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The ball he delivered for the goal was ridiculous for a fullback crossing with his wrong foot. Not many players would even attempt it.

Same feelings, I love tiki-taka and sometimes I would like us to play with more possession. But that's the beauty of football I suppose, there's multiple ways to play well and win. What you want is a clear evidence that the manager has a plan and it's playing out on the pitch. A bit like Rafa, I could never fall in love with the style of football but it was very evident that the team was incredibly well prepared for every game.

I thought after the cup final we might sometimes get Burn to try and score instead of always going for the back post Mike Williamson special.

It's hard to know who's taking the piss here.

Refs are unfairly targeting him now IMO, and denying him free kicks that other players would get. Guess you could say he brought it on himself, if you're being harsh. Don't think he did it much today though, he was fairly tidy.

Yeah, he went down and looked like he pulled something, but I guess it was a scrape or someone stood on the back of his leg. I was genuinely thinking season over at that point

Absolutely, and the club/management deserve it because of the impeccable way they managed the situation. And a bit of credit to (most of) the fans as well.

There's genuinely no point in bringing him on now IMO, unless we think Osula will score a 40-yard own goal or something.

Yeah, I can still only see us going inverted but it will be nice to have Murphy as an option still. And Tino will run riot down the right like he's now doing on the other side. Can't see us buying a right-footed RW at all, even though the point is interesting.

Not now please.

I’m saving it for a very enjoyable MOTD later.

Aye he did, and he did when he replaced Hojlund in Europe IIRC. I agree with what everyone has said about his weaknesses though.

Surely you won’t really be sad if we get CL instead of EL?

Some of the players that came in under Ten Hag literally made no sense. Just so slow and weak.

TBF to Casemiro I don’t think he’s overweight, he just can’t run.

I say this a lot but his game intelligence is unmatched for me. Not just understanding where the ball will be on the pitch and where he needs to be, but also understanding the wider situation, the context of the game and how he can influence it. Really big football brain.

So you’re saying he’s got potential?

The final touch before the shot was perfect as well. Reminded me a bit of Ben Arfa.

To some extent. He’s shown more than Hojlund anyway.

He’s basically walking poor attitude. Nice guy when he’s winning mind.

I did say to certain extents

Admittedly I don’t watch many full 90s but he just always seems to try really hard and make some good movements. Maybe he attacks too much like you say.

I’m not saying I’d want them here but I rate Yoro, Dalot, Garnacho, Mazraoui, Zirkzee and obviously Fernandez to certain extents. Shaw if he was ever fit. They just don’t have the right balance of ingredients and the right culture to make a winning team and the have a very non-competitive midfield.

He got a good connection on that one that Bayindir saved as well. Slightly unlucky.

He’s good on the left but we’ll win the PL/CL with him and Hall playing with quality wingers on both sides. And England will win the World Cup and Euros.