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Tbf the lad looks a generational talent. Get the 25 point though - I mean he is entirely free for any squad in any competition we're in this season. He won't be taking the spot of a more senior pro is what I mean. But if he's ready, and he looks it, I wouldn't want a player who's already hit their ceiling standing in the way of Miley getting minutes.

My hot take is that he's more of a Pirlo than a Guttuso

That Gordon dummy had the whole stadium fooled let alone the poor chap who moved to intercept the pass.

Aged forum tropes coming out in droves on this thread. Just need a monitoring reference...

API hook-in for NO so members have a 'verified member' under their name rather than just 'member'... would be nice.

Think you're meaning the PL rather than the FA? Cause they've been bought a while before we joined the party.

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We were very lucky last season with injuries, it's unlikely we'll have all of Joelinton, Bruno and Longstaff available for such a huge amount of the season with the added European games too like we did the season just gone. He'll get minutes, as well as Miley. If anyone gets injured, one or both might end up starting a fair few games too.

Just use some selective FBRef stats to quote 'fair value', on progressive carries per 90 and succesful take-ons per 90 he must be worth at least £700m tbh.

Only just got it after reading it two or three times

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Always looking for the shot, having the confidence to take it, 2 footed. Finishing looks ice cold. Genuine threat from outside the area. Looking forward to seeing him in black and white.

That highlight reel is revealing. I can see him doing well for us.

He's shorter than I imagined.

Nout wrong with being fairly critical, nor supporting players of our club. They're not mutually exclusive. I'm not blown away by him, but I look forward to seeing what Howe and the coaching team does with him and how he performs on the pitch for us. When Barnes is on the pitch he'll have my full support, I don't care what he's done elsewhere when he becomes a Newcastle United player. No-one can trade on past glories and he'll be assessed by everyone on what he does in black and white.

I didn't get to see the game, but in the highlights those first-time flicks and pinged passes reminded me very much of Merino by the time he was coming to the end of his time year. I knew Tonali was good on the ball, but not like this. What a coup.

Thank you Maxi, you got me through a dark season or two as the only bit of light in supporting this football club.

haha was meant to be MSP-Tsunami but I'll take whatever I can get

Tonali, Tonali he came from It-aly... Na na na nana nana na na Tonali, Tonali he came from It-aly... Na na na nana nana na na Cool as Ice, cost half of Rice and he's twice the man... Tonali

God only knows what the score would have been if it were the pretend Vicenza side

Saudi have to be seen to be buying players from everyone else before buying off us to set the precedent that the government isn't just bankrolling us by buying all our less desirables for millions. The level of investment is insane.

Without that back pat, there's nothing.

Very smokey. Welcome to SJP Musiala..

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