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There must be about 25 season ticket holders doing that each game

My brother got 2 XXL from DHGate and they don't fit either of us, and I normally wear a L Imagine quite a lot of DHGate shirts end up unwearable.

Are we assuming that people can't play in both games? If not then bringing in Longstaff for Tonali just makes the team worse.

You can see by how he plays that everything isn’t calm with him. I know that’s kind of encouraged in football but you always meet a few people who are clearly troubled.

I don't really understand where the majority of those tickets come from, people who still control multiple season tickets? Seems unlikely that there are enough normal season ticket holders who spontaneously decide to tout their tickets for any given match.

Do they suggest how to get a ticket? For 'official reselling platform', do they just mean the members sale queuing period?

I'm considering all the money I haven't spent on kits for the last £15+ years

I agreed until Saturday when an 18 year-old scored 3 goals against us. Botman being back is the main thing but I would like to see Hall ASAP.

Well, someone who is very capable in the position and is likely less dodgy than the other options we have. He might not be elite yet personally but the unit looks much less vulnerable. Perhaps the wrong term, I don't want to get hung up on who or who isn't elite. It gives us a "much better" back four IMO.

They've also created an environment where people (inc me) lose their shit every time they announce anything. Due to their incompetent communication so far.

I would persevere with Isak up front if that’s where his future is. Can’t change that based on the team playing badly and not having enough proper attacks.

I think Botman back and playing Hall is the main thing I’d like to see - that brings us back to a really elite defence. Would absolutely love a clean sheet.

The shark has been well and truly jumped.

Yeah, seemed like he almost changed his mind half through and tried for a long pass which he didn’t have the body position for.

For me, Tonali for Longstaff is clearly a massive upgrade. The midfield aren’t playing well but I don’t think the answer is to change the formation as such, it’ll be more about tweaking it, making sure they’re all fit and understand their instructions. We made the decision to sign flexible and versatile players and we have to live with that. I know destroyer DMs are trendy now but it’s not the way we went, so we need to back these lads and Howe to get them working. Easier fixtures will certainly help a lot.

He gets stick when he puts it out of play, which can’t help.

Which one of the English players we’ve signed is guileless? The guy who just won player of a major tournament playing false 9 for England? The one who got hatfuls of goals and assists even in a relegation team? The young LB who’s also a midfielder? The young RB who’s one of the most dynamic and highly rated players in his position? Absolute horseshit.

We’re not going to get relegated therefore I’m supremely relaxed about this situation. The most interesting thing is to see what happens next and how Howe handles it. We know he will do everything humanly possible to sort it out. I really think the effect of these fixtures from day one of the season is immense. It’s one thing having difficult games, it’s another having such difficult games before you’ve had a chance to get up and running. The break comes at a good time for us, can’t wait to see what we do next. TBH I ultimately think that 10 minutes against Liverpool has resulted in 3 points from these games instead of 6-9. Again, an extreme shock without a chance to recover in an easier game.

Nah, stopped it at “they can’t play together”. Absolute nonsense.

Thought he was shocking but Burn was worse. Not a fun game this

It’s very early to write off top 4 based on playing such a hard group of fixtures from a standing start.

Yep, the answer is to train them and coach them rather than change them. Bringing in Longstaff would solve nothing. When Willock comes back it’s more interesting, but that won’t be for quite a while.

Not Hall?

Longstaff is highly overrated, Tonali is much better than him and has to play that position.

Why is it only going to get worse?