The College Dropout

Aye he’s not running down this deal. Good chance he’s sold this summer or next if he doesn’t renew his contract. not because of the length of time but it would be clear he prioritises leaving over anything else. A bumper new wage with a release clause (that is respected by both parties) is probably the best for all.

The fact he hasn't already signed a new one does give a glimmer of hope. He'll be one of the lowest paid in the England squad. Almost certainly the lowest paid outfield player.

Anderson can do 80% of what both Bruno & Joe can do imo. His physicality is excellent, not prime Joe but he's a monster. And he's much better on the ball than big Joe. He can play the deepest role, has quick feet and a dribble away from pressure, passes it forward, tenacious in the tackle. He's turned into a very good player. HG for us which is massive. He gets it man and he can play. BHH. I never judge CMs by G/A. Toni Kroos was at Real for a decade and got more than 12 G/A in a La Liga season twice. While being on some corners and freekicks the entire time. Modric never managed 13 G/A in league season in his entire time in the PL or LL. He was also on set-pieces (assisted the Ramos 93rd minute CL goal).

Liverpools title winning first choice Misfield got 27 G/A between them. Ours got 23. Since Howe has been in charge until this season. Scoring goals as a team hasn’t been a problem and neither has goals from midfield. Considering the fact we don’t play with a 10. Between the 3 players we have we’ll get 6-12 g/a for them. Our game is setup to unleash the forwards.

This is where "he only wanted Newcatle" might help us.... when Forest are relegated.

Disagree. We need to be able to play more football and keep possession better and he achieves that. He's ready made and hopefully keeps improving. BHH.

I love pretty much every player (except that one guy) that started that cup final. Massive soft spots for all of them. I'm not really one to be overly biased when talking about players. But the lad that silenced Salah into being subbed (he was subbed right? might as well have been) in the LC final, you're not convinced by him? That's crazy. At worst he's solid defensively whenever he plays.

Agree with this. Touch wise I think Gordon is the best we have on the wings. Agree. It’s the runs he makes and decisions I think Howe can improve and with that will come more confidence. He’s always going to be the type of winger that needs to run into a lot of space to beat a man and be limited against a Lower block. But with Howe he’ll learn when to just whip it in nice and early. Agree Minteh looks a gifted player. In the final third he can be great 1v1, has a great delivery off his left and shows great composure infront of goal and the technical ability to match. He’s a proper final third in player. The rest of his game is still pretty raw and he doesn’t suit Brightons side to side play. Get him into Howe’s up and at em teams.

I think he’s going to be an effective player for us in time. Will get his goals and assists. Just how I rate footballers particularly wingers - I’ll probably never be a massive fan overall due to the touch and close control. But Under Eddie his output can go to the moon. He’s clearly got loads of talents and his delivery on the run is excellent. I want to see more of his two footedness. I can see he’s got a lot to work on in terms of the system. I don’t think hit fitness is Eddie levels yet either and he doesn’t get back fast enough yet. So on the ball I assume there’s a lot for him to learn too. Sidenote: I would’ve loved to have seen Minteh develop under Howe.

I only saw the second half. The commentators were raving about his first-half performance. He was subbed after about 15 minutes so didn't see much of him.

Sorry to hear this pal.

League phase win is like £2m right? 4 wins is good revenue

When is Dan Burn going to miss a game of note through pure selection? When he was getting ripped at LB did he ever get subbed?

Aye this is similar to Hall. We paid a premium for potential for sure. He’s developed loads since he’s joined but if we sold him we wouldn’t get particularly close to doubling our Money. As the initial fee had a premium. Milan tripled their money on Thiaw and it seems like he wasn’t a total hit there. The nature of our transfer policy and being a PL club makes 3x sales unlikely for 90% of our first team signings.

Maybe overpaid is the wrong word. We definitely paid a premium for him and others. It’s nearly always been worth it mind.

He’s a SAF Man U player. You can see sometimes he gets frustrated that some of the others aren’t on his level. He’s always on the move and making himself available. Sometimes the pass is too difficult for our player and they take the easy route out.

Monaco looked good. Was watching out for Akliouche - didn't really do anything outstanding but did get on the ball and play really well. Probably not vertical or quick enough for a Howe wide player. Rest of the Monaco team looked decent too.

No danger of that

That’s also because we’ve won. A draw or worse yesterday and the next 2 are must win. Where you finish in the play offs is also important. But for now there’s no reason we shouldn’t aim for 18 points.

We also have Pope, Burn, Joelinton, Elanga, Murphy and to some extent Gordon, Barnes & Tino who aren’t great at keeping possession. And we don’t play like we want to keep possession. Like Arsenal pretty much attack like they want to play against a low block. Push teams back and chest choke them with the passing into a mistake. Or a set piece. Even when there’s sometimes opportunity to hit the striker fast they’ll play it shorter and slow and build like that. We are the opposite. Sometimes when it’s time to just pass it around we’ll play a low percentage pass and just concede possession. The level of opposition is also a massive factor. USG were pony but at 2-0 they were in the ascendancy and we partly killed them off with good spells of possession.

He must be having the time time of his life despite being flogged mind

Aye him and Nick linking up would be great to seee

Massive win that. A win away home was crucial. 1-4 points from the remaking away games is ok. If we can win the next 2 at home we’ll be in a great position. Winning our non Pot 1 home games is crucial too.

I like him. Quick and strong as owt and has ability.

I don’t think Howe has ever benched Dan Burn for a game of note. and it’s Botman > Hall in Howe’s eyes. Botman has played a lot of minutes recently so maybe he’s given a rest. But I expect Hall to be benched and Burn and Botman to start. If there’s one to drop out it’s Botman based on past Howe decisions.