Dr Jinx

He was dogshit too but he cost less ?

We paid more than a 1/4 of what we paid for Bruno for this chap. Mental. Rafa’s worst piece of business here by far.

Within seconds of being on the pitch against Tranmere, he was ordering the back line about to get forward, including Lascelles who did exactly as ordered. There is absolutely no doubt who’s leading this team.

Just imagine ASM running to the line.. normally 2 players running to gang up on him but Isak is waiting at the edge of the box.. panic, one of the central defenders steps out to cover leaving a massive gap in the middle.. ASM pokes the ball into the middle and Bruno arrives just in time for an easy tap in. 5 minutes later, the same situation, but now they don’t know what to do.. leave one on Maxi and he’ll get rinsed, let the ball be cut back for Isak and he’ll find the top corner. There’s literally any number of problems we are now posing teams. Even Almiron will have more time and space to make an impact.

The space this lad is going to open up for ASM (and vice versa) is going to be a sight to see.

SSN reporting Paqueta to West Ham is agreed now ?

I really hope you’re wrong about McHideaway.. for a manager who frequently references bravery, it would be a terrible move, plus he’s been one of the nucleus of a toxic club, don’t want any of those vibes near this squad.

Yep we’ve come a long way since then. There were multiple seasons when clubs would be looking at the fixture list thinking we were easy points because we were that bad. Briefly started looking better under Rafa, but we are light years ahead of that side now with quite a few of the same players, remarkable really.

He’s a clown of a journalist/person.

If they want him to play at the weekend they’ll have to get through it quickly. I’d expect an announcement either tonight or early in the morning.

5m is a poxy fee, even for a 33 year old. We shouldn’t be helping them.

I have no doubt he wants to play for this club and do his bit but he doesn’t have that attribute of wanting to be the best he can possibly be, his concentration let’s him down and general awareness of what’s going on around him at times. You'll never see him getting angry and wanting to deck someone (like Joelinton).. like just sort of lacks that fire. He’s happy to run about closing players down and making a nuisance of himself and he’ll take a shot on if given an opportunity but he doesn’t make things happen. I hope that’s not being cruel, I certainly don’t endorse any abuse he’s gotten. He’s a good lad like, but he needs to realise he has an opportunity here that has a time limit. Like it’s been nearly 4 years since that amazing performance against City in the 2-1 and he’s done fuck all since then. Not all his fault obviously (Bruce etc) but he needs to start stepping up or it will pass him by.

He put in a lovely block/dispossession on one of their players last night in the corner. Their player had a look of “what the fuck was that” as Sven came away with the ball. The last part of that game was manic and everyone got caught up in it but he did well along with Trippier in calming it down just enough, he’s learning quickly.

Just arriving over British land, wonder who’ll get the first snap of him exiting the plane ☺️

I like that this guy could also drop deeper to play midfield if needed. Basically like another Joelinton on the other side.

Straight from horses mouth, Eddie Howe said they are not concentrating on outgoings yet, so this won’t happen until deadline day if it does at all. The only reason I could think of that they would allow him to leave us if he’s been sulking about being dropped, which if that is the case, move him on.. can’t have any negativity in the squad. But again, would be surprised, lots of our players have name checked him for being a great professional.

Sort of innocuous clumsy challenge, fell a bit awkward and then never got back up. Looked in a lot of pain and was carried off on stretcher. Could be ligaments.. the fact there was no heavy contact is the most worrying. I know Tripps is no.1 but not having Krafth will be a miss.

Didn’t look good for him going off ? Be surprised if he’s included in the 25 man squad as could well be unlikely to play again until January.

The Maddison offers just seemed a bit odd, twice or three times bidding a fee that they knew would be turned down? I just wonder if this stuff is the club getting into the dark arts, unsettling key players at other clubs or maybe just using them to further better value moves elsewhere?

If we don’t go for him he will accept West Ham’s offer but this will be like the reverse of Ekitike, they’ll hold out for movement from us for as long as they can.

He can do it all, can play through the middle as well. If he plays to the right of Wilson, with ASM on the other side, that’s pace and power that will put the fear of god into any team. Yes his goal record isn’t amazing but neither is Wilson’s and we all know how good he can be.

It’s a signing up there with Haaland and Nunez, he has the pace and power to unsettle any defence in the league. Can be a poacher as well as firing in rockets. He can cover for Wilson but also play left or right. That’s why they’ve paid the fee, otherwise they would have had to pay the same amount on 2 players.

They played that one very close to the chest!

WTF?