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Agree, both the csm and wings are where we should look to upgrade the current 433 system. i would like to see us go to a more attacking 4141 system.

I liked ASM yesterday, he played passes at the right time and whenever he was in our half he didnt take too many risks. Yesterday was a game where he should have started, Longstaff off and big joe dropping into inside left midfield. I like Big Jow on the left but think that maxi with his edge can make a difference in this type of game

I love the way Isak slows down slightly, waits for the defender to slow anlittle then hits the turbos… really seems to glide past them. Elegant footballer!

I thought Trippier had an average game yesterday compared to his usual level. His passes and defending just wasn’t quite there. miggy flattered to deceive yesterday, there was a couple of times when he shot that a pass or one-two would have been much better options. Joe willock just didn’t get the rub of the green for me, had an excellent gane and thought longstaff should have been subbed instead of him. Palace are well organised and were difficult to break down but we should have beaten them considering how we dominated them for at least two thirds of the playing time. Going forward I think we need an out and out number 10, a tricky player with an eye for a pass and also some competition for the wings. I watched leicester yesterday and thought madison really works hard for the team and has that assist pass in him. Although I really rate longstaff’s work on the pitch, his final ball and shooting are pretty awful tbf. An upgrade in the no6 position is also a must.

He might just be a jekyl and hyde type, nice and well mannered off the pitch and a scraggy, shithousing bassa on the pitch… Eddie will have researched him…. No dickheads allowed

According to Express he is about to sign for Besiktas. Would deffo mean we are getting a quality midfielder in if this happens

TBH last season he was everton’s best player by a mile. This season the whole team is gas, so his average outings might be reflected in this. He is a good player; hounds and harasses off the ball and is good on the ball. no problem with the Junkie billboard advert coming here

I thought Manu played 10 times better than palace last night. Palace disn’t really threaten their goal at all. For me palace flatter to deceive, their midfield is crap and only zaha and olise are the decent players they have

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Longstaff complies with 90% of the needs of a holding midfielder who´s main facet is to break up play and hinder opposing teams attacking moves. If we also want a midfielder who can pass sublimely and has amazing first touch this is where his missing ten percent is... For me, he give 110% every single game, this more or less makes up for the missing "baller" attributes that I often scream at him about. After the game I can always say that he was decent, during the game we all seem to pick up on that small 10% of faults rather than the 90% of great play... We (I) are a fickle bunch!

ASM deserves to start if Bruno is out injured. He did well today and Joe, Jow and Longstaff are fine for the midfield three.

At the end of the Jan window there is always a flourish of signings

It is actually very nice to have decent attacking options off the bench; Isak and ASM. I would play ASM in this one from the start, as they play quite high up the pitch we would have plenty "out" balls to him and Calum high up the pitch to beat their press...

Tielemans was awful last night and has been poor for a while. there was one instance where he was dispossesed in his own half and made no effort to keep up with our player. I don´t like his lack of spirit/fight, he has plenty technical ability but seems a bit unreliable defensively. No upgrade on our midfielders tbh. If we get a player it should be a real challenger for a starting place, just don´t think tielemans could "work" his way into Eddie´s set up.

Would like to see him get at least 30 mins tonight and without pressure when we are two nil up

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One thing that was notable last night was Botman passing everything to his right after seeing Lewis’ inability to pass forward or escape trouble every time he had the ball. Lewis’ confidence looks completely gone, I think he needs a loan to a championship club to improve him and then perhaps a return after that spell?

The reality is that our reserve team were not match fit and were well off the pace of the game. We all know they are not Prem league standard otherwise we would see them week in week out. I feel that Lewis was trying to be oversafe in everything he did and Anderson just couldn’t get going and seemed a yard off the pace, he deffo needs to go out on loan. No excuses for Chris or Murphy, they have to play better than that… I thought our standout players were Big Jow and Botman. Subs made a difference but just too late

Yep, very poor on and off the ball, botman doesnt want to pass it to him any more… get him sold

Ritchie has been surprisingly good

Only person on the pitch with prem league class has been big jow. Botman has stopped passing the ball to lewis cos he is a liability. elliot anderson needs to tighten up his passing also, dodgy ball to dubs and has been caught in possession too many times. Isak looks rusty but still classy

presenter/ex-footballer I listen to Micheal owen and cringe, he tries to copy a politicion´s mantra by; saying a lot and meaning absolutely nothing...

He is a typical "presenter" new to the game who makes inciendary comments just to serve his/her clickbase/notoriety needs...

Isak for 30 mins???

Isak will solve one, we need another winger and cm for me.