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Not sure that's right mind, I thought I saw somewhere that we had 52% possession against Watford. That's never happening under Rafa or Bruce.

Agree, he's going to stay in the side at the moment because we don't have anyone else who is anywhere near as good, but what makes him good is also what makes him a problem. I can guarantee you none of the big clubs will buy him. Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, they don't have ball hoggers in their team for a reason. he whole is greater than the individual parts.

Should be interesting to see Howe's reaction, I mean how they approach the game would be similar to his own ideas you would think. No wonder he's playing Joelinton as an extra man in midfield, can you imagine the plight of those two if they were tasked with stopping Leeds on their own?

*shudders*

Thought he was a bit unlucky with that volley which hit the post. Heard a few people complaining that he missed it, but it would have been a fantastic strike.

He's got all the tools, he should be much better than he is. Even with that great right foot, if he's through on goal, more than likely he's going to miss it. He seems to have a good game, you think he's finally cracked it, and then he'll have stinker in the next one.

Yeah he might be more up for it, sounds like they've already got a Dobbie and @1878 seems to rate him.

Potter's already said he's not interested in talking to Everton.

You've got Almiron in there, I'd have him nowhere near the team, never mind ahead of Joelinton.

@Neil will be putting his foot through the tv screen if he sees that flashing up on Sky Sports.

That goal that Watford scored, no way could you do that if ASM was involved. One touch passing? I think he'd rather chop his own leg off.

I think he's played deep so he doesn't have to run much. We've seen when he gets caught up the pitch he ends up fouling or pulling players down because he knows there's no way he's catching them. It was the same with Colback.

Great quote that like.

Great post.

It helped that he played really defensive formations like.

At the end of the day whoever comes in is about surviving this season. If they help do that, great. If not, Howe will be sacked, because those players are not much use for the future. Well maybe one season to get us out of the second division. I truly hope Howe isn't buying with that in mind.

Of course he can. Time doesn't stand still, he couldn't even hack it in China. He's about as relevant today as Mourinho. Not that relevant.

The best thing you can do to run down a game is keep the ball. He did that by passing to one of his players with relatively little risk. If he'd lumped the ball forward it's a lottery. How many of those have gone our way in recent years?

Nah man, that's just following instruction, he can't be held responsible for other people losing the ball.

I can spot at least two there who were awarded new contracts and maybe Bruce five bellies hinted they had much to thank him for.

Just watched a replay of the Watford goal again, he trotted back and then stopped right in front of the danger area. He's 6ft for fuck's sake, just get in there and help your defence you fucking fraud.

Well they had at least one more good player and they sold him to Aston Villa in the last couple of days directly on the instruction of Rafa. His own former captain doesn't seem to rate his judgement that much it seems.

He gets yellows because he's too slow to catch opponents fairly. I don't actually have any problem with his coverage of ground, he does get up and down the pitch, just very slowly so he's usually just behind the action. If you could design a skill set opposite of N'golo Kante, Shelvey would be it.

I remember the Swansea poster @Groo calling him out as lazy when we bought him. He wasn't good enough for them and that was more than 5 years ago. I think that says it all about this squad, and more particularly about Shelvey.

Got to admit, the three little mice emojis made me laugh.