The College Dropout

I entertained the idea of captaining Palmer again. He’s particularly great at home. Ended up having Palmer (VC) with Salah (C). Had I gone with Palmer (C) I’d be topping the NO league I think.

Yeh. Due to Garnacho and Darwin scoring I will drop by the end of the GW but I should still be on a green arrow and sub 40k rank. My best ever rank is 60k so beating that is my aim.

I only kept him because I was 0.1 short of getting to Salah so sold the more expensive Son. If I had the funds I wouldn’t have gotten the points. Likewise around Christmas - if I was happy with my squad I would’ve sold Saka. But I had too many issues to deal with so I kept him. Then he started hauling like crazy. Fortunate.

Somehow some way you’ll get enough points. And the clubs behind are inconsistent. No one is going to win 5 on the bounce. If I thought we were capable of that I wouldn’t be so pessimistic.

They’re a shoe-in for 6th.

Feel sorry for non-Foden owners. Many will have taken him out for a hit. And many owners kept him because his value is too low to get to Salah without more hits. Brutal variance. Im up to 28k.

Think getting him on loan has stuffed his development because we can’t loan him on. A season in the Champ would’ve done wonders for his development.

Of course.

We weren’t going to flog him tbf. We’d get about £5m tops.

Hoping we get an update soon.

No but Rodrygo hasn’t kicked on this season the way I had hoped. Worh Mbappe coming he should probably leave Madrid imo.

Massive 20 minutes from him. Hope he’s done enough to start on Tues.

I didn’t blame him. I’ve not blamed him for the ACL relax man. I do think Howe creates a culture where players really push themselves in all aspects. The worst aspects of that are encouraging players to come back too early heightening their risk of reinjury. Or playing players whilst they are physically burnt out and struggling again leading to injury. Running on an already ruptured ACL is whatever

Why are you so sensitive?? I find it pretty funny that the 2 occasions I can remember a player trying to run off an ACL have both been under Eddie. Wilson came back and did his ACL again within weeeks(might have been the other knee) - pray we avoid that one.

I remember Callum Wilson did it. I won’t say who the manager was that day…..

I’m confident he plays for us again.

I don’t think this changes much in our transfer plans. We needed a CB before the Botman injury. Actually - we might consider 2 CBs. We might actually sign a cheap CB with the intention to bench. And then the primary CB we’ve been scouting for some time.

You think in 9 months time we won’t have injuries again? You’re optimistic. CB should have always beeen a priority this summer. But with the 2 ACLs it’s now #1 priority.

Tino ankle break to top it off.

I remember Callum Wilson did the same years back at Bournemouth.

It’s starting to look like he doesn’t have a solution for the defensive solidity. He doesn’t seem willing to consistently play a Lower block. Or stick with another tactical approach. In the summer we just have to pick up a decent sweeper keeper. Tonali and Big Joe back we probably don’t need another combative midfielder

To go 1 up and then concede 3 goals at home to West Ham within 46 minutes is awful. We concede far too many goals. As happy as I am our defensive solidity is still nonexistent. Im glad Howe made those subs - admired his mistake and the lads showed they do have real fighting spirit for their manager, each other, the fans and the club

Since Pope’s injury we are one of the worst defences in the league. Like worst 3.

Yeh it was.

Don’t have Salah so my rank will fall but Im at 41k atm. Had Gordon not got sent off I’d probably be top 35k. Right in the race to win NO league too which is fun.