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Fair play to them I suppose. They were really solid second half and as Disco said, managed the game almost perfectly. If only one of those Fraser chances had gone in...

That's a very entertaining 45 minutes. We still have Saint-Maximin to introduce too. Definitely for Fraser who has cost us being at least level there.

I very much approve that we're trying to pass through the lines to feet even if it doesn't always come off. We need to keep that high pressing intensity up though, feel like it's dipped a bit.

Nah, this is more entertaining, I can actually watch. Oh, of course

We need to sort ourselves out here like. In a strange way, it's even more frustrating actually playing decent football and losing/missing chances than it is when we just roll over

And again.

Shit from Fraser that.

Was literally about to post those exact 3 words.

He is. I reckon he could become one of the best players in the world. Him, Foden & Grealish for England could be incredible.

I watched a few videos on youtube, purely because I know very little about him and can't ever recall seeing him play. He certainly looks like what you have described above. Box to box, can press, tackle, pass, likes to run with the ball, etc. The goal he scored against Liverpool reminded me a bit of the one Hamman scored for us against against Juve. Sounds like Yaya Toure. Fwiw I don't think he's much of a tackler. Certainly wouldn't consider him box to box. He made his debut against us at St James' where he was really quiet and on the periphery of the game. Some nice touches at times but also seemed to give the ball away quite easily. He had that mad game against Liverpool where screamers were flying in all over the place. Watched him a few times in the Europa League where he was much more influential but really hard to judge as most of those games are Championship level opposition.

This is the sort of mentality though that Bruce stuck with when he went 4-4-2 against Brighton because it’d be unfair on Carroll to leave him out. Disagree with that. There is barely anything between the two keepers. Darlow has shown he has improved since his younger days for us in the championship, he has more than earned the right to keep his place. I don’t see that the same as playing a striker for one game after he’s had a decent game, which at the time was probably fair enough. That's not true, Dubravka transformed us defensively on his arrival, prior to that most of us would be shitting ourselves whenever we faced a long range effort or a cross. For that contribution alone Dubravka deserves the loyalty. Not to mention he's a far better distributor of the ball, equally as good (or better) at shot stopping, better in one on one situations, better command of his area, better hands, more communicative, a bigger personality, a better leader and an experienced international. (or what ON said very succinctly)

Lest we forget the enigma that was Gabby Obertan. Rapid. My favourite shit player.

Yep, said it before we should be looking to cash in on Darlow's form and keep Woodman as back up to Dubravka. That would all make too much sense though. We'll probably get rid of Woodman and let Dubravka leave through poor man management and have to go buy Jason Steele.

Who is the other one? Haaland and... Sorloth? He's the only one I can think of anyway although he may not make that amazing category Sure he's a lot better than he was able to show for Palace mind. He's good for the national team and he was on fire in Turkey (albeit that's not the best measurement). Essentially he just works well with Haaland up top and King doesn't work with any of them. I was genuinely asking btw not taking the piss I thought there might have been some other young Norwegian talent not on my radar or something.

Who is the other one? Haaland and... Sorloth? He's the only one I can think of anyway although he may not make that amazing category Sure he's a lot better than he was able to show for Palace mind.

Looks more like Alan Dzagoev than Roy Keane.

I believe that. It's been coming. I've been hearing he's not been happy at all with the management and lack of opportunities which I can fully appreciate given what he's done for us and that he has a number 1 shirt to claim for the Euros, which he's not going to do without playing football. If we lose him (very likely) for the sake of a good bit of form from Karl Darlow I'd be gutted.

Nat Phillips? He's actually only 23, I thought he looked like a 35 year old carthorse journeyman first time I seen him as well

Very little sympathy for him. He signed a huge contract at Madrid and seems to have just declared on that, appears happy to phone it in each week.

Berbatov was godly. He and Ben Arfa are probably my two favourite ever PL players to watch. Rate him higher than Le Tissier but I definitely get the comparison.

Supposed to be a brilliant prospect and expected to be playing for a CL club within a couple of years, time will tell. Even though they buy a lot of utter shite I do like Brighton’s endless dedication to buying players from garbage leagues that will need a season to adapt. They'll end up with a gem at some point. Asprilla reincarnate or something.

That's the best.

I'd say if he does well there's every chance we'll sign him. Arsenal are looking to offload the likes of Maitland-Niles, Nelson & Willock to go some way in funding their much needed squad rebuild. All surplus to requirements. He's 21, Arsenal won't be selling him if he does well Not sure like. Maitland-Niles has done well for them yet they're still looking to shift him despite being pretty young.

Him and Berbatov were artists for Fulham.