The College Dropout

They just signed him for half.

Mainoo can play. Technically very good

IMO it's the fact Tino just seems to like / engage more in defending. Hall has had to learn how to defend with aggression. It's not his nature. Part of that may be hesitation due to overall physicality vs fast and strong wingers. Part of that will be Tino is the physical measure of any winger. Not just fast but strong and good in the air.

I would agree. But Tino is a better defender still by a distance. Far greater hunger to engage defensively and physicality. They are on our team so don't care to debate who is better or anything. Just that I fancy Tino to lock down most wingers and has Salah's number entirely.

Not blaming Hall. But he's not a lockdown fullback like Tino is. The 3-3 Salah filled his boots. The 2-0 was the game Hall got injured in no? I'm disregarding thr 2-0 game as we give it to them

Eh. Salah filled his boots in the league against Hall last season and he got th dangerous ball that led to the goal on Monday. IMO if Tino's at LB he prevents such an easy pass.

Aye we've signed middling talents for decent money. Now we'll sign middling talents for a premium. That's not a great look.

I was a big defender of Wood but he failed. You could see it in his eyes.

Don't remember him getting loads of chances. Could be wrong. It always seemed an awkward fit for us.

Disagree. Having pace and mobility is crucial for the Howe system. Isak and Wilson succeeded where Wood failed

No but they are regarded as talents a couple levels above Larsen.

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We are spending £55m on JSL and you are worried about playful football terminology?

Agreed and his profile of player not favour a team that has a bit more of the ball. Players like Lukaku or Bent are probably better suited to midtable teams than stronger ones

Minimum criteria for a bagsman? A few 15+ seasons in my book. Or a goal every 2.5 games average. Callum Wilson was a bagsman for us no doubt.

Is 13 & 14 goals a bagsman? Darren Bent was a bagsman. A number of 15+ seasons, even 20+. Larsen has never hit those figures in any league.

Scored 13 and 14 league goals in his last 2. I've got him in my FPL team. Thinking was - he's bang average as a player but he will score goals. Like 1 in 3 and that still holds true for us, maybe even a little more.

Had a bad feeling Salah would do something when Tino was moved to RB. Salah doesn't get a kick when Tino is on the left.

I said similar later. He’s still got to make an attempt though he can see the overload.

We were often 432 so not entirely his man. But aye he needed to make sure there wasn’t an overload. He wasn’t even close. Harsh as we had 10. Probably question why we were so attacking from Howe. But all game we looked vulnerable when sitting back. Liverpool worked the ball really well when given a bit of time. I He and Konate were bad. I’ve rated Konate highly but he’s been a bozo recently

Happy to get a competent body in. Not delighted by our narrow focus.

Where's the pile-on? Lad's stupidness has cost us again. He's getting the amount of criticism he deserves, maybe less imo. 3 red cards in less than 3 seasons, bad stuff. Don't hate him. Don't want him out. But he does need to grow up.

Mainoo doesn't have the legs for a Howe midfield

Is it?

Agree with this. Gordon would've toasted him.