Andy

It was a weakness aye. However, he was a top keeper in spite of it, is more my point.

Tbf back in the day I had fans around me who used to slate Shay Given for the same thing. Football fans in general aren't very good at judging goalkeepers.

Would be a terrible decision given how well the other two have played against Arsenal in the previous two fixtures this season.

I think it's easier for a club like Bournemouth to go and do that though. Same with Brighton a few seasons back. The stakes aren't as high if risky signings go wrong.

Alternatively, it may have been to signal to Juventus that we didn't need to sell and he still had a part to play, if their bid didn't match our value.

If Howe thought differently he'd be staying Anyway, my comment was based entirely on his performances that we have seen, hence "in terms of impact on the pitch".

He was a liability on the pitch at times. I praised the business by the club. It being a good sale doesn't mean his performances are suddenly better than they were.

Tend to agree. The Trippier we're selling (allegedly) isn't the Trippier from the past few seasons. His mojo has just entirely vanished over the last 13 months or so. Crazy how quickly he went from being (IMO) the best right back in Europe at around the time of that PSG game, to someone who we're now saying "Krafth will be adequate cover if he goes". But here we are.

Honestly in terms of what we're losing on the pitch this is as impactful as Juve hoying in a £20m bid for our bus driver. Maybe there's a player in there, but we've barely seen a glimpse of it. He's looked more of a liability than anything when he has appeared. Good luck to him. Great business by the club.

Even if it is, that's what, 7 million quid or so between now and June? Worthwhile risk if even one of them performs for them between now and the end of the season and pushes them into Europe again.

I think Tino has been solid defensively for the most part this season. He's been poor since getting rinsed by Semenyo, but otherwise I can't remember many wingers getting the better of him before that. Minging going forward like.

Been poor since Bournemouth

Will be an honour to see him play for a massive club like Juventus. When he made that overlap down the left today I thought "there's no way we're keeping a hold of this lad".

The fact Bournemouth are below us in the league suggests that if we've been inconsistent, they've been more inconsistent

Villa can't string a run of results together and just lost to the 17th placed team in the league. Bournemouth have had a good spell but will revert to 8th/9th, their squad is way too thin to maintain it. Chelsea are just as, if not more, inconsistent than us. Not saying none of these three will finish above us, but I'll be surprised if all three do, and I definitely don't think Wilson will be the deciding factor.

At the moment he looks like what he is, a forward who has been converted into a midfielder. Not sure what's changed that is suddenly emphasising his weaknesses more, but his touch is letting him down and he wants far too much time on the ball. Teams have definitely cottened on to how non-press-resistant he is.

Which 7 teams are finishing above us?

It's turning into more of a limp for top 5 than a race this season, every team involved is as inconsistent as each other.

Would've been the greatest goal in premier league history tbf, worth a crack

His cross for the one Isak whiffed in the first half was good too. He's always going to be the kind of player that has one bad moment for every good moment though.

At this point we know Longstaff and Willock's limitations so yeah I'd rather see Miley be the first option off the bench. I think Willock can offer more than he's showing, but 9 times out of 10 he's going to give you a frustrating performance when he comes on as a sub. When he starts he tends to grow into games in the second half, very rarely hits the ground running in a game.

We weren't chasing in those circumstances. We were winning.

Maybe so but I don't think someone like Miley would've offered less than Joelinton today, for example. And he may have allowed us to get our foot on the ball. It was clear at half time that Joelinton was having a shitter, he was Fulham's best playmaker in the first half.

Definitely not irrational, we rarely see subs unless: - we're already drawing and it's 60-70 minutes in - we're winning by 3 goals, or 2 goals if there's 5 minutes left - the opposition have equalised (bring on Willock) - the opposition have took the lead (bring on everyone)

I can only assume it was to offer some kind of aerial threat, but I agree, it was a strange sub. Hall wasn't playing well but is at least capable of creating something.