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We're beating these tonight I reckon with SJP bouncing under the lights Howay the lads

How is he woke?

I think the amount of injuries last year has made everyone at the club nervous about the high press We're an Isak hamstring away from being pretty fucked

Didn't he say our scouting set up was poor?

He was included in The Guardian's talented youngsters list a few weeks ago https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2024/oct/15/next-generation-2024-60-of-the-best-young-talents-in-world-football

Minteh on loan

I think there's a dearth of right wing options currently for us I got scoffed by a few for suggesting Mbeumo last season but there's very few obvious options out there for us. Many wanted us to sign Chiesa but I don't remember us genuinely being linked with him. Even in the Championship I don't think there's standout right wingers. The lad at Norwich Sainz looks fun but he's a left winger. Gnonto again is best on the left

Transfermarkt says his juventus loan finishes in the summer. But he's contracted at Porto until 2029

Conceicao isn't out of contract in the summer I'm not sure Diallo is a better option than Mbeumo currently. He's also not going to leave in the summer on a free

I'm guessing xG doesn't count the Isak chance because he didn't get a shot away?

We need to adapt though. Us outrunning or outpressing teams isn't working anymore, especially away from home. There's only so far you can go without playing to your better players strengths

Everton do that as well but it's more effective as Tarkowski is much better attacking them than Dan Burn who either gives away a foul or has no idea which direction he's heading it in

We just seem to be too rigid in our tactics and personnel to make any changes to improve us. I think it's a worry how we've used the same formation for nearly 3 years and it doesn't look like we're learning that it isn't benefiting our better players

Whole squad is such a mess

I'm not sure why we're shoehorning him into a system that has stopped working rather than creating a new system that gets the best out of our best players?

Howe and Ashworth don't get on do they?

And two finals

I love Rafa but that's a barmy suggestion

The decision giving West Ham a penalty yesterday was abysmal

Not sure he did struggle against Wimbledon we just never got the ball to him as he had 5 defenders around him

I want us to play with a number 10 but our transfer strategy means there's no obvious candidate for who plays ther Gordon is probably the best bet. Miggy played there when we first signed him under Rafa but I don't particularly want to see him there. Tonali or one of the Joee possibly? Isak would be great there in my opinion but we've got a Danish lad who isn't trusted to play more than 5 mins and Wilson who has a loyalty card at the RVI so we have to play Isak up front It's such a mess

Yep, been making this point for a while but there's only so far we can go by being able to outrun other teams and it's starting to show now. We need better footballers who can do more than just run for 90 mins. We're crying out for someone who can put their foot on the ball and create in the final third

The least Italian looking scoreline ever

I think he's just desperate to get involved as we rarely seem to get the ball anywhere near him when clearing from the back Desperate to play someone closer to him