Mazzy

Barkley is the wrong kind of midfielder I'd say. We have Willock and Anderson for that. We need a deeper CM or a defensively adept box to box one.

About £20m under value so it's definitely us.

Tielmans is one I can't see happening. Clubs (most of them) are trying to be more shrewd and signing a player like him who will be out of contract in a year and able to sign a pre contract in January would be somewhat foolish I think.

Somethings got to budged today, especially for a permanent signing. Might be able to sneak a loan or two within 24hrs tomorrow but surely need to hear something fairly concrete today if we are going to get a permanent one through the door.

Going to be batshit crazy season if these first 5 games are anything to go by. Brighton, Leeds and Fulham all in top 6 after 5 games wouldn't have been anyone's guess.

Anyone else think the player interviews before games are a bit cringe? I'm enjoying all the new content but these are very hit and miss. Some of the questions that get asked are just not very good and you can see the player thinking "what on earth am I meant to say to that".

Certainly is, could've told everyone about Brunos injury before Wolves but chose not to.

Maitland-Niles potentially being touted now. A decent squad player who can provide cover in a few areas in midfield and at RB, could do alot worse than that.

McNeil and Maupay are particularly bad I'd argue for what they actually cost and what they contribute in terms of attacking output. The fact they've brought in all those players and are still down there and looking like one of the possibilities to get relegated says it all.

It means Evertons signings are generally well overpriced and under performing players on their way down. Just in the same way people were pleased to see some of the players we've been looking at linked also with Dortmund as they have a knack of getting recruitment right.

The fact Everton want him isn't a great indication however I have always got the impression he is slightly above average in terms of Premier League midfielders. He's managed to get 29 caps for Belgium during their "Golden Generation" so he must have something about him.

I'm not expecting him to start. Would surprise me if it's not the exact same starting XI as Wolves (assuming Tripper and ASM are fit). I think Howe will have him coming off the bench Wednesday and then starting the next game.

Surely we must have some rumours/news tomorrow! Unless it's all being kept entirely under the radar there won't be time for anything (especially 2) if we don't hear anything by tomorrow night .

I get your point but we aren't blessed I'm RW either. I'd obviously take Tielemans permanently over Pulisic on loan but if it was an option between I'd still rather a RW than CM as I think we lack so much creativity in forward positions.

Barkley now a free agent. Surprised we haven't been linked with that. Probably goinf to Forrest though, they don't have #10's there.

Bakayoko doesn't seem like the kind of player we'd sign. Doesn't fit in with the kind of players we have signed recently.

Really needs to be 2 but if it must only be 1 then RW is certainly what it needs to be. CDM is important but we hugely lack goals and creativity to break down defensive teams, especially when Wilson and Bruno are out so RW I think should take priority. Pulisic is the dream ofcourse but can't see that happening and Harrison seems very unlikely now so they'd need to pull soemthing out the bag in the next few days.

Terrible time to be playing this lot. No Bruno, No Wilson, Tripper potentially out, ASM potentially out. Only saving grace is that they have their own injury troubles but that didn't stop them scoring 9 so perhaps they aren't really troubles at all. I'm not by any means saying we'll roll over because I don't think we will. Just have alot less confidence going into this than I would've 2/3 weeks ago.

From what I can tell, pulling of shirts isn't specifically mentioned in the the FA Laws, which does seem very odd as there is all sorts of nonsense in there The closest you get is "holds an opponent or impedes an opponent with contact" Never does it mention about the duration of the holding or how long you impede a player as being a condition of an offence. I do hope the club are noting all these incidents down and/or reporting them to relevant authorities. It can't keep happening every season.

I imagine the Antony deal puts a stop to anymore outgoings at Ajax. Unless ofcourse we really are offering something outrageously over what they think Alvarez is worth.

He needs to stay regardless of who we get in this week. Can make a massive difference coming on in the last 10/15 minutes of these kind of games. Could've had 2 goals in 5 minutes on another day.

It's poor because we were fairly lucky to get a draw from it. Stats can prove whatever you want them to, possession means very little as we know from the Man City game. 15 of those 21 shots were either off target or blocked (that's poor) and as much as I love an XG stat you don't get points for winning by XG. I'll conceded that whilst I do think it was poor today the caveat of not having Bruno and Wilson does make a huge difference and should obviously be taken into account.

Or Anderson instead of Willock.

I disagree. Would anyone have really felt aggrieved had we lost that 1-0? I wouldn't have. The goal they scored was fortunate but very well taken and they missed 2 other huge chances that could've take the game away from us well before we equalised.

Really bad today. So many misplaced passes and incredibly slow in moving the ball about. Disappointing because he'd done well in pre season but shows how we desperately need back up in CM with Shelvey out.