Mikky

Just now, gbandit said:

The mad thing about Klopp and Liverpool is, they won’t for a second acknowledge when they get decisions for them. The slightest decision against and it’s a massive overreaction. Liverpool fans were always particularly quick to feel like victims but it’s been enhanced by them having Klopp as manager who’s the worst for it 

It’s a well planned strategy to heap pressure on refs 

It’s amazing how keepers always get injured after 80 mins in a tight match 

Bryan Mbuemo for me - covers 3 positions - LW - CF - RW 

13 minutes ago, arnonel said:

Noni Madueke?

No thanks 

Erroraya

42 minutes ago, joeyt said:

If we want cover for Bruno they need to either be a young player coming through who is happy to sit on the bench and we can ease in or a player who can play all 3 of our centre midfield roles

 

Paulinha for me doesn't fall into either of those categories

Manu Kone or Caqueret would be good signings - both can play all 3 roles 

Kone would probably suit the PL the most - you could argue Caqueret is similar to Miley/Tonali 

19 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

I don’t know how to word this without it making it sound like I’m insulting him and saying he is slow. 
 

But it is as if the game and the ball moves a lot slower for him than everyone else. Looks so calm and measured with everything he does. Never seems flustered or rushed. Does the simple things really well and effectively. He certainly plays beyond his years. 

Just wait until he fills out - you have to be careful with him until he stops growing - then watch him go - he’s so good on the ball - so clever - learning with every second he’s on the pitch 

5 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Assuming Willock, Longstaff and Anderson are back around January, does the form of Miley mean we don’t sign a CM in the window now ? 

Miley has completely shocked me - I can’t get over how good he is for a 17 year old - Chelsea - PSG - Man U in the space of a week is worth more than 6 months on loan in the championship 

My only fear is we lose something when Bruno isn’t there - Maybe that’s Tonali in the long run?

All I know is we need a CB - CF (one that plays on the wing too ideally) then I don’t know where else 

IF we sign a CM it will be a marquee signing 

3 minutes ago, OoOGazOoO said:

I'm (very) pleasantly surprised with just how good he has been. When we bought him I thought it was a lot of money, but crying out loud he's worth every penny!

I remember watching him for Southampton and he was this good back then - you have doubts post ACL but he seems to have picked it back up - throw in a bunch of top class players and coaches to work with, his development escalates.

I knew he would be better than Tripps at left back - gives the team a completely new dimension - plus I think its really beginning to benefit Big Joe, who doesn’t have to cover much now - can just hold his role and leave Tino and Gordon to it 

14 minutes ago, jack j said:

                    Pope

Murphy Botman Burn Targett

     Tonali Longstaff willock

     Barnes Wilson Anderson

 

 

 

This team would have beaten Man U aswell today 

16 minutes ago, Sean said:

Imagine being as stupid as Chelsea man.

 

De Bruyne, Salah, Livramento.

Jamaal Musiala

Just now, mikejaxer said:

I can't see Burn getting in ahead of Tino when he gets back from injury like. Tino is just built different

Burn has been nothing short of brilliant for us - this guy is just at a different level 

Told you all he was Zanetti

34 minutes ago, andycap said:

When you cancel a loan does it have to be in the transfer window or anytime? Because if it's the latter he could be a great addition going into January to keep us up with the top seven teams. 

Depends if there’s a break clause in the loan from either side - the fact he’s getting regular games means we won’t activate the recall clause in Jan and let him develop as he has done this season 

57 minutes ago, SteV said:

Was Tuesday to Saturday for Bournemouth, but regardless, no decent breaks until January now.

Tues - Sat - Thurs is as good as we could have hoped - hopefully it allows us to get a couple back so we can rotate for Spurs 

It’s bloody ridiculous the fixture pile up - mostly caused by the international window - I remember Xmas of years gone by when you had 3 games in 6/7 days - madness 

17 minutes ago, SteV said:

5 days!? ?

Sat to Thurs is better than Weds to Sat which was the issue vs Bournemouth - at least it’s more mental and physical recovery 

22 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Inevitable really, even if to stop him leaving for nothing in the summer.

I think he wanted to stay there - Basque players tend to have a real connection to Bilbao - they earn decent salaries too which helps 

Defensively we are fine - got more than enough “cover” 

Midfield and up top its looking tough 

there’s a decent gap between Man U and Everton then for Spurs you would hope to have at least 2 back?

1 hour ago, 54 said:

Updates from Howe in todays presser: 

 

Sean Longstaff - Not Deemed a long term injury, timescale in weeks and not months.

Joe Willock - Not Deemed a long term injury, timescale in weeks and not months.

Harvey Barnes - Still hasnt trained with the squad, but is making good progress in recovery.

Sven Botman - Still hasnt trained with the squad, building up his knee slowly as to not cause further injury.

Elliott Anderson - Set to see specialist, still looking at a 12 weeks recovery time from the injury date on 11th November.

Re Anderson - stress fracture of the back? 12 weeks is about right if it’s that - going off cricketing injuries - danger is he does it again 

6 hours ago, r0cafella said:

He looks very raw to me. 

Said it before, he needs another season at Feyenoord - Dutch league is very good for developing wingers - Feyenoord are the right club for him

1 hour ago, Gallowgate Toon said:

Hope we do but my suspicion is we reckon Minteh will be squad-ready next summer and that'll be that.

Nah I think if we can get another year for Minteh we might keep him there 

Wonder if someone like a Gibbs White might be looked at? Can play mid and right wing (and as a 10)

11 minutes ago, Abacus said:

This was a known issue at the time of the takeover so will have been factored in to the deal. 

 

But for NUFC, my reading of the most recent accounts is that they had already accrued for expected liabilities due to this.

 

I.e., unless that £6.2m figure was much more than they expected, it should have no real new effect on FFP, since they've already accounted for it.

I’m sure they would have put a provision in the accounts in anticipation 

4 minutes ago, Fezzle said:

Just think its ridiculous for us to complain about handballs when that was completely accidental too

I think the point is that it’s not really different to Tino - you could argue if the ball rolls then Isak has a chance to snatch it 

Both were accidental 

Wow just seen that PSG handball when Isak was through - WTF?

30 minutes ago, BonesJones said:

Pretty sure this spell he's having signals the end for Burn as a starter. The performances are of such a high a level, it seems impossible to drop him.

I think Burn is at the most risk now - both Lascelles and Tino have overtaken him