Smal

be interesting to see who has more of the ball here

it really is a shame that mad 5 minutes happened against City. If Wolves pick up these could get dragged into a relegation battle.

that's got to be his season heatmap. His heatmap against Ipswich was:

yeah, he often came out of his box to make a 3 with Schar and Burn in possession too. He's obviously not a good keeper at this level but it gives you a glimpse of how much better off we'd be with a keeper that can receive and pass the ball.

they play a really high line without any real pressure on the ball which is ideal for us. At the other end they make good use of the space between opposition defence and midfield. There'll be loads of goals. Hopefully we're clinical.

the TV stuff is jokes, man one of the games has been moved to accommodate fucking egg chasing. 4 games on at 2pm and none in the 12pm or evening slots

also now the best forward in the league for key passes (passes leading directly to a shot) and shot-creating actions (the two actions taken which lead to a shot, ie passes, dribbles or tackles) this season.

think this is understating it pretty heavily to be honest. In the league this season he has 0.21 goals per 90 played from an xG of 0.37 per 90 (or 3 goals from 5.3xG) which is really quite bad. I'm sure he'll be working on it but obviously need to improve massively.

if you are taking anything Howe says about transfers at face value you’re doing it wrong.

I don’t think Howe will have wanted to reward him giving a goal away midweek with more minutes yesterday tbh, which is fair enough imo. Howe is pretty harsh on new players like that but it has consistently worked out.

his pass for the Isak 1v1 sitter was unreal btw

irritating that the MOTD commentator mentioned media reports about Tonali moving back to Italy in January

he should be scoring a lot more goals at the back post, especially when Murphy’s in the team. It’s about timing of runs more than finishing half the time. Been really disappointed by his output this season tbh, but thought he played well overall yesterday at least.

Man Reds’ goal difference

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-trigger-deal-for-ps15m-midfielder-wanted-by-leeds-as-january-transfer-decision-made-4911070