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Actually putting the new RW talk to bed at the minute, fair play to him

He is an insane finish player, and I still think he would be best in a more transitional side however it’s great to see his overall game growing now. I don’t think he will ever possess Gordon’s overall output in terms of work rate and defensive work in general, but at the same time Gordon won’t ever be able to finish as well as this guy can. Proving he was worth all of that £40m now.

We should be winning this game in midfield again just like last time

This thread has been absolutely bonkers

Bruno Fernandes would be our best midfielder and would fit seamlessly into our side, to suggest anything else just isn’t accurate I’m afraid. Hes carried that team for at least 3-4 seasons now.

An early goal would be huge, while they arnt great they could be frustrating for us to break down. They have ground out draws against good sides this season.

Onana is one of the least intelligent goalkeepers that I’ve ever seen at this level

When I say it worked, I meant specifically in terms of growing the PSG ‘brand’. On the pitch it clearly didn’t (in CL terms anyway, they have been as dominant as you’d expect domestically), but I also don’t think that on the field success was necessarily their primary goal at the time.

To be fair, the strategy has only recently changed. They spent years spending huge amounts on big names in an attempt to grow the PSG brand, it worked. They could be a serious problem for the rest of Europe now they have seemingly adjusted their approach.

PSG are immense, probably the most complete side left in the competition. Back down to earth for Villa.

Head loss

One of the best hit free kicks I’ve ever seen tbh

Not this season, they are there for the taking

Total missed opportunity otherwise

This guy has a premier league medal man

Anyone else hearing Albrighton on comms? I wanna pull my ears off

Come on Eddie, give Osula a whole half it’ll be entertaining at the least

I was at soton away (in the home end) in jan, and they were 10x better than this

Think we might see another manager off here

Has been out with an horrific injury, at his age it could easily alter the trajectory of his career which obviously hopefully it hasn’t.

This is a great point, if you watch Murphy over a full game he often incites frustration from a lot of fans as you will see some of his bad moments. The thing is it’s his good moments that often literally define results for us for this season. Hes pretty insane value for money, if the sort of £30-40k range is accurate.. I’m not sure there’s another player in the league this season that has provided the output he has relative to his cost.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if he’s still here next year

That counter is lethal man, Casemiro cannot hack this

To be fair, I wasn’t ruling us out of signing him with my comment. I was just pointing out that we will need to be able to give him real playing time to develop him at a good pace, and with European football it’s a possibility here. But yeah, the fees for these two players will prove difficult for us I agree. Dibling especially. I don’t see us signing David.