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That would be amazing but is far, far off being realistic

Ideal =/= realistic I suppose, I'd be okay with it

I think I'd be okay with Howes judgement on where he sees Lingard fitting into this side

So he was meant to be ASMs replacement in Jan then? Howe wasnt going to play at him CM.

What would be ideal then?

He can and has played at RW, we wernt trying to sign him in January to replace ASM on left.

In an ideal world - Broja on loan with option to buy, Lingard in on a reasonable wage (<100k, with good bonuses) and then we could spend on a CM.

I have thought that while CM is a lower level of priority than RW and ST I’m sure that we will bring one in, one injury and a suspension to 2 of either Bruno, Joe or Willock and we are struggling to put together a midfield 3 let alone a capable one.

Crazy for a newly promoted team, their next highest earner is on £30k. Good way to unsettle players that fought to get promoted.

Of course, putting yourself out there is going to attract the positive and the negative.. its just that usually the negative comes from people who are projecting their own issues on some random person on the internet.

I dont watch his content but I've seen bits and pieces of it, hes probably not cut out for what hes going for but grown men making personal attacks on the lad is sad like.

Also the 4-3 vs Norwich in the championship which seemed to completely derail their season afterward, we scored 2 in the last 2 mins

2-3 vs Feyenoord

looks like hes levitating

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It could well be true but let’s not forget that just a week or so ago we were hearing that Botman wanted the Milan move only and then he rocks up here. A lot of time left in the window for this to go through, the delay and the noise coming from this one defo suggests that something is indeed up though.

Inferiority complex through and through.

Yeah perhaps, seems odd it was our name used and then PSGs. If that was their play it hasn’t worked very well.

If he never wanted to come then why did the discussions even get as far as they supposedly have? I’d understand if he’s trying to use leverage for a new contract but that doesn’t seem the case here, it’s odd. Edit: The Prophet makes a good point, perhaps they were seeing who they could draw out interest from.

RW as I feel it’s our priority position at this very moment, bonus if we can get a player that can also play centrally. Ekitike would perfect now, would leave us some cash for a ST or CM also.

Didn’t Howe say something to the effect of ‘loans are useful for the right player on the right terms, it’s something we will utilise’? We were fortunate with how well the Targett loan went but there must be more good opportunity for loans in the PL.

I think if they really wanted him we’d know about it by now

I personally think as good as he was for that time his problem was he bought into his own hype to much and ego ended up being his downfall. If you’ve watched that Spurs doc you get glimpses of his issues, a real shame as he looked like he could be genuinely world class at one point.

The deal Everton did for Alli is horrendously bad, especially when you consider the player that is he now. I remember we were being linked and I’m so glad we avoided him.