ExiledGeordie

Yeah totally otherwise what’s the point ha

I get the argument but I’m sure Howe has looked at the reasons for and against starting him fitness wise with all the data and all that malarkey. Managing fitness early on can be crucial too, say Tonali starts and picks up an injury etc. Just playing devils advocat, I don’t know what’s best but then I’m not managing the team 🤷‍♂️

Yeah the Murphy one confuses me too, was kind of expecting Longstaff to start and Tonali coming in maybe v Fulham or something.

Spurs really don’t look all that at all

Yeah I think the armchair lot are getting a bit overly excited but the proof will be in the pudding in terms of performance.

Can’t defend got for toffee and the manager showing no signs he knows how to do that. Awful from set pieces

Howe doesn’t usually drop players after a win. I get bringing Schar in as it helps out overall play, no issue with Hall playing if he wants to push the attack more. I’d like to see Tonali play but it could be managing minutes as he’s not played loads of football and has played 2 games in the last week already 🤷‍♂️ I think Tonali will be starting soon enough fwiw, definitely by City fixture.

Surely if Wilson is going to be out longer then Osula is going to have to get some minutes at some point?

Parish has stood firm and now won’t get what we were offering in the summer even if it was below their valuation. Seems his form as also dipped a little so maybe he is unsettled. I don’t buy the “he’s shite” comments now 😂 He’s still a quality defender who would as loads to our back line but he’s a 40-45m defender whose price soared due to the euros. We were probably prepared to go over a bit but stopped when Palace wouldn’t budge and got too greedy. Be interesting to see what happens with him moving forward. He’ll probably go for 40m off in the summer with a year left. My guess is we’ll go elsewhere now.

Id like to see Barnes play on the right but have them switch here and there.

isn’t the whole argument “bought the league” a bit outdated anyway?

I agree with that city fan regarding clubs previously spending money to gain success and that the cartel is changing rules to directly affect them and us. But let’s be honest if a club is putting people on secret contacts such as they did with Mancini with a second salary from a club in Abu Dhabi without declaring it then you need to be held accountable. And that only just scratches the surface of what they’ve been doing.

Really interested to see how he plays today, expecting a much sharper performance

can’t be arsed with Hope at all

I think we can cause them major problems but we have to stop pissing about away from home.

Bizarre, Tonali gets 10 months but Paqueta is playing on at the moment with the premier seemingly unsure of what to do next. Quite a few teams have the right to be pissed odd surely.

Yeah we never play that well there, I don’t think we’ve won have we? We should be going into this confident and they aren’t exactly going great which probably means a loss 😂

Gordon, Isak and Tonali’s improving sharpness and fitness together with hopefully a fitter Bruno to run midfield better. Schar back. Im feeling worryingly confident 😂

Like Trippier I think he could well go in Jan. He’s behind Barnes and Murphy effectively so isn’t going to get that much playing time.

And you know that for certain do you? Why would we put things in the public domain, all the noise was coming from the Palace end. By all accounts and according to Mitchel the final offer was made two weeks before the end of the window although dialogue remained open. It was a poor window, mistakes were made but let’s not start making wild accusations that we don’t know are true. As I’ve said on here previously much of what Mitchel says makes sense. We do need to evolve in the PAR world in terms of signings and selling players and Howe probably needs to adapt to a degree. The proof will be in the pudding in terms of the players he brings in and his relationship with Howe.

Yeah Longstaff was fine against Spurs really it’s just a question of when Howe feels Tonali is ready to start and whether there’s maybe more benefit to bringing him on rather than starting him

Gordon is looking sharper, Isak scored two and will be sharper and Tonali is coming on now too. Bruno has looked a little off the pace too but should be better for Wolves. Gives me much more confidence for the next few games. We’ll be a totally different side with those three in form, game changers. I think our passing and play will be much quicker and more precise.

Yeah I’m inclined to think he might come off the bench v Wolves but start v Fulham.

Do people think Howe will still go with Longstaff for this in light of Tonali’s predominance? He doesn’t like dropping players after a win does he.

Yeah he’s not a deadly finisher but was showing improved finishing signs last season.