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For a player that relies primarily on pace and stamina, 29 is not far off his shelf life at the top level.

I only commented on his performance this game. Generous to give him player of the match when he's wasted good chances to win Wolves the game.

But no goals, despite two really good chances to score. Just like Almiron is often getting pelters for on here.

Pedro Neto has looked awful. The chances he's squandered, people on here would be crying for a public execution if it was Almiron.

8 days until he's expected back?

tell me you're overthinking stuff without telling me you're overthinking stuff

Would hope we were looking at someone younger, who wouldn't require us to spend all the leeway an Almiron sale would give us ffp wise.

I loved miggy, then hated him, then loved him again. The hate was unwarranted but a period under Bruce he offered nothing but headless running and embarrasing dives, which was obviously more a result of Bruce than Miggy in hindsight. If we were to sell him we would need a younger and better player for his position lined up this window. Murphy is decent cover, but it's a lot to ask him to play the rest of the season without anyone else able to cover adequately. Gordon & Barnes aren't the answer at RW, neither is Tino.

Always thought he deserved more playing time than he got. Solid player. Hope he crushes it for Benitez & Celta Vigo.

We've had a good combination of foreign and domestic players coming in since the takeover and it's worked great (up until the last 2-3 months for obvious reasons) so I find it hard to discuss seriously when people suggests Howe only wants crusty EDL voters in his line-up. I think the mix of both is a key component to why we have done as well as we have. We wouldn't have gotten players of the quality of Botman, Bruno or Isak if we had limited ourselves to domestic players. At the same time, having a core of players who are familiar with the requirements of playing at this level obviously helps us on the field in the short term, but also helps players coming from other leagues get up to speed faster. On the other end of the spectrum I've seen some people saying we shouldn't sell X English player, or we should sign English players due to PL/European competition registration requirements. To them I'd like to say that our squad has a lot of leeway in that regard and it shouldn't be a concern at all.

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Thanks. Made my day that. Love you too.

With both Howe and Ashworth being BBW, it's no wonder they are trying to create a team in their own image. Heilway the lads!

I'm not really that knowledgable about players around the world like I used to, but I can't really think of another big, lumbering target man that has done well at the top level since Llorente in his Atheltic & Juventus days. Seems most big/tall strikers these days needs some pace & technique as well like Haaland, Lukaku, Isak, Nunez etc. Love watching this guy play. Wish I watched Girona earlier this season. Will definitely look out for their next game.

Nice to see a throwback target man doing well in 2024. What a unit.

Dovbyk with a 6 minutes hattrick

Decided to finally watch a Girona match to see what all the fuss is about, and they are seemingly having their worst match of the season Edit: and they equalize immediately. Edit edit: and they go 2-1 up

Like Lascelles, Schar, Burn, Pope, Wilson, Almiron, Krafth & Dubs.

Bayern ONLY 2nd in the Bundesliga, 7 points behind Leverkusen, they're about to lose to Bremen at time of writing. It's a CRISIS of epic proportions for the Munich club and they are desperate for reinforcements.

While it's a dick move, there were players in the wall that saw him moving the ball without communicating it to the ref, keeper or trying to get wall moved to the left.

Didn't they get him in a double swoop with Bruno Cheryou (?) who was also considered a generational French talent?

It's the Jeff Hendrick/Jack Colback/Tom Davies/Will Hughes class. Not one single redeeming quality neither physically nor technically besides being able to run a lot at a slow pace while hiding from the ball. If ball is obtained, it's 95% 5 yard sideways or backwards passes, and 5% hail mary hoofs. Edit: I guess Mark Noble was ok at penalties though

For transparency, I was just about to click post on the following: Nice to see Wood is back to his old self

That wall