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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

When he was squaring up to Bednarek he was basically saying “im going to chin the fuck out of you if we don’t get 3 points, you’re going to be in pieces”

Think it was his head more than anything, seemed like he wanted to be positive all the time but was rushing it a bit. He’s class and will show it

Thought he had a great game, was made for him today and he really stood up

Good to see you back old timer