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He played LB most of the season we got CL the first time. He was a weak link but it's become the accepted history that he was absolutely shit in every game and that's just not true. He's a much better CB than he is LB, that's not up for debate, but he can do a job as a 3rd choice LB like

Guarantee Howe plays Longstaff. He loves his favourites does our Eddie, it's going to be his undoing. It's why we'll never win anything under him imo

Can't believe there are people (not on here thankfully) writing him off already. Even if he'd had a shit start you could excuse it as adjusting to a new league, but he's looked absolutely class already.

Someone on Reddit said that the Arsenal fans boo'd him as he was being stretchered off, that true does anyone know?

Agree with all of this except the bit in bold. I'm not the least bit surprised tbh

Turns out winning our first trophy in 55 years gives you *checks calendar* 6 months. Better jot that down for 2080

We still really doing this? Earlier in the week it was praise for rotating and learning that a European season requires it. Now it's back to "stubborn Eddie, plays his favourites". We used to be a real Forum.

Yeah no arguments there. Just find it hard to blame him for that loss when he was the sole reason we were even in the game at that point

Pope was mint for 90% of that game and we'd have been 2 or 3 down without him. Can't lay that all on his door.

Yup. More gutted about that than anything. Awful for him individually and us as a squad.

God I love that we're back playing games like these

Proper love him already

What a beautiful man

Anyone who offers even the mildest criticism towards the brightest spark we had amidst a decade or more of abject misery needs their hard-drive checked. If our mod team had the stones they'd be making referrals to the relevant authorities imo.

I mean I agree with @AyeDubbleYoo - all things being equal, i.e. all fit, Botman is absolutely who we should be building the defence around. His ability on the ball, defensive ability, age and overall ceiling are all exactly what you'd want to plan around for the next 5+ seasons. Obviously his injury record changes that arithmetic but I'm hopeful he can overcome those.

Cunt didn't even have to put in a transfer request btw. So presumably that's a nice "loyalty" payment he'll be taking for the privilege

Love people pretending like the club had no choice here. There was a clear choice to say get fucked Alex you little rat, you'll sit on your arse for a year, we'll still fetch £90m plus for you next summer and send a message to the footballing world that you can't kick off and get everything you want. We've not done that because we're weak as fuck

Guess those who regularly get the horn over how pure ruthless our beloved Saudi overlords are will need to find something else to get their kicks over. Absolute cucks

Pathetic. Any player, agent or rival club in future now know the playbook to get our spineless excuse of a club to bend straight over. Embarrassing.

Nice apology message on his insta story talking about how much he loves the club. Nice to read tbh given the attitude of the snake he was filling in for

Hahaha cunts

"Inept" ffs, you'd think people would learn not to post this shite after Eddie "not a winner" Howe somehow bundled his way to our first trophy in *checks notes* half a century. You can criticise a tactical choice without sounding like such a reactionary twat.

Wouldn't be against setting the T1000 on the treacherous Swede and his dickhead agent at this point

Pick one