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Sancho was great cutting in from the left for Dortmund. He was great on the right when he had Hakimi making overlaps 20 times a game. After Hakimi left Sancho played on the left loads. With Guerreiro behind him Sancho had to do lots of the defending too as Guerreiro is rarely interested in that sort of thing.

Well done Villa. I'm happy for you, Brummie at least !!

Love this guy. Would like to see him use his left peg now and again.

I don't think it's a given that we're top 6 next season and I hope people relax and give him some time. It may not click straight when next year starts and the other teams around us will also be looking to improve. There's a lot needs doing to upgrade the whole club let alone the 1st 11. It may take a bit of time to get right. We might also go through a couple of sticky patches. That happens. I'm sure EH will keep working as smartly as he has been though and, inshallah we'll have made some palpable progress by the time the season ends. There's so many variables I think it's unfair to set a minimum league place now. There might be a horrendous injury blight or 3 or 4 games on the trot where opponents score off every deflected shot. EH looks like a man who can keep perspective and adhere to the system he thinks will yield the best performances in the long run. Performances are more important that results imo. Performance will always eventually lead to the right results over time where as you can have a string of very lucky wins your efforts just don't deserve (see Pardew - 5th). It will catch up with you, though.

I read Bayern offered Sule more money that Dortmund did. It’s just that Dortmund really wanted him and he felt a bit disrespected at Bayern.

I seriously doubt we’re a option for Nunez. I’m sure he’s looking for a CL club.

Think he’s a tad too slow personally. His defensive skill set is suspect. You can get away with that if you have pace. He doesn’t.

Zagadou likely to be on a free come the summer. Injury record is appalling, like. I mean, there's a reason Dortmund are not renewing but he's one of those players someone could get lucky with. The opposite is also true, of course....

He has a very combative attitude and is already pretty adept at shithousery. Impressive for a 21yr old. He’s also got decent enough pace, some strength to him but more importantly, he’s got good technique and a decent reading of the game. I’m sure Everton fans love and with good reason.

Has Kamara already signed a pre contract deal with anyone?

I’m not sure they’d let him go but I think Gordon is a decent player already and has plenty of potential.

Tbf they had some very very good chances to score. Thought we were pretty lucky they fluffed it, in retrospect.

Just realised he doesn’t lift his knees when he runs.

thought he looked a lot better l doing this. Only Norwich but he clearly he a better contribution to the team.

Oh…..f**k it then

Aye. I’m still no good but that’s given me a lot of hope. Can still make it!

@WillDanceForChocolate thanks for taking the time. Enjoyed reading that. Bournemouth has had quite an exciting recent history!

Tbf I did suggest he could be moved to play further up the pitch even when he was killing it in midfield. Not that today is sure fire proof he can but it’s a step in the right direction.

Bakker is better with the ball tbs and probably quicker too. Fwiw.

Thing about Abraham is that he would be relatively low risk. In that he's much less likely to flop/not reach potential as he knows the league.

Is Tammy Abraham realistic? Because I think he's exactly what we need. Physical but good feet. Strong with back to goal. Good in the air and a hard worker. What's not to like?

I think we’re better with him in the side. If he could be effective from wide he would definitely solve some problems.

I think Dortmund might let Julian Brandt go. Certainly plenty of the support wouldn’t be bothered if they did. He’s definitely a project. With his talents and when on form, if he was firing on all cylinders we wouldn’t have a chance. He’s been patchy at best though. I think Howe could definitely improve him. He’s a little click away from being a top footballer.

I thought Shelvey played pretty well yesterday. He’s slow, we all know it. He got his foot in though and used the ball pretty well.