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We also need a player that can create. I wish we weren’t so deep in the shit that Coutinho would have considered coming to us. If Villa get him fit, he will get a lot of goals and assists between now and May.

My main gripe with Howe is that he continues to have in Shelvey as the first name on the team sheet. I get that it was required for his first two months here when his hands were tied without a transfer window to call on, but he should be demanding better players in this key area of the pitch. I will judge him when the window closes to see if we have the ‘balance’ he keeps talking about, but to say I’m concerned is an understatement

I’m very concerned how anybody can watch us today (and all the other times) and not see how weak we are in midfield. We have nobody to cover any ground defensively, let alone create anything and our best midfielder is now Joelinton - this is just insane

Rafa always causes problems wherever he goes, he likes to get the fans to turn against the board, he always has an agenda, loves the drama and never thinks he’s in the wrong. Granted it was never a good fit at Everton, but what an ass

Yeah Jamie Redknapp is laying in to Rafa big time - what a wanker

From the limited games I have seen of him, he seems like a good player and someone that we need

I find it strange how the powers that be can’t see this

We won’t be signing the guy if he’s injured, it just wouldn’t happen with games running out

Fair enough - but if we give them enough money I’m sure they will be happy playing Jota and Firminho up front until February

Why are we not just singing Origi from Liverpool. It’s such an easy transfer because he wants to stay one England, his contract runs out, he wants game time and we are not rivalling Liverpool in the league. The guy is actually quite a good player and always does well in the few chances he gets for Liverpool

I agree, his record of wins since coming in hasn’t been great especially as we have had some very winnable home games in the run so far. I just don’t see him being sacked no matter which division we end up in next year

I still think there’s some talent with the lad and we just need to find how what issues he has at the moment. I didn’t watch yesterday’s game, but have seen every game he has played since arriving here and he hasn’t been as bad as some make out this year. We just haven’t worked out how to get the best out of him or his position under the new manager. Eddie needs to have a long hard think about where and how he wants the guy to play and then take it from there

Don’t you just love feeling this excited about our team again!

Players that speak with this calmness and assurance (just like our manager) has me really starting to believe that we can turn this around and survive

And it’s not even 3pm yet

Yes - we can get him for free in the summer if we plant the seed now

So pleased with the ambition the team is now showing and crazy we are even in the conversation for players of this quality. If only we had a couple more wins to our name so that the hanging threat of relegation wouldn’t be impacting our ambitions in the market

Must be something to do with elite sportsmen being exempt from quarantine. And yes it sounds fantastic that we are buying an elite player

I haven’t seen a lot of Digne so not on board with the hype just yet. I need to be convinced that he’s better than Ritchie

Pretty sure he would be better than our current lot even being 5ft 9”

How did it get from £25m to £12m…. That’s an absolute steal at that price and now I’m worried others will jump in on this

Would rather give them the €35m for Renato Sanches instead

Pretty certain this gets done now and it’s a good start. Hopefully we can one or two more in before Watford in two weeks time

We are slowly getting back to being a proper club again and I’m overjoyed by this

How does a £150 million loss impact FFP? Aren’t they pretty fucked now?