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Aye, you’d hope we’d walk away if no progress this week. Being taken for an absolute ride on this one. If we do get him we’ll have overpaid for him substantially even though I like him a lot

The fact that Toney is struggling to get a club in the PL speaks volumes about his reputation

I love that copium “cost us a point”. Why do people lie to themselves like this

Find that really hard to see, at least if he goes for anything over £50m

Feels like too much money for a back up and Madueke is surely not moving to be back up

Having a player who is in love with the club is massive

Indeed, no hesitating and dilly dallying off the ball, which is key to him playing well in a defensive sense

Who else would be realistically in for him that Madueke would want to move to? It won’t be Villa, Man U, Liverpool, Man City, West Ham. Could it be Spurs or us? Anyone else realistic?

This was disgusting reffing, worse than anything else

Longstaff’s the windscreen wipers

Total non-entity of a footballer who can’t cut it in this league. Looking forward to him having relegation-quality form all season

Didn’t think there was anything up with Tino. Second half he was class

There’s not a better player in the league for tracking back and breaking up play when someone’s already through our midfield. The way he gets back and breaks stuff up is absurd

Gag them in the first few minutes with the Jow choke and then just ruin them for the rest of the game

He’s clearly made for midfield like, and not defensive midfield. I hope we can mould him into a top LB but if not we need to just have him as a play making midfielder in the Odegaard vein

Pope was actually in pain though, you could see him wince and shout as he made contact with the ball on a goal kick

I wouldn’t have given it as a red, it’s a joke. However, it’s impossible to argue against it or get it overturned as they can argue there was at least some intent

Yeah, well it might not have been given every single time but it has been given a ton of times for decades

I agree that it’s not remotely violent in reality and didn’t cause any damage. It’s a disgusting overreaction from Diaz. However, that head movement towards an opposing player has been a red for decades even with no proper contact

I don’t have an issue with it being red either. Any head movement close just gives the ref no option but Diaz’s reaction is so pathetic that I hope someone snaps him soon

Phew. A top keeper. How we’ve missed him

Such a sweet way to start the season. Shit to lose Schar for some games but that will give the lads a huge boost to win like that

Pawson was so far out of his depth they should have had lifeguards in every end of the ground

Hope Brereton Diaz has an absolutely miserable season and scores more own goals than goals

He was outstanding