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More weak refereeing.

Mixed feelings about it tbh. On the one hand it might cement Carrick's job at Man U. On the other it more or less guarantees Slot gets the sack.

You cut out most of the quote which gave context. I absolutely agree with @enthusiast FWIW.

And really quick. Wolt's lack of pace is the biggest drawback for a Howe team.

He wasn't defending properly for the howler that Minteh missed. I think he might be considering his future because there will definitely be interest.

I don't think it's the right long term choice tbh, I think we might struggle again next season. But I do think it was right to give him the chance to put things right, and I doubt we had any concrete plans for an alternative anyway if last summers DOF business was anything to go by.

I really don't see how he would ever fit in a Howe team tbh.

I hated him then and I hate him now when he pops up on those adverts with Big Sam and the other relic from the dinosaur age. Is it Pulis? Didn't even want to click this thread but in the end curiosity got the better of me.

Yeah I was thinking if we could get most of our money back for Woltemade and maybe £20m for Wissa. Optimistic probably but maybe we could flog him to a Saudi club.

He's making mistakes regularly now, but I still prefer him to Ramsdale who jumps around his goal area for no apparent reason and is often on the wrong foot to make a save because of it.

Wish you hadn't brought up their European fixture. That reminded me what happened after our well rested team went up against Palace after their Thursday night fixture in Europe.

You'll notice there's a distinct lack of names from people who talk about replacing him. Like fast, powerful strikers who can finish are ten a penny somehow.

He was fully justified in his team selections yesterday, the result was everything. But as a pointer to future progress it told us nothing.

I never really considered giving him a contract extension tbh, but he's playing well apart from the end product. I could see Howe seeing him as an important squad player still so might want to keep him on instead of trying to find a replacement for £10-15m.

He's not really kicked on like he should have, but he always whips in at least one really dangerous cross. Feels like he never scores goals against any other team except us as well so at least he had the decency to miss at least one howler yesterday.

Again, his link up play with Osula was outstanding in the first half, just a shame he can't finish for shit.

Don't think we'll get a decent fee in the final year of his contract. We might end up just keeping him and using him next season then letting him go for free next year.

Porto were reported to value Samu at £80m and he's still largely unproven. That's why £30m is looking a bit of a steal for Osula right now. Frankfurt aren't daft, they have a history for buying undervalued strikers and selling them at a huge profit.

High quality strikers under 25 are few and far between, and they cost a fortune to buy.

It was a bit like in our other games, we had it for the first 45 but faded badly after that. I think our lack of ability to keep possession is making it hard to maintain intensity, we keep having to chase the ball after losing it.

That fee of £130m is looking better every day. Just a shame we wasted about 30% of it on money we'll never get back.

Just finish above Sunderland and I'll take that as a win tbh.

I think the board will give him another go because they don't have anyone else lined up tbh, but if he's going to double down on that way of playing, I think it might just be delaying the inevitable. We won, but on another day could easily have lost. The 4-3-3 itself isn't the problem, but you do need really high quality players up front to execute it effectively.

It was great, he really looked like a striker out there until he actually got to the finish point. I'm not convinced he's actually a natural finisher tbh, even in his highlight reels it was mostly tap-ins iirc.