McCormick

Andersen is such a good player and a better version of Schar (as harsh as that sounds) but paying anything north of 30 for him would be a waste, considering his age. Ideally we’d be getting someone with the same passing ability but younger and more pacey/ athletic; not sure who tbh, but anyone with that kind of profile wouldn’t come cheap.

I do like JWP and McTominay (to a lesser degree) but agree they’re not exactly improving on Rice with those additions. Although, as another poster has said, you can’t replace a player of Rice’s quality if you’re a team like West Ham. Their only hope would be to unearth a Caceido-like gem but that’s much easier said than done - especially without the proper scouting network.

The ever-reliable Italian media outlets have said that we bid 43m for Chiesa but he has rejected us because he wants to move to Liverpool (a team who have shown no interest in him). Agent drivel.

Am I just having a bad day or is Ginola being super patronizing to Geordies here ?

Not to be a Debbie Downer but his previous interviews for Southampton he looked a lot more bubbly and bright-eyed. Hopefully it’s just nerves and not some sort of mental thing he’s been dealing with by being out for so long.

Weak signing video.

yeah, kit looks all right but christ.

Possibly the most naturally gifted player in my lifetime. Weird to say, as he’s had/ is having a great career, but I feel like he’s wasted his potential massively. Were it not for injuries, poor career choices or a lack of application (?) he had all the talent to be considered alongside Messi and Ronaldo as one of the absolute greats of this era.

If you read his full quotes in the Chronicle they’re anything but complimentary; <paraphrasing> he’s said that besides maybe Tonali we’ve signed players that we could have bought even if we weren’t in the Champions League. All in print so could still be out of context but the general feeling is that him and Neville are underwhelmed by our summer business so far.

Both . Was fantastic in the Championship and seems, physically, right up Howe’s street. In the age bracket we like to shop in too. Would be a very shrewd signing imo.

Yeah lil man, save the “journalism” for the people actually getting paid to be wrong all the time.

You can ignore any and all Turkish and Italian media links.

Murphy’s always been gifted athletically, his limitations were always his decision-making, consistency and general ‘footballing iq’. The great thing about having such a clearly defined system is that all the patterns of play are drilled into you so you don’t really have to think, it’s muscle memory almost. It’s the reason Almiron is doing so well for us under Howe too.

Can also play Rb and RM tbf.

Barnes is lethallll.

Beast.

Get it together Wilson, you handsome bastard. Looks like he’s playing in wranglers.

Yikes Lascelles. Also, Barnes you’re supposed to be a finishing supremo ffs.

Fucking hell. Can this bald wanker just let the game flow? It’s not all about you, you propecia-dodging twat.

Just turned this on. Ref is shocking.

Thought he was off to Everton?

That back 4 looks busted as hell.

Hurts we missed out on him. Exactly the player we needed.

Which Murphy is that? Lovely lads and all but Ritchie and Dummett getting significant game time this pre-season shows how far off we are in terms of squad depth.

Cheers! Seems I’ll be in meetings while this is on though. Shame.