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Pata

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  1. I was never part of the 'Tino must replace Burn now' brigade, happy with either. Saka can punish you in many ways though while I don't know a single player starting for Blackburn. You face a lesser team and getting the variance of set pieces down is good, it's one of the reasons Pep likes his 4 CBs now.
  2. No. So many teams (like Man City, Chelsea or us) wouldn't give a fuck about paying a fine making the system even more geared towards the rich top teams.
  3. Burn starting against a lower division team makes a ton of sense, you want to have the best set piece defenders on the pitch.
  4. He was top class in many ways. Attitude, ability to carry the ball and go past players and buy free kicks. Shame he wasn't that talented in kicking the ball but doubt he would've played for us if that was the case. Will always remember him fondly.
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    Joe Willock

    I disagree with that, Joelinton/Willock combo on the left was amazing last season when they kept changing roles. Shame we haven't seen that at all (if I remember correctly) this season.
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    Joelinton

    Yeah, I've never trusted that figure and don't think it has ever been confirmed. Just made no sense unless it was some weird favour to an agent to maybe hide something shady done by Ashley/us before, tinfoil hat firmly on.
  7. Think it would be extremely harsh if Everton got another deduction this season. Surely it should be moved to next season and they should be fine after that if they can still stay up. Deducting points twice during one season for offences done on separate seasons just doesn't sit right with me. And if they want to keep FFP a thing, IMO these charges should be decided during the summer before the season with a fixed schedule and if the league misses the cutoff date they automatically get moved to the next season. Everton and Forest have no idea where they stand and we are in March soon ffs.
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    Joelinton

    Would be really cheap IMO considering he got £80-85k from Ashley's NUFC and is so much better now even without taking into account how much players of his quality get in other top 7-8 teams. I would be fine to doubling his wages close to what Bruno gets as it will be the biggest contract of his career, Bruno will get another bigger deal (hopefully from us) due to being younger and more talented.
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    Joe Willock

    Think it's that one or Big Joe at LW, Willock LCM and Barnes on the bench. Really hope Gordon can be even remotely as dangerous on the right, would give a lot of flexibility next season although him cutting in from left is a big part of his game now tbf.
  10. That's fucking amazing to read and makes me happy.
  11. I honestly can't believe so many people simply refuse to acknowledge the context of this season. Howe has been forced to use his 5th and 7th choice CMs (who both prefer right side) alongside Bruno for ages now and on current form it's very kind to place Longstaff even above Anderson. Miley will be good but he's not an asset as a 17-year-old when you are fighting in the CL and hoping for a top 4 finish. He hasn't had a fully fit striker for ages and absolutely no chance of having two fit strikers to do any rotation. Regressing Almiron and Gordon have been the only available wingers for ages and he's been forced to use Gordon as a striker at times. Gordon, Schär and Bruno have played way too much football this season but they have done admirably well. He lost Pope who is crucial to how we play as Dubravka simply can't replace his sweeping which helped our slow backline. Lascelles played full 90 in five CL games (2x PSG, 2x Dortmund, Milan) and started twelve league games in a row (and did better than anyone could have expected to be fair). There was a spell when his most reliable player (Trippier) was costing us game after game. Botman has been uncharacteristically bad after coming back from injury and Burn has been the scapegoat for some results, sometimes fairly and sometimes unfairly IMO. Yet somehow we are still fighting for European places in the league, didn't get embarrassed in the CL, had a great League Cup run that should've been another final appearance and we are still in the FA Cup. It genuinely amazes me that we are still fifth in expected points in the league close to Villa who are fourth and ahead of Tottenham, Man United, Chelsea, Brighton and West Ham. Howe hasn't been perfect, he probably should've rotated a bit more early in the season in preparation for the massive fixture congestion when most were fit but it was his first season with the extra games and many of the injuries have been simply freak injuries that couldn't have been prevented. In the end he was dealt an impossible hand, starting from losing his biggest acquisition for the season before it had barely even started. No manager would've been able to do a better job considering everything he's faced this season and it genuinely saddens me how so many of our fans lack any patience and have so quickly forgotten how fucking amazing manager he has been for us. He needs to get a clean slate for next season without any inside or outside pressure and hopefully we can strengthen some key areas, get more depth and do some wise selling. It's impossible for injuries to be this bad next season.
  12. Why not though? I can't believe what I've been reading post-Arsenal in this thread, luckily did the reading today so wasn't going to bite. I'm embarrassed and praying fans of other clubs don't read this thread. Fair play to especially Hans (and many others) who showed we have some sensible fans too.
  13. If everyone in the country knows what they do with their corners and they still do it, it's either still hard to defend against or Arsenal's coaches are fucking thick.
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    Dan Burn

    Semenyo absolutely didn’t run rings around Burn.
  15. The fuck else is he supposed to do when he has only couple of players available he can sub in?
  16. That half was really bad and second will be bad too but we beat these at home after a decent performance when we had more options. Just hope people stay patient.
  17. Midfield is non-existant. We need Joelinton, Willock and Tonali back in the mix, it’s impossible to keep possession with Longstaff and Miley when playing against Arsenal away.
  18. I don’t know what they are complaining, that’s worse than a red. Stupid cunt thought he can go through Mitoma after getting the ball and missed it.
  19. No one is turning on Miley ffs. He's doing well but he's 17 and not a starter for most PL clubs right now.
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    Dan Burn

    He absolutely did jockey him, can't take risks there and jump in when he has zero help from others.
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    Dan Burn

    I can't see what he did wrong in today's goal. With such a clear 1 vs 1 with no one to help him I'm happy when he gets the attacker to take that shot, at least when Pope is in goal.
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