clintdempsey

I’d rather have Lacroix and Kulu/Elanga for example than Guehi tbh. Would even leave us some change for January.

RIP Svennis. Awfully sad. As a bloke who grew up and now again live in Värmland Svennis has always been a source of inspiratIon and pride. A local lad done good in the huge world of football. To be able to do what he did, coming from where he did, in so many countries is immense really, probably the closest thing to Bobby Sweden has had. The world will be a darker place without him that’s for sure. His last role was as a Sporting Director here in Karlstad where I live. He just couldn’t get enough of the sport until the very end. Lovely man.

Set pieces and defending is Tindall. Possession, build up patterns and attacking play is Howe. I think.

Good point but let’s be honest. The performance has been all over the place today. A few bright spots in Isak’s first 30 mins and Barnes. But in all I’m disappointed it has to be said. Let’s get some much needed signings in this week and go again.

Could have had a red there Joe. 😅

Thank fuck.

Great defending lads. 177cm tall and gets up between Jow and Burn. Hopefully handball.

Looked a lot better the last 10 mins has to be said. Well done!

Thank fuck! Now get another one.

How the fuck can anyone watch this and last week and be like - “Everything is fine, we’ve got the players and squad to be challenging this season” - is beyond me. Even if we scrape a draw there are enough signs of this team needing strengthening asap.

Most games in the PL are difficult. That’s kind of the challenge? And what we’ve prepared for? The least challenging game would probably be Southampton at home which we managed to make difficult enough last week.

No need to panic I agree. But there are worrying signs so far over the first 1.5 games. The top 8 will probably be tighter than in a long time and we need to keep pace IMO. Playing well, showing an identity and losing is one thing, but we’ve been turgid. This team needs a couple of new signings to give everyone energy.

We also tried the kick it right out of play tbh. Of which Pope is the undisputed master but J7 is making a surge for the crown.

Performances like the Southampton game and this one (on top of loads of our away games last season) is the reason why it would be irresponsible as fuck NOT to strengthen the starting 11 this window. On this evidence we’re nowhere near being on pace to threaten at the top end of the table. What happened to “Intensity is our identity” and having a way of playing. Must admit I’m getting a bit concerned bedwetting or not.

What the fuck are we doing? Piss poor.

Not great so far. Will probably be hard to live up to my pre-game 4-0 to the Toon hopes. 🙃 As usual we’re having trouble keeping the ball (Longstaff, Pope and Murphy the main culprits so far as expected) and we’re also somewhere in between pressing and sitting back. Gordon looks off the pace as well. Can only get better I suppose.

Love Dan Burn me. Fuck the haters. Also it would be nice to not have Steve Bruce and Steve McClaren as our only winning managers away at Bournemouth. Have a feeling we’ll crush them today. 0-4 with a well overdue Isak hat trick and BDB hammering home from a corner.

Not much to be afraid of this far. Proper boring game.

For me both sides can crush and burn tbh. We need fewer competitors for the European places not more.

To be nice and give ETH the benefit of the doubt Zirkzee will probably need to get up to speed with the PL and needs a few more weeks of training before starting. It’s not like Bruno F is a piss poor alternative. Dare I say it’s bordering on sensible management? 🤮

A draw (riddled with injuries for both sides) would probably be best for our aspirations this season tbh. As unfortunate as that is.

A draw (riddled with injuries for both sides) would probably be best for our aspirations this season tbh. As unfortunate as that is.

I’d take Elanga or Kulusevski at this point. If we could get either of them for 30-35 million Howe would do wonders with them IMO. They’re different in styles but have some rather interesting skill sets imo. Kulu with his work rate and creativity, Elanga with his sheer pace and movement. Two years under Howe and they’d be worth 50-60 million or be really useful players for where we’re at.

Weren't we linked to Kossounou earlier in the summer as well?

However poor we’ve been. Pawson has been truly shit.