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That's a pretty optimistic worst case He's nowhere near the player Santa Cruz was.

The keeper gifted us the goal though. Imagine if that FK was against us, and the comments on here if it was Darlow that let that one in

I said when his dribbles are/were successful it looks like nothing else I've ever watched in football. I tried to make that distinction because obviously there will be better players than him in the future, but I doubt I'll ever see someone that looks so good doing what he is doing.

I hope you're right, and you probably are in terms of skills/performances vs output/results. However, I can't think of a single player I've ever watched that is more aesthetically pleasing to watch when his dribbles come off as HBA. I doubt I'll ever witness something like that again.

I think Manquillo on for Dummett made a bigger difference in the second half tbh. I'd be fine with Longstaff playing 45 minutes, but he's not able to play a full 90 minutes. Joelinton beasts it from start to finish.

Besides Messi I can't really think of a player in the last 20 years whos had as refined technique as Ben Arfa. Cronaldo (back when he dribbled)/ASM dribbling looks so frantic and reliant on being explosive. Ben Arfa seems to be gliding smoothly, in lack of a better description Fucking love watching him play.

Bit rich of a social worker to claim he wouldn't be in a job if he put in the same effort as our players did today

Agreed. I got a bit sentimental tbh when his shot that got blocked when ASM played him through on the break at the end of the match when you could see how much pain he was in but instead of laying down like 90% of footballers would do he battled through the pain and ran the full stretch of the pitch back to help defend.

Maybe the main problem is his fitness. I've seen him start games good, but quickly dissapear. Today he had the energy left in the final minutes to make a difference.

He definitely wasn't like. Raphina got past him every single time. He misplaced passes in familiar fashion and almost cocked it up with the ball to Dubs. He doesn't have the recovery pace anymore either. Game changed when Manquillo came on isn't a coincidence. He's a lame horse that needs to be put out of it's misery. Awful player.

Should have put a bet on

Leeds in panic mode. Let's try to keep it like this instead of falling back inviting pressure on ourselves COMME ON

Onyl 15-20 minutes of shtting ourselves now

YAAAAASSSSSSSS

Considering who is coming on for Lascelles, we should be worried.

I was typing as the sub was made Thank god. I get angry watching how garbage he is. Let's give him another go in 6 months when many people think he is good again.

GET LEWIS ON DUMMETT ISNT A FOOTBALLER

Good thing we're stalling at every opportunity for a point here. God forbid the team shows some urgency in going for the win.

Hopefully with Joe being out there will be more pressure on getting a central midfielder in the coming week.

I didnt manage to pay much attention to the game against Watford, but based on the performance so far we absolutely need Lewis on asap at left back. Dummett doing a great impression of a training cone.

Possible jinx here, but this feels like it's going to be a massively undeserved 0-1 to us. Don't know why

Yes I am. It's pointless arguing that he's had enough backing in the market based on something that hasn't happened yet.

I don't know if you are part of this crowd, but I see a name or two I recognize that liked your post this applies to. This sentiment was very different on here a month or two ago where many people said relegation was more or less guaranteed, but that we'd have a small chance of staying up if we got in 6+ players, and that Howe regardless of results this season should keep the job in the championship. So with 1 good signing in a position that wasn't necessarily a high priority, and one average signing albeit in a position that turned out was necessary, he is now expected to have enough to keep us up?