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They will really struggle against teams that dont open up for them to break against, the likes of West Ham would have been one of their most ideal fixtures to get 3 points this season.

Spurs press unsettled City from early on and they have not been able to sort it, Spurs look good

Poor from Chelsea all round

We were defo planning to evolve the front line, with Pedro and Ekitike both being targeted to play alongside Isak. It’ll sort of be another (tweaked) version of what Howe was doing at Bournemouth with King and Wilson, he does like a #10. We just havnt had the tools to execute it yet. It was defo the plan before Isak threw a spanner in and still will be mid-long term. Evolution of the side has been set back again, but depending on the outcome of Isak I still feel we might end up with two new forwards.

A few reasons with Wood, main one being he needs a #10/SS to play off of that we didn’t have here. He just never got going here and felt the pressure a bit as well I think, he did what we needed him to do though. He provided us structure up top that we would have been totally lost without.

Prefer Jackson and they keep Watkins

Would be a great option I agree, but no way Palace sell

Mental tbh

This would represent a solid window, regardless of the Isak situation. Jackson is a great signing, I’ve said it before but Howe would have this guy playing like a menace. He’d add to our overall game in the final third.

Wouldn’t be so sure personally, but we will see where it goes from here

Interesting that he’s gone the nuclear route now, making the majority of fans despise him so much that we pretty much feel like we have to sell? Unsure it works, I reckon we have a fee in mind and won’t accept a penny less regardless.

They will bid again before the weekend, the timing is of course calculated

Pretty sure he was labelled as pen merchant for a while to

I dont understand how hes not more rated on here

They also know we happen to be pretty desperate at this point, its standard negotiation from them really

To be fair, we dont know the ins and outs of each of them at all. Just making the point that most fans will overlook the potentially incoming player pulling pretty much the same moves as the outgoing.

Ironic how the striker we are chasing is pulling all the same sly moves as our wantaway isnt it

It’s just another form of virtue signalling a lot of the time, some people only do it because they feel it makes them look a better person

Will remain to be seen. I personally think there is a very good chance they will look night and day with last year.

Half time interview thing is awful

Enjoying this one

To be fair, this is game 1.

Commentators going on like Palace should consider themselves privileged that Eze should train and allow himself to picked to play when he’s been heavily linked with a move away.. Oh wait.

I think this might turn out to be one of our shrewdest signings yet

Ehh, without the fitness record maybe. Gallagher is the perfect Howe player, I think you squeeze more % out of him in our system/squad.