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His skillset is hitting a sweet shot with his right foot. That is world class tbf, but I don't think the rest of his skillset is enough for a left winger. He's got England's LB behind him, Joeinton and Isak who can link on the left ahead. He's not exactly being left isolated on that side.

This. Not really sure what people are expecting given our restrictions. Do they think new owners would be able to somehow get round those restrictions? Or more to the point, would they even want to?

The acid test is always which clubs will buy if we put our players up for sale. Do you think we would be short of takers for Isak?

Ours are fucking awful in contrast.

I still think he can be a top 4 player for what it's worth, just would need some legs around him, and yes, probably playing alongside a dedicated no 6 who can cover gaps when he loses the ball on the odd occasion. He'd be great playing for City alongside a Rodri for example, but a disaster in the current City team which has too many players with the same profile.

Better for us and that's what matters even if you don't like Arsenal.

The boot makes it onside IMO

Get in. Another set piece goal.

PIF are never going to be hands on, you would expect them to appoint the right people to do that part. So I am guessing that would be Eales and Mitchell we would look to draw up whatever plans are in place and implement them. Unless there's someone else in the leadership loop I'm overlooking.

I think that's more to do with his lack of athleticism and not because of his form, which has as much to do with how the rest of the team are playing as much as what he's producing. I think the PL is played at such a pace most teams would sacrifice a touch of skill for someone with a bit more mobility within reason. Is Rice more valuable than Bruno for example?

He'd arguably not even make a top 6 side let alone a top 4.

Other than it confirms Fulham are even bigger threats to our European hopes.

He still HAS the chance tbf. Assuming his reputation wasn't built on Ashworth levels of smoke and mirrors.

People are arguing that Eddie wasn't backed enough/was backed too readily.

Seems like they've given up on any ambition following Moshiri's disastrous attempt to crash the big boy party and are now happy to pipe down and just take whatever cash is available.

This feels like a better direction than the garden jokes but why restrict to a haiku? Dan Dan he was the Man Ratcliffe poached him for his plan thought he was well worth the punt turned out he was just a useless cunt

I feel it's a bit generous to be giving Hall top 4 given he is still quite raw when it comes to defensive work. Mbuemo gave him a really hard game yesterday and it didn't look like Hall had any answers. I think there's more of a case for Bruno, Tonali or Gordon being there.

It was his job though, he was very much controlling who came in and out under Staveley. That's partly the reason she has left as far as I can read it, we have held onto ageing players, giving out new contracts to many of them, then ended up selling younger talents to satisfy PSR. Ashworth said something about having less say on transfers than he expected, and Mitchell said that this summer was also going after signings that had already been identified by the previous set up. From this January onwards you would expect Mitchell to take charge and Howe to be more accommodating of players coming and going.

Yep, I definitely think he needs to be allowed to turn it around, there's still plenty of season left to do it. I'm just far less confident he'll do it because we don't seem to have any coherent team ethos this season. The players themselves don't seem to by buying into whatever it is we are trying to do.

I'm not even convinced Ratcliffe wants to put money into them. Not his own anyway.

Well like I said, I don't really have any issues if we finish 7th or 8th. But now I am starting to get concerned we might finish below other teams like Brentford or Fulham because we don't particularly look any better than them this season.

I know it was a bad miss, but with players of that type you will get those. There's a school of thought which is strikers should just hit the target which works for those who can hit the ball like a rocket. But there's another level of striker who passes it into the net and beats the keeper through precision or making the keeper go the wrong way. Isak is more that type. Although he can hit them 70mph when he needs to as we saw on Wednesday.

There's not a striker in the world who won't miss chances. Point is, he's still scoring goals, and even despite missing a glorious chance yesterday through trying to be too precise, he was still one of our best performers yesterday. We didn't get humped because of him.

The possession thing is genuinely worrying. It means either we have spent a lot of money on players who are technically limited, or we aren't setting up in a way where there are enough options available.

Both are in Europe with all the demands that brings on a squad. It was used as an excuse for our patchy form last season so we have to give them the same leeway. Even then, Spurs are becoming a bit of a joke and their manager is under real pressure. But my point was that it's not even them I'm worried about now, it's not that clear we are better than teams like Brentford or Fulham and the rest who are currently above us.