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Baffled how anyone can watch him today and think his goal covers for his downsides like. Loads of players score goals whilst also maintaining possession to an acceptable Premiership standard during the rest of the game. Like he's been like this for ages but the first half today he took it to a whole new level. He plays like he's on the school yard, great for the highlight reel but not what any manager actually wants. He needs to learn how to one touch pass, and to know when to take the ball on himself and when to find a teammate in space. He's more than welcome to bring his bag of tricks out when he's one on one with a full back, or if we're on the counter and he's running at their defence etc.

Aye @ManDoon sort of pointed that out during the game like. We have a big bean pole upfront but were rarely trying to find him from deep.

Aye like that's the point imo. It's not like I'm unappreciative or owt, it's just annoying looking in from the outside being powerless when the solutions seem so obvious.

Do you not think the richest owners on the planet could conclvince a player that signing for their club is a good idea like? Either we're not trying or we're not selling ourselves properly. I mean Emery obviously knocked us back for a reason.

Not so much that I wish we'd went for Gerrard, but as soon as Courtinho's agent was trying to find him a club we should have went all out for him. Same with Lucas Digne. I refuse to beliieve that Steven Gerrard and Villa's position in the table are the only reasons they've signed them like.

Do people understand now why we needed to properly build a squad this window capable of playing at mid table/euro challenging level and not just a one that can "get more points than Watford"?

I love him like, it was pretty obvious months ago but surely nobody still believes this is just a purple patch? The only thing he really lacks is a proper crunching sliding tackle imo.

I've said it before but I do think Howe comes out with some PFM stuff like He clearlly blagged the interview with his knowlege of our squad and the knowhow to change what was needed too. I'm not going to go over the top, we'll see how we are in the next two games or so, but if I'm being honest a less likeable bloke and I'd be wanting him sacked. It's shit, because I know he's better than this, but nothing's working for him. Deffinitely think a clearout of the coaching staff was needed long ago too, and I don't think Howe should have been allowed to bring in his own number 2, unfortunately probably too late for that now like.

One of those games where he was thankfully so bad that Eddie Howe sort of has no choice but to drop him like Same with Shelvey, we have to pish forward deals in the transfer market because they're unplayably bad.

Deffinitely thought he was still in Spain playing with a back 3 behind him there like Happened twice he got absolutely roasted for pace. Class outside of that though.

Loke I'm no tactical genius but it seems like with the players we have Joelinton should be infront of the defence and Shelvey should be wide right of the 3 to allow him to find space out wide.

Like I think Howe must see him as a regista or something, ignoring the fact they're meant to have quick feet and the ability to turn into space.

I get the idea behind him, he's meant to be a 'quarter back', but he's fucking shit at it Having a player slap bang in probably the most populated area of the pitch who turns like a fucking Wildebeest just seems mental.

the requirements are embarrassing low like.

You've proper done us there like.

Not getting a decent recruitment team in asap, even if just a temporary one, always seemed daft like. People bang on about deals being hard to do in January but I'm 100% sure that decent scouts would be able to find us a midfielder better than Longstaff or Shelvey like. I reckon I could do it with a few darts and a pack of panini stickers.

It's worrying© that we haven't seen any improvement in attack like. I was expecting it to be rocky with the squad we had but atleast expected us to see some goals. Not like 9 games of hanging on after Brentford. Seems to have limited control over some players too, imagine ASM trying to play like he did in the first half under Pep? He'd have been pasted all over in the dressing room.

Fuck knows what the stats were but I cannot remember him winning a clean header?

I know I said I'd be suprised if his legs had gone at 30, but after today I think I may have been wrong like Hopefully just an off debut and he hits his stride but he looked lethargic and offered nowt as a target man either.

They could have had 2-3 goals on the break man

We've 'dominated' the last 2 games in the shittest manner possible.

Looked absolutely pointless up top tbh. I liked the idea of him but for £25m i'm pretty sure we could have gotten someone abroad a bit more mobile like

The fuck did Longstaff just hoof that for when he was in yards of space

Agent Moussa. Getting torn to pieces on the counter here like

I just want him to be a better player which he's capable of being man