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Gonna score a boat load. I think we are actually the perfect team to get the best out of him. It's gonna be such a great weapon for us to have against anyone that plays a high line.

Incredible. Looked abit like Kaka the way he glided round the pitch. Clear immediately that he is the upgrade on Longstaff that we were looking for, which is no offense to Sean. Bruno was poor for large spells but I think he looked worse because Tonali looked so good.

Reminds me of the game at their place last season. They seem very skilled at throwing themselves down at the softest contact to get free kicks. We have the opposite of a honer ref today though. Seems to want to give every little thing for them and is letting alot go against us and particularly Gordon.

Slower pace has suited Villa. Not sure if we couldn't keep up the intensity or just recharging to go again. But they couldn't live with the early pace. Miggy was super quiet. Didn't touch the ball for 20+ mins and Bruno hasn't looked quite on it. Everyone else playing really well.

Any reason the commentator is referring to Philip Billing as just Philip in the Bournemouth game?

Diaby and Bailey are a threat on the wings but also they will likely provide very little defensive cover for Villa and we love to overlap down the sides so we could get a lot of joy. Also interesting he has thrown Tonali in immediately. Think due to history we all expected a slow bedding in process but I suppose it was said he was Eddie's number one target.

I seem to remember there were reports of a sickness bug going round and Bruno and Joelinton were particularly off it I'm that game, coupled with Longstaff being missing. Not making excuses for the lads but the finest margins make a massive difference and two of our best players uncharacteristically struggling physically didn't help the performance.

Looks like a Liverpool away kit that

I wonder if we know something others don't in relation to his muscle injuries etc. He had a pretty rotten year with injuries last year and it was clear to me even when he played he wasn't 100% he looked scared to open up to a full sprint anymore and when you lose that yard as an explosive dribbler, you're never going to be as effective as you once were. Perhaps having seen him up close for so long the medical team have assessed that he's never going to be able to overcome these strains etc. Bit like Dyer back in the day. Thats the logic I am applying anyways because it seems we have sold when his stock is at its lowest coming off a injury hit season and of we were confident he was over those problems, even just playing a handful of games in CL and turning it on, we could have possibly doubled our money in January.

Ah man that alignment is infuriating. Can't even look at it ?

Felt this last season and after preseason still think for balance an athletic and good on the ball left back is a must.

Top 8 this season is very strong. Far too many factors to try and call it this early. But my sneaky feeling, with squads as they are right now, is that Man Utd might be the team that struggle to get in top 4. Feel they are heavily reliant on Rashford having another strong season. Could all change if they bring in more players ofcourse but even then they may take time to settle.

That's really impressive from Anderson having played the full 92 mins. Great strong running and composure.

We gave up the high press pretty quick. Clearly the players are shattered already from probably intensive training all week aswell. I think if they freshen up with loads of subs then it's gonna be a long 2nd half, but just gotta remember result doesn't matter. Murphy has been non existent though, even from just a running fitness perspective.

Such a compulsive liar. So I'm guessing you didn't get your £8m pay off then Steve? Also from being insulted by the idea "that guy that got Bournemouth relegated" was going to replace you, to suddenly recommending him? ?

The back four in the next game is gonna be grim however.

Yeah seems likely.

Think I'd rather it was carefully edited to be honest. Will still serve as a nice watch to look back on a great season for us as fans but also don't want to give any of those whiny cunts at other clubs any more reason to kick up a fuss about us.

One things for certain. If we want to play this formation at any point we definitely will need a new left wing back.

If they were gonna experiment then I'd rather they tried it with Botman not Dummett ?

Tripper was outstanding going forward last season. I really hope there isn't a plan to move him to Right of a back 3.

https://twitter.com/APartridgeQOTD/status/1346195612400832516?lang=en

Guessing he's still not back in training yet? May mean he's not fully up to speed for start of season which would be disappointing.

We're actually quite evenly matched teams. That first game could be a cracker and I imagine this season it will come down to luck with injuries to determine which side finished higher.

I mean we're only minus Maxi from last season and adding Barnes and Tonali. So in theory we should be better as Maxi didn't actually contribute huge goal and assist numbers and the team was still very competitive last season. But with hopefully going far in many competitions, we will have more games so I agree we will need some people to increase their numbers. Hoping for more goals from Willock this year for example as his finishing at times was the only negative in a great season.