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Usually any kind of Bruce endorsement would be an immediate disqualifier for me but I'm going to assume he failed to draw the connection to the system and coaching that Bruce inherited from Rafa. As for the rest, I think critical comments towards Howe during/as a result of his final season at Bournemouth were quite commonplace and there's a certain inevitability to that given how poor they looked at the time, even though it needs to be seen in the much wider context of everything Howe achieved there. His success here is off the back of continued learning and development after that experience. Which bits did you disagree with, out of interest? I don't agree with all of his takes by any means but he has our pressing structure spot on imo.

Brilliant breakdown of our tactical approach this season under Howe.

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Kieran Tierney "expected to move to Newcastle United" according to Gary Jacob in The Times.

I actually think he has shown more - on a technical level and in terms of decision making on the ball, admittedly based on a limited showing so far. Probably slower than Gordon although that pace hasn't been utilised effectively so far. Both have some good instincts when it comes to occupying space on the left. If it's correct that Anderson's best position long-term will be out wide then the Gordon signing makes even less sense.

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A mixed bag today as others have said. Plenty of endeavour and a lot of good runs to get into promising positions, he almost seemed to be the main focus of our forward play for large parts of the first half as a result of that. However, his decision making was poor, I agree that he didn't seem to be entirely in sync with our patterns of play and was perhaps playing too individually, which may have been a significant factor in his HT substitution. Too early to be writing him off for sure but it's not unreasonable to have doubts about whether he has the potential to evolve into a top-four level PL player.

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Similar or even greater levels of noise around Dean Henderson at the beginning of last summer, which ultimately came to nothing and saw us land a superior goalkeeper. Hopefully this link will run it's course in a similar way, FI are bullshitters.

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I seem to remember reading that we essentially allowed Kuol to decide his preferred destination from the various suitors. Doesn't change the fact that Shola has no business playing a role in an NUFC that is no longer a parody of itself, though.

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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