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I think he's very similar to Almiron, personally, only more 2 footed and more direct and I'd day his link up play is better too.

Is that 3 rule changes aimed specifically at us? Sponsorship, Technical area and ownership rules? Have added time provisions been changed recently as well or am I making that up?

Rewatched the game and he had an excellent cameo. Think he'll be the surprise of the season for us, genuinely think he has the ability to be a very very good player.

Was angry with himself at the full time whistle because he'd not bagged more Love his attitude

How do you not finish what you didn't create?

Beca Because we didn't create enough or because we didn't finish well enough? Longstaff alone could have had 10 last season.

In terms of impact I think this one could be our most significant signing. Murphy showed on Saturday how useful having a dribbling fullback can be for the team - instantly puts teams under pressure and distorts their shape so having someone like Livramento who has that to his game as well as defensive acumen could be a real game changer.

His passing is so crisp like.

This guy is going to have a very good season next year.

Think what saddens me the most about ASM going is it kind of signals the end of maverick type footballers at our club.

Shite fee

Miley and Anderson getting game time will be absolutely critical for us when attracting the very best youngsters in the world. But that aside, Miley in particular is definitely good enough for the 1st team, he looks excellent.

That and Howe said he preferred a settled back four - said as much when questioned about why Targett couldn't get in the team. But anytime he's tried to go after a game he's always looked to bring on wingers first and foremost.

Aye, said it in another thread but our wingers were our most rotated players last season and with good reason. I'd hooe there's a desire to ensure there's good quality in the depth we have in that position as there's a significant step down in quality after first change.

Mad transition from the days where Habib Beye was the greatest RB we'd ever had

Howe changed and rotated his wingers the most last season so I'd imagine it's an area he definitely wants depth in. Joelinton, Willock and Murphy are all good options for that role but assuming Gordon is an immediate change for Barnes (or vica versa) then I'd assume he'd want another top quality wing option off the bench to replace Almiron assuming he's a starter.

We need a seperate Barnes optimism thread

How many out and out right wingers have we been linked with? Seems we've been almost exclusively linked to left wingers since the takeover.

Miggy will get 10 next season.

Disappointed with it but understand why. £30m is a pisstake though, he's extremely unique.

Don't think anyone's under the illusion as to what FFP is about but I'd much rather be the type of club that conquers it than the type of club that benefits from it.

The thing is we're exempt from that to some extent. We've got entire nation backing us so we know we'll eventually get there but fuck doing that in 1 year, much rather we take our time with it, and dodge the accusations of buying it. Our future is guaranteed, FFP or not.

Just me who doesn't mind the FFP constraints? Worst thing to see in football is watching clubs buy their way to the top in a couple of windows. Give me a slow and steady build any day of the week.

Samuel Chukwueze please

Not sure where this idea that we need a creator comes from, as if to imply we just weren't creative enough last season. Bit of perspective here, we were about 7 goals away from being title challengers last year and missed a fuck ton of chances in almost every game we played. We very much need players who are clinical in the final 3rd. Barnes is clinical in the final 3rd.