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I'm sure under Howe's tutelage he will improve, and will hopefully prove to at least be a useful player. However, I don't see anything to suggest he's going to evolve into a top four level premier league wide forward, which is the level we're aspiring to sustain and build upon. Can't help but feel, in that context, his signing will prove to be a miss just in terms of opportunity cost. Hope he proves me wrong

As a couple of others have said, really hope that game wasn't the laying out of a blueprint of exactly what teams need to do to outmanoeuvre us tactically. It looked like that from minute one tbh - their positional play in particular completely negated our press and also prevented us from getting any kind of foothold in the game.

Doubt that's a source worth paying any attention to

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Tbh he hasn't shown much to suggest that he has more to offer than Murphy or Anderson in our team at this moment in time. Too early to be rushing to any judgement beyond that, though.

ASM out is a big blow, a lot of the creative responsibility will fall on Willock's shoulders with him missing out.

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Wonder if they could move for Rafa

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Same, tempted to switch Kane out for him looking at fixtures, feels risky though

Murphy doesn't deserve to lose his spot to Gordon as things stand. Neither does ASM if he is fully fit.

Don't know if it is necessarily realistic for the coming summer, but Evan Ferguson is the real deal as far as striker prospects go.

Looks so much better out wide IMO. Really good performance tonight

Wouldn't really be interested in any of their players tbh, although Andersen or Guehi would be decent options at CB.

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The biggest positive from today, aside from the win, was how well Willock, ASM and Isak linked up together. Exactly the kind of interchanges and attacking patterns that had been missing from our play after the restart, and a timely reminder of just how valuable Willock can be in transition. Would like to see us find a way to accommodate all three in the first XI going forward

Honestly don't see the point of a 20 minute MOTD broadcast. The same length of highlights will be up on youtube this evening from skysports anyway.

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Didn't they defend Bruce, criticise Rafa etc fairly consistently prior to the takeover, especially during his first season? At least some of them

Honestly think the narrative that our poor form is purely due to chances being missed is overblown, on here and elsewhere. It's a significant factor no doubt, but truthfully our play has declined post world cup on many registers. The intensity of the press isn't there to the same extent, our attacking play is pretty pedestrian and very predictable, with the ball worked to the right for the same passing routines to be used etc. There's a major structural issue with creativity which is observable every time we face a low block team. Looking at chances missed also ignores the quality of chances, the context of those chances in terms of the progression of play etc. It's become a bit of a cop out IMO.

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Would love him here (highly unlikely, I know)

That's a fair point, although I think how we're setting up may be part of the problem at this point tbh. The lopsided full backs, similar patterns of play with Almiron/Trippier and attempting to work opportunities from that side of the pitch rather than finding other avenues of attack (especially through the middle) is producing diminishing returns and has been for some time.