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He’s had a long enough run in the side now for us to fairly judge him. As you said, all of the above. I havnt seen much mention of one his best attributes though - he is a very intelligent footballer. You can see that Howe has given him full trust of running that 6 position, he’s everywhere (take a look at his heatmaps if you havnt already). He reads the game so well, a step ahead of every Wolves player that attempted to press him tonight. I think he gives the back 4 a level of confidence that Bruno didn’t at 6 because he can be played off of better, in fact I feel he instills confidence in the whole side. Bruno was very press resistant but this guy is even better at it, in a more well rounded way. Just a super high footballing IQ. Hes fucking good man Super impressed at his integration into the side, he’s been almost flawless and is getting even better. Will be our most important player besides Isak from here on, the 6 position is probably the most important position in elite sides and he could easily become one of the best at it. Where could we have been if he never got that ban?

Who needs a new RW again? (We do, but credit to him and Howe for this sweet run of form)

Isak the difference maker tonight, we were blessed to keep a clean sheet somehow

Barca would be the most likely of the bunch imo

Was a shock to the system for young me at the time, seem to remember we had a horrible injury list and seeing Matty Pattison was a sign of things to come Pretty sure Milner scored a banger as well

That was one of the worst games I’ve ever seen from us, it must have been something like 2006

Not bad at all

We have 3 games in 6 days

So glad he got his moment, you know how much that meant for him

Almost definitely a pre planned sub

Almost certainly planned subs tbh

He’s definitely suited to a more transitional team than we are now

He didn’t take Longstaff off?

To be fair, just saw the starting line up and havnt been watching for the most part after their goal. If this is the case just change my quote to ‘a out of the team Longstaff at 8 was never..’

I think we’ll all become very grateful of him if/when he gets a consistent run of starts due to injury He was an opportunistic signing but I feel like there is more to come from him, however today isn’t his kind of game

Besides the silliness for their goal, we have been absolutely comfortable. Havnt created much but we are playing a low block with Longstaff at 6 and Miggy on the right, we will get our chance to kill this game though

A been out of the team Longstaff starting at 6 was never going to look great tbh

Desperate for a goal isn’t he, shame he’s had nothing decent to play with yet

This place is bonkers man

Stop the panic Let this 11 settle a bit

Most of us knew this, he’s been getting praise because he came into the team when we hit serious form and hasn’t really had a lot to do

Oh god

Postecoglous head would have exploded

It’s just about what to expect here selection wise, it’s not Howes style to start unready young players and risk losing any momentum here

Spurs side lacks so much heart and character