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No thanks

I mean we won more with Burn at LB, I wouldn’t want to see him back there either.

We tried that in the summer mind.

But haven’t we won more this season with Tonali on the pitch? I’m pretty sure 2 of our 3 wins came having subbed Tonali on for Longstaff and us then going on to win the game (Spurs and Wolves).

The pass stats are misleading mind, not sure I’ve ever seen Longstaff try a creative pass. It’s usually sideways and backwards (not a criticism as it’s probably what he’s asked to do).

Not sure we have seen it for a while between Longstaff and Bruno mind.

Leicester 1-2 Forest Villa 2-0 Bournemouth Brentford 2-1 Ipswich Brighton 2-1 Wolves Man City 4-0 Southampton Everton 1-0 Fulham Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle Palace 0-2 Spurs West Ham 1-1 Man Utd Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool

Aye, my thoughts as well (maybe Saudi), I’d sell if someone did mind.

Fwiw, (probably nothing as it was Simon Bird) but he was on a podcast with one of the Chronicle journalists suggesting Barnes could be sold.

Massive fan of Eze but doesn’t he mainly play of the left ?

I know he’s pretty much tier one for London sides, not sure that would mean he would know Guehi was our only target.

Quite concerning if true. Again based on Mitchell’s interview post deadline, there should be no chance we go back in for either.

Not sure we crave a star signing, just want to see the glaring hole in the squad improved with more quality.

Got subbed off for Tonali I think.

Didn’t we sub Tonali on in two of those games to go on and eventually win the game ?

Their use of the free transfer market has also been really good.

No release clause either, apparently.

Excellent post, sums up my feelings pretty much as well, with the added caveat that the summer window has also shafted Howe massively. (Not sure who exactly is too blame for that).

Completely agree about the summer 2023 window, I thought it was poor at the time (no lack of effort from the club mind) and it has looked worse has time as gone on.

Who does he even come back in for ? Tonali and Joelinton played well on Saturday (should never have taken Tonali off).

If we finish outside of Europe the club share most of the blame though. The summer window has left us massively short. That’s more on them than Howe.

We all thought the same in the summer regarding Guehi, turns out we did only have one target.

Mental if the best we can do is Elanga.

We haven’t got the players to play any other style though.