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There’s clearly a tension between folks wanting us to sign a certain profile of player, recognizing that there are clear limitations to how we play, and also knowing, but not readily admitting, that Eddie himself doesn’t want, or won’t use, that particular profile of player. The alternative is recognizing that the likes of Elanga and Ramsey are, on paper, quintessential Eddie Howe players. And that’s just the kind of player we’re going to target as long as he’s the manager. So as long as he’s here, we should be targeting the best of Eddie’s brand of player. And not tricky, creative attacking midfield types that will go unused or played out position.

Let me say that while Poch is a very good coach, we are not a particularly good team and it will be shocking to see us, “miraculously”, in the semifinals.

Should just hire him on as a coach. Does he give us any benefit for being an English player?

Not to say neither he nor Howe are capable of change, but changing Wolte to fit Howe’s system risks neutering the player’s best qualities and Howe seems pretty committed to a flat 4-3-3 that demands a hard-pressing target man type up top. And while we wait for them to figure it out, we’ll continue to look disjointed in attack.

He’s a terrific player but I think I’d take our money back if Bayern came calling. Square peg in a round hole.

The final was some shit huh What a fucking numpty Brahim is

Statistically, he’s one of the best passers in the league. And it’s not dinky little backwards passes, he’s putting up some of the best progressive passing numbers. https://fbref.com/en/comps/9/passing/Premier-League-Stats - 5th in completed passes (rest of the top 10 are all backline players) - 2nd in passes into the final third - 1st in progressive passes

Even if he never reaches the same heights for Liverpool, they can always take some consolation in knowing they successfully fucked us this past summer and for the foreseeable future.

Decent cameo. Didn’t really put a wrong foot forward, looked lively.

Clean sheet

Give Krejci a lemon to suck on before the scurvy takes him

Joe’s headers have been shocking today

This Tchatchoua cunt is annoyingly fast

Great effort from Tripps

Think that was a fine tackle tbh

How many crosses into the box have we had

Pretty sure Joe pushed him down

Hey now, he’s their joint top goalscorer in the league (2)

You were saying?

Woltemade would make a lot more sense if he were a foot shorter

Miley on for Wolte up top

No shots on goal is embarrassing. Have a fucking crack.

Wolves are perfectly content to sit back and let us try to break them down (knowing we’re not good at it). They haven’t looked all that dangerous on the counter but all it takes is one.

Just want big Callum back

Should’ve put that away