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wtf....how are we set up? Seems like 5 at the back with....Hayden as a CB....?

And Newcastle. I'd hoy West Ham into the mix too. Imagine how bad they must be if they made us look good.

With a poor performance against Brighton I reckon there will be more effort from Newcastle this match, and with two convincing wins within the last week from Tottenham it could be that a little bit of complacency sets in for them meaning it will end up a boring 0-0, 1-0 or 0-1. Most likely in favor of Tottenham.

Wasn't specifically thinking about you since you didn't comment in the first place, but since you react like that.....

He gets as many bites as he gets likes. If it wasn't interesting or triggering at all, why would people even care and give it attention?

Find it hilarious how much he manages to get under some peoples skins

Some people have already written him off on here too. Not true. Can only remember me commenting something negative about him in his first match. I simply said that he was gash in his first match, and if that kind of performance turns out to be his norm, then he would be contender for flop of the season. I don't think that will happen, but if it did. At least include the full conversation He’s trained with them for a week ffs. Unless this is a piss take post. Not saying he will be, but that performance, for a player with such a reputation was awful. If he continues like that, he will be, is all I'm saying.

Some people have already written him off on here too. Not true. Can only remember me commenting something negative about him in his first match. I simply said that he was gash in his first match, and if that kind of performance turns out to be his norm, then he would be contender for flop of the season. I don't think that will happen, but if it did.

Is it just my imagination after thinking about this, or was David Batty a very under rated passer?

He played a bit in the centre as well towards the end of the Brighton match

Hate to say it, probably Shelvey for me. Cabaye, Nobby and Viana are probably up there though. Beardsley was a bit too early for me to appreciate/remember properly.

PM me and I'll send you an answer with 98% chance of accuracy on his behalf.

Fuck the poor, we're alright and that's all that matters. This is nothing to do with fuck the poor. This is about being able to competently host a match. Think Man City will be paying ours when we go there? Same kind of wealth difference. Surely they carry them out for normal league matches? I would have thought each team should be responsible for their own testing regardless of opposition? Yes it would be a nice goodwill gesture, but this club isn't exactly renowned for that I agree that it shouldn't be expected that Newcastle pays for their testing. However if Newcastle don't feel comfortable playing against a team that hasn't been tested, and don't want to pay for it, maybe Newcastle should forfeit instead?

I doubt these people were expecting him to play a more significant role than an option on the bench. I certainly wasn't and was happy to keep him around for another season. As a starting striker though….not so much

Seeing as we looked to be playing the most basic 4-4-2 imaginable, it'd be interesting to see what he sees as going back to basics Will he go back to Rafaball next match and hope the majority of players remembers how Rafa set them up against Spurs?

These words and name don't work together. Will be interesting to see how PL bends the knee for China if f.ex a player or pundit says something deemed as damaging to Chinas reputation.

It's the same with cross country skiers in Norway. All of them have asthma for some mysterious reason.

Early days, but safe to say that WBA, Fulham, Newcastle and Burnley (edit: and West Ham) will be fighting for survival for a long time this season, if not until the end of it. Other likely contenders will be Villa, Southampton and an outsider that I think will struggle (at least compared to last season) is Sheffield United.

I dunno. A lot of the things he did during his good spell was individual moments of brilliance, things that shouldn't necessarily be reliant on a specific system. Search "This is Why Manchester United Needs Sean Longstaff !" on youtube. He tried and did things he simply doesn't do anymore, and he looks in better shape/sharper then than he does now. To me it seems like it was either a purple patch, or his injury has affected him a lot and hasn't gotten back to the physical shape he was in back then. It was so much fun watching him. The "old" Longstaff did everything. Was good in the tackle, could spray the ball around just as good as Shelvey, was really good at creating space for himself under pressure in order to pass the ball, had a mean shot, excellent crossing technique. I don't see how these things can get so much worse just because he plays in a less structured team.

It’s as simple as that Our best team doesn’t have Joelinton in it. You might as well argue that we should have put the ginger Pirlo in the team with the remaining best players to get the best out of him. You have to do what’s best for the team, not what’s best for an individual player. What’s best for the team is Joelinton sitting on the bench and more capable players out on the pitch. I don't think anyone is "envisioning" Joelinton in that role at the expense of Almiron. However some want to see what Joelinton can add to the team in such a role, as he's never been given the opportunity to play in the role he had success with in Germany. Don't see what is so outrageous about that. ASM/Almiron/Fraser are all interchangable so there's definitely room to add Joelinton for a few matches to give him a chance to prove himself. There’s literally a post that Kanji’s post was in response to with a team lineup envisioning just that. The point is that we have better options, that you would need to drop, for the position where you might get the best out of Joelinton. Maybe I misunderstood. I thought he meant he would like Joelinton given a chance to prove himself in that position, not taking anyone's place by default. If he's given a chance in a more favorable position and shows us why he cost £40m then he would be part of our best 11 and should start as a result, no? If he's never going to be used as anything other than a lone striker then I agree he might as well be loaned out or sold as he should be behind Wilson, Gayle and Carroll in the pecking order.

After his season with Wigan he played a grand total of 25 matches for 7 different clubs in the years 2010 - 2015 before retiring.

It’s as simple as that Our best team doesn’t have Joelinton in it. You might as well argue that we should have put the ginger Pirlo in the team with the remaining best players to get the best out of him. You have to do what’s best for the team, not what’s best for an individual player. What’s best for the team is Joelinton sitting on the bench and more capable players out on the pitch. I don't think anyone is "envisioning" Joelinton in that role at the expense of Almiron. However some want to see what Joelinton can add to the team in such a role, as he's never been given the opportunity to play in the role he had success with in Germany. Don't see what is so outrageous about that. ASM/Almiron/Fraser are all interchangable so there's definitely room to add Joelinton for a few matches to give him a chance to prove himself.

Difference is that for loans (generally) smaller clubs pay bigger clubs to loan players. With a buy back clause the buying club will get more back than what they initially paid. If a selling club decides to exercise a buy back clause then presumably the player has done very well for his new club so it's a win win for them that they have gotten value for what they paid and made money off of him. As college dropout says, it's also better for player development so all in all, miles better than loans, even though it is a (way more expensive) way of hording player talent.

I pity the guy man, he's in so much trouble at this club, he's just lucky the stadium's are still empty. God help him Fairly sure I read criticism of Gillespie, Krafth, Yedlin, Ritchie and Longstaff in this thread too.