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Good point. Thought Almiron, Dubs and Shortstaff were the highlights for us. Atsu needs to contact dignitas for all our sakes, it's for the best.

Carroll channeling his inner Scott Parker

I'd seriously have one of the kids in the squad instead of Atsu. Not even the U23s either, the U16s. It's impossible to build any pressure or momentum when you're right winger loses the ball with his first touch every time you pass to him.

Traore is fucking ace, like

Because we've only got one sub left? Who gives a shit. It’s crying out for someone to hold the ball up and bring the midfield into it. Aye, i'd have him on myself (assuming he's fit), just saying there's a reason why Bruce might not have yet beyond his normal levels of incompetence.

Because we've only got one sub left?

Doing better but Joelinton all by himself up front. If we're going to use this system then we need the midfield to break forward into the box.

Atsu loses the ball every time he gets it. It's infuriating how many of our moves end with him.

Big Dubs to the rescue

Gayle was playing well.

Gayle's hamstring gone.

Unlucky, what a ball from Gayle.

Cracking goal, great work by Gayle and Willems to set him up.

HTL

Now confirmed. Terrible club. No right to call themselves Guangzhou, this is the fourth city they've had as a home. Franchise FC.

Have the soft forrin cunt running laps for a few hours like a proper British, soon sort the men from the boys.

I want us to win each individual game and get relegated. I'm sure this isn't good for my mental health

Looking forward to Rochdale vs Oxford myself.

Jilling gets my vote, like

Honestly the target man doesn't even need to be class per se. Just needs to be strong with his hold up and be a good header of the ball in the box. I think that improves the team overall and allows us to get chances and goals from multiple players. There's a Venezuelan striker playing for Dalian in the Chinese league who fits that bill perfectly.

Aye, he's definitely not a no. 9, I think there's some talent there though and in the right setup he could be a useful player. Never worth £40m though

Rafa's team kicked it up a gear in the second half of last season with the addition of Almiron, that excuse will die a death soon enough. What we'll see is the benefit of Rafa's obsession with fitness analysis and rotation come into play as Bruce flogs them like slaves building the pyramids.

Where's that from? Wanda took full control a few years ago, they had to sell their stake in Atletico(?) to get it done iirc.

Didn't we already have that a few years ago?

Bah, that's fake Guangzhou.