Dr Jinx

No he was first asked if he had a choice of a defender or a winger what would be his preference and he refused to answer the question because it was disrespectful of players already here. Then asked did he think it was possible to sign both a defender and a winger and he said “no probably not”

No i listened to it. That’s what he said. I took the exact same from it as the journo.

It was just a yellow but would be interesting to see what would have happened had Eddie have had to play Hall in that position had there been a suspension.

Now that is fucking gaslighting.

Hoy a bid in for Allison who's by no means past his best. I'd be loathe to help the dippers financially in any shape or form though.

Brighton? They replaced Ashworth immediately and have changed coach since. Pep started 3 years after their Sporting Director started. I’m not even going to bother looking up the rest. So what the fuck are you on about? I’m talking about a sitting manager when a SD comes in. Maybe think longer than 5 seconds Withnail? ☺️

I’m not convinced at all that Guehi would be the transformational kind of signing that the sort of money involved would indicate. He’s good and a great character by all accounts, but throw him in yesterday and would the result have been different? Midfield is and has been our main issue. Maybe Tonali will sort that but we won’t know until after the window is shut

A sitting coach when a Sporting Director comes in rarely works and I just wonder if Mitchell just fancies getting his own man in. Do the whole “we tried” thing with signing players but privately keeping a war chest for someone new to come in. Howe is not helping his cause currently, 2 very poor performances with what’s not a shit squad anymore. Tonali coming back will be a huge thing.. but.. what if the form continues? And same for any of the long term injuries.. aside from Wilson, we can’t expect too much from Botman (or Lascelles) .. we’re pretty much full strength right now. So if we don’t have the excuses from last season, will it be ok to start judging Howe on what’s being served up on the pitch and his decision making in terms of the signings we’ve made.

So looks like we have about 60m to spend. Not enough to cover a defender and a right winger. I think maybe Gordon gets sold early this week. 90m or there abouts. Arise Sir Harvey. We then splurge on 3 players. A GK (Trafford), a CB (who knows) and a right winger/forward. Tripps will stay unless he’s part of a deal for a defender. It was obvious yesterday that he’s still very much needed.

Pope’s kicking yesterday will have been something even Howe will reluctantly acknowledge now as a massive problem. Every single kick out gave them possession of the ball. But what’s frustrating is that he’ll probably sign Trafford and leave him on the fucking bench for 3 months.

He’s strong in the tackle and can seem to dispossess people quite well but overall probably 6/10 from him today.. as was the case with most of the team. Way too early to write him off.

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Well we were shit for very long spells last season. Lots of excuses why which I’ll reluctantly accept. But so far this season we have played extremely poorly in both games, somehow managing to collect 4 points but that luck won’t last forever if we keep playing like that. Are we far enough away from the days of Steve Bruce to just be able to judge a downward slide? Aside from a few at the back, that was mostly a strong side out there today. We look afraid of the ball, unable to play against teams who press, no plan b seemingly. Don’t even know our best 11. Last summer and this summers windows have been poor. I’ll put an asterisk on Tonali because he can be quality but 80m collectively on Tino and Hall doesn’t look like money well spent right now. We’ve also splashed out 15m on someone who’s sat in the bench for 2 games when it’s been screaming out for a bit of pace and hustle. I’m not screaming for his job but for fuck sake Eddie, time to do better.

Nobody should be doing that to Dan Burn. Might get lucky

Fuck right off

Piss poor defending again there positionally, got lucky

Forget that we scraped a win last week, we’ve been absolutely shocking in both games. What were you working on all pre season Eddie?

Shocking defending. Joelinton has been poor all game.. Longstaff brutal, Gordon not looking interested. Take off Gordon, push Joe up.. bring on Hall to midfield. Take off Longstaff for Willock

Pope’s kicking as always is fucking rank.

Too close that

We’re much better in the transitions, need to improve the timing and the accuracy of the final ball. Isak is destroying them every time he’s on the ball. Gordon not great so far.

Would also explain why Howe has been fairly cold with him. Dedicated family man etc.. it makes it hard relate to someone who’d freely just throw their family and marriage away.

“His teammates at the Euros nicknamed him Ringo” 😂

This one is dead as a dodo. Move on, shame etc.

The new app gives a link to the press conference live which is new.. but then when you click the link it goes into an endless cycle of how you can watch all the pre season games.