Smal

Zirkzee from Bologna looks fun. 6ft4, 22 year old, joined them from Bayern summer before last for €8.5m. Scored 8 in 17 this season.

this is diabolical

28(!) progressive passes yesterday . Not sure I've ever seen that many in one game tbh. For context the most he's managed in a game this season so far was 11 and he's averaging around 8 per 90. Bumps him up in the standings a bit and ahead of Rodri

Kind of agree with Jagten to a large extent. His off the ball movement and pressing is very good and his finishing seems to have come on a lot but he needs to improve with the ball and especially his 1v1 ability. He does still struggle to beat a man in the final third. Bottom 10% in the league this season for successful take-on % is pretty poor and an area he needs to improve on massively. It's fine to admit this.

he looked like he was really keen to try and do something positive when he was on the pitch which says good things about his attitude. Few nice passes as well.

his movement and pressing are his two biggest strengths imo. He’s been poor with the ball recently though.

he has time to recover some of his pace though. Anyone would be slower after not being able to do any sprinting or training for over a year.

more than anything he just deserves it imo. Especially after losing a year of his career. His performances under Howe have usually meant we’ve not missed Trippier which is a pretty big compliment.

very nice to have Sven back in and with a couple of line breakers straight off. What a player, man.

class trivela

I guess the next step is trying to find more ways to get him involved in our play. His quality is there for all to see. Probably a bit too good to play that Longstaff b2b role?

Bruno is about 3000 levels above these, like

I still love him

Miggy really needs resting

Ah man ?

Good pass from Longy

We are desperate for a left footed player on the left.

Think Miggy is fucked and his quality is suffering for it

Really think Hall’s technical qualities would help here. They’re not attacking us down that flank anyway.

need more in the box for these crosses

2 of our 3 sub windows used as well.

we are a meme

Really think we need to switch Gordon and Almiron here. The crossing has been really poor apart from Krafth so far.

how’d that not go in