Pata

Ineffectual as 23/24?

I thought we never control matches?

What's wrong with you if you are mentioning Dan Burn and Titus Bramble in the same sentence? The disrespect BDB gets is insane when he should be one of the most loved players in the squad.

Rogers and Onana in the same midfield could be trouble even for Joelinton.

That’s so impressive by Raya, many keepers are nowhere near that.

Watkins has been terrible.

Seems like his development has gone backwards, was so exciting to watch couple of seasons ago.

McGinn is fucking embarrassing but love that from White.

That defending, no one on the back post.

Don't think he did it on purpose. Not much you can do when sliding on a wet pitch.

That’s a hilarious offside.

I'm sure Benfica fans here told he was terrible for them.

With his delivery he would be perfect for Dyche.

Would rather have him as a third choice RB/RCB but if we can get a decent fee for Trippier I guess I'm fine with it.

Are there any logical reasons for these red flags? Buying good players you know the best seems pretty far from a red flag to me.

You watch a football match followed by ice hockey and it's hard to comprehend how different the culture is. You can be legit fouled in ice hockey but the refs send both to the penalty box if the guy fouled is seen to go down too theatrically. Or optionally you get punched in the face for being a soft cunt. Meanwhile pundits in a football studio can justify anything if there was the slightest touch between two adult males who are professional athletes.

They are not going to sell many papers or 'farm engagement' by saying they don't know shit about what's happening. Football journalists are a bit of relics from the past, club's aren't telling their plans to anyone in 2024 but they have to keep constantly typing as it's their job.

Think Elanga's past as a Man U reject sours many people. Wouldn't be a fan personally, he would be an improvement in short term but seems like the type we would be hoping to get rid of in 2-3 years when the real purple arrives. At least he's still young but can't see his ceiling being high enough to be a starter for a team trying to finish in top 4.

I don't really care how good he becomes. Points deduction could've been devastating to us and forcing us to sell the real purples at cut prices next January or summer. It's sad that selling him was the best option to deal with that but that is how it played out in the end.

Yeah, it's just too harsh. If Mitchell or Howe were asked for updates all summer they would've got most of them wrong. How could the journalists know concrete info before hand? Bigger problem is that what they are saying is being taken as a gospel.

Was Montpellier though, never played for Lens.

I really don't see that as an attitude problem though, he was surprised he was excluded from the match day squad with two weeks of the window left. Can't remember any problems to be honest unless the papers saying he owns an expensive car is a problem. Wages make it extremely unlikely though.