Shak

Think it'll be ASM on the bench again tonight, then starting at the weekend against West Ham. Leading going into tonight means they'll have to attack us so we'll prioritise being solid defensively IMO. Isak could start instead of Wilson as it doesn't really change our shape or sacrifice defensive solidarity at all.

I thought he was utter shite and have not a single poster of his in my collection. Thought he looked weird in fact. Best of luck to him.

Assuming we have European football next season, we need two midfielders so could see the sense in signing Gallagher and Maddison. Bruno, Maddison, Gallagher, Joelinton, Willock and Longstaff would be a solid group of 6 players for the three midfield positions.

This fella and then a Shelvey replacement on loan would be solid IMO. You'd imagine Franca won't play much this season even if he does come in.

Haven't seen much of Gallagher but is he the type of player we need? Think what we need is someone with a bit of quality in the final third, a player who can pick a pass or unlock a defense. The few times I've seen Gallagher he looks like he'd fit into our high press style really well but would be really help with that?

I wouldn't be surprised if the hold up is more on Maddison's end. Possibly wants to wait until summer when he could have more options, in which case there's not much we can do right now other than get a loan in to cover until the summer and see if we can land him then.

Use whatever we get for him and whatever we save on wages to bump up our offer for Maddison.

I vote we burn Edinburgh to the fucking ground.

Summer, I think. Hopefully this lad can settle quickly and be ready to be second choice RB quickly but might be best to keep Manquillo for now just in case it takes some time.

G-JMBS Geordie - James Maddison Bin Salman. In the bag.

Don't think this is really true, they're only going to pull him from the team if a deal was imminent and I don't think there's any suggestion that that's the case. FWIW I reckon we might make a last play for Maddison but it'll be dependent on Leicester accepting more or less what we've been offering all along. Think we're happy to wait for the summer if Leicester stand firm.

Running a story that literally everyone else is also reporting as an exclusive is ballsy, have to say

Should 100% be the response to the message they send Ashworth.

I mean it's not even up for debate at this point, he's such a fucking animal in there. It's not just brute force either, he's got really tidy feet in tight spaces and generally picks the right option when passing it in midfield. It's just the final third where he lacks composure. Really think we'll be onto something with our midfield when we bring in someone to replace Longstaff and join Bruno and Joelinton in there. Someone like Maddison would be ideal, for me. I really don't think we should be looking at a traditional DM because for me that's Joelinton. He's our ball winner, our physical presence. We need another Bruno in there, someone who can contribute more to the attack than Longstaff or Joelinton. It's just that the way we play doesn't lend itself to a traditional DM who sits in front of the back four and breaks up attacks there. We try to break up our opponents' attacks at their end of the pitch, before they can get a foothold in our attacking third. Try to either win the ball off them in their own half or else force them to play a speculative ball forward that should hopefully be easier for the defence to deal with. Love the guy, think he's gonna be a first team player here for years to come.

The relentless thickness to think that every single opponent we play just doesn't show up and it's just fortunate for us is amazing

I think in an ideal world he should be Joelinton's backup as the workhorse CM.

Such a colossal mistake cutting his hair though, has to be said.

Class today, you can see he's trying so hard to fit into the way we play when we have the ball. A couple of times I actually was urging him to run at the full back and he played the pass. Then when the chance to run at them popped up he absolutely rinsed them and got that guy sent off. Would love to see him start next week.

Fuck sake Longstaff, just fucking useless in the final third.

We've an extra man, go try to kill the game off.

Was the foul not much closer to goal than where we took the free from? Felt like it?

Fucking yes. Now go finish these wankers.

Go to VAR you corrupt cunts.

Jammy shitty goal FFS

I am the erection.