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Didn’t think that was a yellow tbh

Felt a bit less confident in his goalkeeping than others on here it seems. No doubting he’s better with his feet but once or twice I thought he looked less assured than Pope at his primary job.

Not all Danes are tall so you’re taking a risk, like…

Needs a rest if we're honest. Really hope Miley and Ramsey can step up.

Thought we only made one change from the Benfica match...?

Thought we'd be using the squad more than we are. EH obvs has his reasons. But some players look low on energy.

Imagine he’ll start against Fulham. Give Jacob a rest.

yeah, want to see what we do against Fulham and Spurs. See if there’s any genuine improvement. Yesterday was a lot better though.

He’ll come good. Needs a bit of time to settle and sharpen up.

Yes, I’ve learnt enough though that if we don’t see it, EH has good enough reasons to not implement it until everyone’s ready.

I’ve said before we have a JL7 replacement already in Tonali. Problem was he was doing such a good job at 6. If Miley can play like that against Prem opposition it frees Tonali up to play the left sided 8. Would be amazing for us to have a creative midfielder on that side who is also dominant physical presence. Gives us balance. Would help both Gordon and Hall out massively.

Been wondering what a different assistant coach could do. Someone tasked with getting 2 of the best midfielders in the Prem to have an affect through the middle. Want EH to stay, obvs but was thinking some new ideas might help us evolve some. This could provide an opportunity. Could also set us back for all I know….

Too often we’ve looked like we’re a man down somehow. Opposition seem to have time and space in the middle and we have none. Reckon we’ll be better after HT.

With one of those 5 you’d think we could at least manufacture a near post flick on. Create a bit of uncertainty and chaos..

Think we haven’t been too good at this. Even if the delivery is average I would expect more imaginative movement to get someone a yard or two of space.

Admiring your commitment to this

When he’s fit I think JL really shines from about 70 mins onward. There’s enough fatigue on the pitch that any technical superiority is negated just enough for his physicality to overcome it and start to dominate. As @timeEd32has said, less games and his fitness and sharpness should be maximisied. He’s a big lad for a footballer and it takes a lot to keep making those sudden changes of direction and balance shifts.

Excellent

Could try and mitigate it by asking Burn to stay home and Trips to push up into midfield when we have the ball to create the box that seems so in fashion atm. Pope Thiaw Botman Burn Trips Tonalli Bruno Ramsey Elanga/ Gordon Wolt

Hugo Bueno from Wolves?

We need more football down the left side so this is a big loss.

Insh'allah

Was fanboi-ing Antonio Silva for a while. If we'd signed him instead for twice the money and he was putting in these performances, I'd have been very happy. So far, it looks like his qualities dove tail very, very well with Botman's.

We could really do with this guy coming in and playing well enough to start.

A complete midfielder.