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3 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Dennis has been exiled from the squad I think

Oh my goodness. That guy is such a headache 

Guess we can disregard him then. They'll probably look to get someone else in.

Think they were linked with Iheanacho earlier in the summer.

Still cannot believe Everton managed to sign Beto man. 

Absolutely incredible signing for them. 

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

This time they are selling Johnson by the looks of it. He was a key man.  They needed some stability this season. MGW, the big handsome striker they got, Johnson. Those 3 and the ability to keep enough clean sheets would’ve kept them up.  Lose one.  Now I’m not sure.  

I think they'll be fine still. 

Between Hudson Odoi, Elanga and Dennis, they'll cobble enough performances together to cover for Johnson I think, and one of them might even have a big year.

Very impressed that Fati's people have chosen Brighton. Seems a great choice for him to get games and try to get back on track.

2 hours ago, brummie said:

 

Endlessly signing players again.

 

The big Greek lad is doing what any of us would do given the transfer fax machine for our clubs, just spaffing money everywhere.

 

He's having the time of his life.

 

It's going to end badly when they invariably go down, mind.

Everyone swore they'd go down last season, because too many players. Nope.

I think they'll be fine. They've got some decent players there and will seemingly keep looking to improve the team.

Bakayoko comes off injury free and done the job for PSV.

Can now sign for Newcastle tomorrow. Get in!

Don't blame you man. He was fun to watch 

Just now, Astroblack said:

Just remembered I made a comment on Youtube last year praising him onsime random PSV game Stood out then, stands out now. Serious player. 

Never seen him before. Watched this game just to get a first glimpse.

Loved watching him. High energy, enthusiastic play, but calm and measured with his decision making.

Very very impressed.

Just now, Astroblack said:

Fuck me, do PSV play some good football. 4-1. 

Been such a good watch 

Bakayoko is serious man. My goodness.

Has the speed and trickery but also plays with intelligence and sees players around him. 

Really impressed.

15 minutes ago, Alberto2005 said:

Was expecting him to be all pace with questionable end product, so far he's looked to deliver crosses rather than beat his man.

 

Delivered a couple of nice balls so far.

Yeah, plays with his head up. 

Also looks to make runs in behind a lot, but his teammates keep missing them.

Liking the look of him so far.

52 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

In fairness Palmer does look very very good. 45m is a bit silly but it is what it is. 
 

Has Pep ever sold a young talent before that’s came back to bite him on the arse? (not literally. It’d be against health and safety for one thing)

Oh, make no mistake, I like him too.

I just find Chelsea hilarious. As soon as anyone has a good week they are interested 

I was actually wondering if we might be in for both Palmer and Harwood-Bellis for the young right wing and right centre back options.

I was wondering if we'd be able to get both for around £50 million!

10 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Why is Palmer to Chelsea a thing?

Because he scored some goals on TV recently.

Never seen a club that buys players at their peak hype and so end up overpaying, like Boehly's Chelsea do.

2 hours ago, r0cafella said:

50% sell on fee, city are playing FM

That Tommy Doyle is highly rated I think, so as they are only paying £5 million I think it's a fair deal.

If he does well he probably goes for around £40 million on the low end and Wolves still make a £15 million profit as they get £20 million of that fee.

They're basically giving Wolves the player for very little and only then collecting more money if he does well there and is eventually sold on.

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Nunes really hasn't done anything at Wolves to earn that move.

He did at Sporting though. Remember Pep saying positive things about him back then.

Liverpool just need to find a decent player that will play at a high level in that position and improve other areas of the team tbh.

Don't think they necessarily have to find someone as good. Could even put Szoboszlai there.

Chelsea keen to keep their business under the radar? You're having a laugh.

52 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

While I’m sort of wishing I hadn’t read through some of this, as it is truly depressing, just a point on the Howe ‘elite or non-elite manager’ thing.

 

IMO, Howe is not at the moment an ‘elite’ manager.  To be that you win trophies - big ones.

 

But Howe is also the first English manager in decades who I’d be willing to back to become one.  The bloke is clearly a top level manager in-waiting.  Give him time, lads and lasses - and there will be worse runs than losing back-to-back to Man City & Liverpool down the line.  

Yep, we've clearly got one of the most promising managers in the league, but fans don't believe in any sort of patience anymore.

Everyone's in a rush 'to win things' so they can gloat on social media about trophies, being a big club and just winding up other fans in general.

Howe is clearly not an idiot and actually cares a lot about what he is doing and so will never just stand still where he is as a manager. On top of that he's already overachieved massively. Let the man do his thing, I find it very hard to believe we won't continue moving upwards.

1 minute ago, Unbelievable said:

You agree with TCD that Miggy didn’t offer any threat vs Liverpool? Seriously..?

If you read my posts you'll see I pointed out specifically the good things Miggy did in the game, so no.

I agreed with his general observations on Miggy as a player.

9 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

It beggars belief man. This coming from posters who claim they know their football

Man ... 

If you can't understand the points I've made regarding Miggy in my last couple of posts then we'll just never agree on this. I totally understand where TCD is coming from on Miggy. 

So often I'm watching him thinking to myself release the ball and he's taken another few too many touches, or willing him to take on a defender in space that can't live with him speed wise and instead he goes backwards to Trippier, when he goes by a man on the right side and is on the byline and can just knock a ball into the area on his right, he instead spins back onto his left and passes back into midfield ... Regularly through matches these sorts of instances of poor decision making and execution.

Adds a lot of good things to the team, but also holds the team back to some degree.

Love the guy and always root for him, but can be really frustrating to watch.

45 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

Must have missed him running from inside his own half with the ball and hitting the post ?‍♂️

The volley too.

Miggy is capable of some fantastic things, but for me it's the difficulty with the simple things that happen far more often through each game, that is so so frustrating.

46 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

I didn’t think he offered any threat against Liverpool. He did manage to get on the end of some chances but he didn’t score them anyway. If you’re not going to be dangerous in build up - you need to take your chances when they come.  I don’t expect him to finish those type of chances anyway. 
 

I thought he looked our most dangerous layer against city mind but again just lacking in that crucial element of class and ability.
 

Both offensively and defensively his off the ball work is really good. 

I think he was really unlucky with the wonder save from Allison on the volley, and on the one that hit the post, it was a great run in the lead up to cutting in and shooting.

One of those goes in and we're all going crazy, as either would have been great goals. However they didn't, unfortunately.

And so when you then look at the other general bits of play it's a bit frustrating because so many simple or straightforward things he could do to put us in better positions, he can often not get right.

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Just a lack of technique and ball control. It’s like he can only control and pass the ball with a couple areas on his foot.  
 

He tries though init. 

He's actually been good the last two games, but just moments of huge frustration as usual.

Did really well at one point to beat a Liverpool defender for pace to the by line and just needed to hit it across the post with his right foot, and then came the dreaded turn back onto his left and the opportunity was gone.

My heart sank man. Couldn't believe it. Even a mishit with the right in that moment still causes problems. Just hit it with your right foot man.

4 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

He takes an age to cut back too. So. Many.  Touches. 

Yeah, one of the things that's quite glaring with him. Needs too many touches before doing something with the ball a lot of times. Almost like he needs that many touches to feel like he's got the ball under control. 

Here's a question:

If the cup final was 'too big' for Howe, and presumably not so for ten Hag.

Then what does ten Hag's 7 - 0 loss to Klopp mean then?

Tied for biggest loss in Man Utds history. Against their huge rivals in one of their biggest games every season. 

Surely this wouldn't happen to 'big enough' for the moment ten Hag.