Dr Jinx

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.

1 hour ago, Andy said:

 

Aye, it doesn't take a genius to work out why his form suddenly fell off a cliff last year. There's obviously been a lot going on in his personal life that has transferred on to the pitch, and that has ultimately led to him wanting a change of scenery. 

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.

If he’s sacked off by everyone is must be fairly damning evidence. I don’t think sending a dick pic would be a droppable offence for an agency.. must be something way worse.

Ashby needs a chance to get some minutes before we can make any judgememt but on the surface he’s miles off Trippier

Ousmane Diomande for around 50m.. why they are not all over this I’ll never know 

Would anyone have Ayoze back? Eddie would love his pressing game

Could well be wrong but I think this one is dead now. 4 bids if that’s true shows we really want to sign him but every player has a financial point where it doesn’t make any sense.

We need a body in but it doesn’t have to be a “purple”

Not saying Brighton would sell him but someone like Lewis Dunk would just slot straight in and can pass a bit.. £15m or there abouts and you’ve got cover and experience there for 2 years.

We were really poor yesterday, a promoted team coming here and playing us off the park isn’t a great look.

But am choosing at this point to believe that we were instructed to sit back and play counter which were good at.

But again.. and I’ve made this point so many times. Why does it always look like we have to work harder than any other team to pick up a win?

Man for man we have a better midfield than Southampton but they were literally in our half (before the sending off) with one of their players with his foot on the ball deciding whether to pass left or right.

I’m 90 seconds behind I think.. the stress!

Have it you cheating fucking cunts.

And stuff it up your ass you shit cunt ref

I think we score 4 today.

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

The Slot Machine ffs. Icepick my ears.

Yeah I noticed that as well.. absolutely lifting.

Didn’t see the match at all though. Did they line up any differently to Klopp era?

45-50m would get us Ousmane Diomande

Are Palace affiliated with any of the cartel? Just seems like they are fucking with us.. there was a bit of disrespect from some clubs immediately after the takeover and maybe this is just something similar.

I like the player but not at the price. We should walk away unless the problem is just a small detail.

Just now, Rafalove said:

Liking the look of Zirkzee early on.

Agreed, some tidy touches and good awareness of what's around him.

Fulham very poor though. Like what was said above, good teams will murder them if they keep playing like that.

1 minute ago, Cf said:

 

Maguire's fee is hardly some sort of benchmark. It was laughable at the time. Just yet another example of Man Utd massively overpaying for a player. 

Oh they got rinsed but at the time I don’t remember much mockery at the fee, more so a resignation that we’d never be able to compete for transfers like that.

All I remember was (roughly within the same time frame)

Maguire - 80m - dud

VVD - 75m - transformative

I’m guessing Guehi might be somewhere in between

2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

They’re English football’s most successful club - and Klopp’s trophy haul with them can be counted on one hand.

 

He’d be a legend on Tyneside - but he’s not a Ferguson or a Wenger, nor is he a Shankly or a Paisley

The league was nowhere near as competitive when either Liverpool had their run or Man Utd from the 90’s on.

Which nullifies your point. The fact they won anything while City have bought and broken rules to dominate strengthens his case in my opinion.

I grew to detest him but I can’t deny that he’s one of the best managers the league has ever had.

3 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

£50m itself is an incredible fee for him imo. There’s no doubting his ability but he’s nowhere near a £70m player.

But what does it even mean? Maguire was 80m and very highly rated when he signed for Manchester United, it turned out to be a trash transfer but that doesn’t negate that he was very very good for Leicester before that.

We could spend 40m on Guehi and it turn out to be a massive waste of money.

But that’s essentially what we’re buying.. Maguire at Leicester potential (albeit he’s got more pace, but nowhere near as good in the air)

If it’s 65m and he turns out to the final piece of the jigsaw, that could end up looking cheap. There’s no way of knowing until he’s actually here and had a chance to contribute.