sushimonster85

Don't get me wrong, it's ok to be excited about Miley's potential. But theres no way of really telling how talented he will be at the moment. He has shown remarable composure for someone his age, but he clearly has the remit of make the easy pass when he has the ball at the moment. Was watching the PSG highlights agains the other night and forgot that, even when not at his best, Tonali was everywhere.

Think it all depends who is available in Jan. Club have shown in previous windows that, if they feel a long term target is available, they will make it happen somehow. I have a feeling Howe's number 1 target is Ramsdale, which I don't see happening in Jan. No way Arsenal will want to do us any favours in terms of structured payments etc.

It's actually a good time to bring in someone to really push Pope/potentially take over. He gets a four month run to establish himself, potentially then stays in till the end of the season. Then they battle it out fair & square over pre-season.

In the first Summer window under the new owners we were 1/20 to sign Dean Henderson at one point. Then Pope came in from out of nowhere.

Where I struggle with Phillips is his fitness. Howe is notorious for introducing people gradually at the best times. Phillips has barely played for 18 months. It's going to be March before Howe will consider him fit enough to play a large part.

I think this kind of thinking is pretty unfair. And I say that as someone who did have a season ticket but gave it up during the Ashley run. Survivng on the final day v West Ham was my last season. There will be some Ashley apologists. But I still feel they're massively outnumbered by the people who felt like they couldn't turn their back on the club fully/couldn't bring themselves to stop going. I'm not going to dig out people with that mindset.

Feel like I probably worked with 17 of them during my time at Benton Park.

I can see Ramsdale being more likely in the Summer rather than Jan. That being said, I'm sure I read something about Howe not liking his lack of professionalism back when he had Ramsdale at Bournemouth.

Mahrez has been my dream signing since the idea of loaning from PIF clubs came up. Imagine a front 3 of Gordon, Isak, and Mahrez. Electric.

Everton will absolutely be one. Their potential new owners also own clubs that would have some very interesting options for them in Jan.

I'm happy for Adidas to do it one more time. The first reboot was alright, just had to deal with it being a Puma top.

Assuming this new loans rule doesn't come in, it should be Ruben Neves over Phillips.

Imagine all the lads not on international duty have been given some time to get away and recharge the batteries. Obviously he has had much/any physical exertion, but mentally he probably needs some time away from everything. Just for fuck sake someone make sure there are no betting apps on his phone.

Actually think he needs to be left in Holland. It's way better for his long term development to play on a fairly consistent basis there than coming here and getting a few 10 minute cameo's between now and the end of the season. Fully expect him to be in the squad next season.

If the rule change does go through what exactly do suggest we do. Any legal appeal would go on way past Jan anyway. Already mentioned it on the previous page, the most effective way of killing this is PIF making it clear that, if this passes, they won't be chucking anymore huge sums at clubs for the aging players they want off the books. This would fuck over Man U especially, as Saudi is the only hope they have of getting a big fee for Casemiro. Or potentially even Sancho.

Easy way to stop this is the PIF letting it be known that, if this goes through, they'll no long be interested in picking up players from the PL. Might make the likes of Man Utd & Liverpool reconsider when they suddenly lose the ability get 40+m for players who are well past it/they need to shift.

I ultimately don't think much action will be taken in terms of us getting players from/selling players too Saudi, so long as we don't blatantly take the piss. Like getting Neves of Milenkovic-Savic for under 10m. The other side, especially the top 6 ones can't afford to lose the ability of moving high earners who are past it/not wanted over there. Piss off the PIF and the could lose that outlet.

Seems to me rather than Philips it's Neves that's the one that's so obvious it should be nailed on, at least on loan. He wants to come back to the PL, and always seemed like a grafter as well as being technically sound. And happens to be owned by the same people that own us...

He supposedly only started playing LB last season when he came into the Chelsea side. Believe he considers himself a CM. May want to change that thinking, as he really does have all the tools needed for a top tier modern full back.

After these two Livramento performances we should feel confident giving Trippier more rest. Even now this lad could get a game at RB at at least 12/13 teams in the PL. No reason when the likes of Luton, Bournemouth, Sheff Utd etc come to St James we should feel like Trippier has to play.

One of the biggest takeaways for me last night was just how much more/better football we were able to play with Hall at LB. Obviously BDB is solid as fuck, & likely won't be getting dropped consistently this season, but having a quicker, more technically proficient player in there allows us to switch up. Most games we tend to favour building up down the right.

Believe he did, but also I believe I read somewhere that he felt he was unprofessional back then. Bad timekeeping in terms of showing up for training, team bus etc.

I imagine it's going to be nigh on impossible to prove that Milan actually knew anything about this before they sold him.

Imagine 12 months is going to be the number, with perhaps another 6 suspended. Will be properly back around Xmas next year, depending on when he can start training.