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He works hard, and can link the play as long as we play it to feet, as Rafa explained if we can control the game Joselu will have some utility. As for the lack of Shelvey we shouldn’t play him when playing a 2 imo as he’s a liability defensively.

I know it’s unlikely particularly as the takeover is looking unlikely but if we did win him he would be our best player imo

I would take king in a heartbeat he would be a massive upgrade on Perez

Thanks for posting that snippet Dave, I sincerely hope it isn’t true mind if it is we are stuck with him. :/

I hope he works on the teams off the ball movement and positioning between the lines as well as passing angles, we’ve looked so static and predictable and such poor movement really does hurt both Shelvey and Merinos passing ability.

Let’s not forget who’s really at blame here lads and that is Ashley he has once again got us in a relegation dog fight because of his sheer stupidity.

We look so bad in translations no players running forwards, no players moving between the lines. Even when teams don’t press us particularly hard or high we struggle to retain possession for very long. We really need investment in January.

Another costly individual error. Must be driving Rafa mad

We did have about £12m to spend on Murphy, £5m to spend on Joselu, and £4m to spend on Manquillo. Which would have left us without cover at full back or on the wings. Sure we could have spunked everything on a striker and left the squad depleted but thankfully Rafa has more sense than that.

Doubt Charnley even knows much if I’m honest.

Not really we didn’t have 15million to spend on a striker.

Thanks for posting btw [emoji106]

It’s gone so quiet on this front, I hope no news is good news and negotiations are progressing nicely.

Not debating that either, just pointing out some posters tendency to believe a player who isn’t playing is a lot better than the guy who is playing which is a common theme.

Looked lazy and sluggish last night, his supposed work rate appears to be sporadic at best.

Manquillo is indeed poor but people shouldn’t conflate Mbembas ability either.

His link up play isn’t that bad but everything has to be into his feet as he’s not adept with his chest or head.

Can see why Rafa doesn’t trust him, his decision making is appalling.

The amount of individual errors in this game was mind boggling, good job wba are as bad as us.

He wanted Abraham’s plus another forward and we ended up with a Joselu, no one should be surprised by this predicament given what he’s had to work with his. Isn’t his net spend with us zero since taking over, he’s good but can’t work miracles.

I can’t help but feel we really lack stability when we play with him in a “2” He’s positional poor and doesn’t track runners well at all. This is putting aside his mindless tackle which he got booked for.

The joke of a summer transfer window is coming back to haunt us surprisingly. This is what happens when the manager isn’t backed, imagine how different things would be if we had Abraham, loftus cheek etc

It’s not cheeky at all in my mind. The asset is worth a certain value in the premier league and a certain value in the championship and the offer reflects that.

His biggest flaw appears to be his habit of playing people onside

Embarrassing and unsurprising. We’ve only really started bothering with these things.