dribbling. Good half from him in any case.

Not good enough for the PL.