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Brummie says Bailey is shite iirc so watch him have a stormer.

There's quite a bit of data that supports that we were pretty creative last year but wasteful. We were top of the charts, there or thereabouts, for hitting the woodwork & big chances missed last season and our chances created & xG were consistently strong too. We relied more on set piece opportunities than some of the other top sides but that's a very legitimate weapon for tight games if you don't have Dan Burn as your primary target.

Pretentiousness of his style aside, his voice is just really, really grating.

I really rate Caicedo but his form did just drop a bit at the back of the season and not just against us. It may have been down to the RB experiment by RDZ though. He was imperious for the first 2/3s of the campaign.

Almost perfect player for Liverpool's midfield. Best hope is that Klopp's penchant for injuring players carries on.

Bloom is an absolute genius when it comes to transfers. Only recent misstep has been the rumoured Mac Allister release clause.

Pretty mid season and his last months at Lyon were supposedly canny average as well (although after a sparkling 6-month period).

Isn't Zaniolo meant to be pretty shit now?

Caicedo would be a very, very good pick up for Liverpool.

He's only been with us for about 8 years, man Maybe it's repressed memories from the Ashley era but I can never remember Lascelles getting done for pace (well, at least nothing like we've seen Schar or Botman struggle with although they've been left a lot more exposed than previous systems). Usually mistakes from him have been related to lack of concentration or agility.

I bet he bloody loved that banter! https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2021/05/04/surprise-nufc-start-clocked-the-4th-fastest-player-in-the-premier-league-this-season/ He definitely is our quickest CB and isn't a slouch once going.

Not Maxi but Hayden > https://www.nufcblog.co.uk/2020/02/28/isaac-hayden-reveals-shock-name-when-asked-for-nufcs-3-fastest-players-over-100m-watch-here/

Think it's pretty fair to say Willock played as a weird CM-winger hybrid last season. I'm sure there's a football hipster term for it based on some German or Italian word.

I remember an interview with Maxi where he said Lascelles is one of the quickest at the club. He's not got great acceleration but he does have a big, powerful running style.

Found the analysis of Top 4 predictions this season to be absolutely shite, so far, even from the better ones. For me, the only clear outcome is Man City will definitely be top 4 and are very likely to win the league again. I think Arsenal will be top 4, likely second, but I actually think there'll be some regression from last year as their signings aren't a great fit (and if Saliba picks up another injury then they've got real problems). Man U were very dodgy at times last season and their signings so far don't suggest that much improvement. Liverpool still have a soft centre. Chelsea have the ability in their ranks and a good enough manager to do far better but I won't be that worried about them unless Caicedo signs. Spurs feel even more Spursy than ever... We could honestly finish anywhere between 2nd and 9th

I think playing tougher matches at the beginning of the season is preferable if we're well prepared. It can be a better chance to catch teams off guard while sharpness/fitness aren't optimal and new players from other leagues aren't bedded in yet. I actually don't mind Lascelles for this either. Schar got absolutely rinsed by Watkins last season and the one thing Lascelles has over every CB at the club is some pace once he gets going.

Paqueta isn't good enough for City. He's a good player but very streaky.

Terrific read. He seems a very interesting character - even just from the BTS footage he seems to have a bit of edge behind that chilled exterior.

With 2 young Brexiteers through the door in succession, it's time for Eddie to dip back into the international market.

Tony Gordon will be a bit of an early Bellamy for us this season. Run like a fiend, rile up the opposition, and chip in with a decent amount of goals & assists, and generally be a cracking team player, but he'll miss chances and sometimes be very frustrating in the final third with his decisions. The crucial pieces missing from his game are exactly what Barnes excels at - hopefully he can learn a lot from him.

It's not even going to stop what it sets out to achieve and, once again, actually helps bigger teams with deeper squads . The 'timewasting' in the additional 10 minutes of added time will probably get even worse, in all honesty - it's a pretty natural reaction when you're tired to find any way to have a breather. In any case, I'm probably going to love it when Joelinton again goes down with cramp in the 103rd minute while we're 2-1 up at Anfield.

I'd say watching boring as fuck teams play for 55 minutes is a much worse product than enjoying Eddie's ADRENALINE mags for 51.

He should be investigated for whatever he's done to Murphy. He looked scared to even trap a ball for about 3 years and now he's doing bits.

He just feels like a really smart buy for us. He's about as good a player as you could want for one of our major gameplans last season - overload right to create an isolation on the left for a switch. Also, outside of Isak and Wilson (and maaaybe Miggy if he does it again this year), we lack consistent finishers and that was one of the big problems when we had our runs of draws. It's important to have lots of available goalscorers in the squad of course but you want a core group you can always rely on. I think Howe will do a lot of tactical rotation of the front 3 this season but Big Harvey will gets loads of minutes and goals/assists to his name.

Barely a footballer.