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This is a good analysis although I must admit I'm not overly keen on someone like Burn being the guy who gets tight as he isn't very agile or good on the turn. I think you need exceptional one Vs one defenders to play this way.

Everything comes back the commercial side given the rules. Early days obviously and maybe it's not reported on but in not seeing an influx of data people or scouts. I'm more concerned about the class ceiling I feel we face.

I hear this arguement a lot but I don't really see it. If we are not closing the revenue gap we are falling behind, we know for a fact consistent achievement required a big budget and in this regard we are way behind and hamstrung by the rules.

Why would a new striker be third choice? A new striker should be rotational at worst. Wilson shouldn't even be a consideration he is unreliable and once again we made a terrible mistake in hanging on to him for so long.

Eddie didn't want a dedicated 6 and I'm guessing the Bruno zubimendi type aren't attainable.

It definitely is IMO hence we play a system which nobody else plays. With Bruno we kind of want to have our cake and eat it. We want him to be free to create as well as be a 6.

Would help aye,as well as someone who can create from the middle of pitch (a wirtz) type ie someone who can carry the ball as well as pass and obviously some proper competition for Isak. We would then have a fictional attack.

Kinda makes sense too when you look at our side as well. We are reliant on our left winger be it Gordon or Barnes and our forward for goals. Murphy likes to stay wide so will always struggle for goals. We have nothing from central midfield for goals either. Tino and Hall aren't going to get more than 5 goals between them In a season and we are useless from set pieces. Considering all of these factors a lack of goals make sense and it's largely a tactical issue.

Aye sorry for the miserable takes, just calling it how I see it. It's not easy to flip players for 50m + because your pool of buyers is so small and these buyers already have players who are extremely good when production lines via academies, feeder clubs and scouting networks. We are probably the one club which places such emphasis on premier league experience.

We aren't Brighton, I see the comparison a lot but the scope of the two clubs is quite different imo. Here as something's to keep in mind when we discuss selling our best players. 1, Bruno is 26 on a canny wage and isn't exactly mobile it makes him less attractive in the market in comparison to say a Caicedo, we've also built our system around him so selling him would require a big re think regarding how we play. 2 Isak. We paid 63m for Isak so selling him means we need a lot to consider it, his increasingly patchy injury record and the fact the transfer market is slowing down makes cashing in tricky, also replacing a player of such quality doesn't seem feasible. 3 Gordon, we also paid a lot for Gordon and are seemingly on the verge of making him out highest earner. These two factors means any club interested would have to pay a significant amount likely more than he's worth and give him another wage bump, it also remains to be seen if hes as good as I believe or it was a purple patch and he's reverting to his level. We are unlikely to get as much as we would want for any of our stars to summarise.

And this is the crux of the matter, as a few of us were saying awhile back ffp was and is still looming large we knew we couldn't afford mistakes in the market and yet we have made a few setting us back. Ultimate rectification of those errors won't happen quickly imo, in fact we are at great risk of repeating them as we almost did in the summer lashing absolutely absurd money on Guehi. If Mitchell is as clever as he's billed we might be better off taking stock and and considering the whole thing and how we move forward. Unpalatable I know

It will be really interesting to see how we approach it. I think it will be rough personally, we've already shown our knickers to the world and signalled we've got lots of money burning a hole. I expect some very rough negotiations given we love a bit of premier league experience.

Needs it but in not sure it will get it, January isn't the time for overhauls, it should have been done in the summer.

Some of our better players leaving in the summer is inevitable at this point.

He's a wingback and need space ahead of him, plopping an orthodox winger in Murphy ahead of him in that space isn't ideal at all.

I recall @Ronaldomentioning during our fifth placed finish season that we are flat track bullies, we do certainly seem to lack finesse as evidenced today.

Think it's a bit pre mature to come to this conclusion personally. But the club will have to decide if they want to back him in the summer/ January.

Maybe, so we've spent big money on lots of players who aren't that good? Who's responsible for that ?

If that's the case it will likely be his downfall.

Our ineptness against low blocks is something Eddie needs to get a grip on line, it's been an issue for a long time.

We lack confidence and belief. I think the upheaval over the same has thrown them all for a loop.

Bruno off? Yikes.

Top half would be underwhelming and a massive set back.

Gordons chance wasn't a good finish for sure but it was far from an easy chance as well.

Time wasting well and truly stating now.