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So, so soft that such a minor piece of contact can result in that punishment though.

TBF to ASM he could have had a lot more assists if anyone around him could finish.

Was a weird period because you knew it was just a sticking plaster and Ashley would torpedo things eventually. But having at least one genuine football person in charge was amazing for a while.

Some of us

Harsh to focus on his employment status, today of all days. Happy birthday gaffer.

True, but wouldn’t we still need to buy a third striker? That’s the issue.

Pretty sure Bayern is better than Spurs no matter what happens

Tend to agree, it doesn't really make football or financial sense to sell Bruno or Isak because we'd end up needing several new signings just to finish in the same league position or worse. Maybe wishful thinking but that's how I see it too.

Think an issue might be whether we decide to go for a more mobile striker like a cheaper Isak, or a different style like a target man. Ideally both I guess, a lot of PL teams have multiple average strikers instead of one good one.

What Howe said about being an 'efficient team' after the match is the most telling for me. Even more important than intensity in a way. The Howe footballer is efficient - know the plan, make a decision, execute quickly and with quality.

The pass that Barnes put into Gordon for that blocked shot was a great sign. He could easily have just shot himself. Did he do it for Isak as well, when he stepped inside the defender and got blocked? I'm not sure if it's the plan for the permanent front 3 but it's an extremely group set of players.

I can't see a situation where we keep Wilson really, unless we can afford and he's happy to be 3rd choice.

They have another game in between?

They scored a great team goal against Liverpool and created another few chances. But they also could have conceded 4 or 5 on another day.

There'll be a statue of this lad when we win the CL. No worries.

To me the lad looks top quality, never doubted the signing. Would've liked to see him more but there's hardly been a moment in the season when the circumstances haven't been extremely difficult to drop a youngster into.

I think we'll continue to spend a reasonable amount, luckily almost all of our signings have been a success so far.

Fair point.

Yep, I don't think we'll sign anyone like that for a while TBH. Maybe if we transition to having more possession in certain games. But for now I think taking a CM out would cause more problems than it would solve.

I don't really have strong feeling about having a blank back, stripes would be better but it's not a crime.

Why would anyone fear playing Man Utd? They're not playing well and they're always going to be vulnerable. Of course we're capable of losing any game with some of the personnel we have.

Very interesting analysis when viewed from our POV. In particular he says Spurs are crying out for someone like Bruno to play the 6 role, when we spend loads of our time talking about moving him out of that position

I do love these Froggy fests we get occasionally.

The one that just signed for Man City?

Think a lot comes from confidence and attitude as well, if you believe you can beat your man and you want to score then you're not looking to go down at every opportunity.,