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I think it’s fortunate not many teams on our schedule have the players to play the Brighton/Villa way. Think the way to beat that is to sit a bit deeper and press a bit less.

Totally agree with this, seemed really positive a few years back and had cynics like myself taking note but it’s gone sour, the 2 currently in charge of it might as well walk round with flashing neon signs saying ‘give me attention’ Also annoys me they go on like they represent all fans and the club listens to them on tickets when they have a total membership of less than a 3rd of a home gate.

I'm not saying they were totally unfit as obviously you wouldn't play them but I did think they both looked under the weather (like you can be after being ill) rather than just not playing well. Each to their own opinion I guess

Think Miggy and Isak for me personally, though you could make an argument for Wilson to physically pressure spurs back line

I want to see that fake fan sensationalist Goldbridge cry. Talked about wanting back of control of the club, no he wanted a rich owner to spunk a fortune on them, which is fair enough but just admit it.

I think hes had the same illness Longstaff had, wouldnt be surprised if Bruno had been ill too.

Scattergun well and truly fired One name really doesnt fit with the rest of them though

Hit Brighton and Villa in the backs with Steel chairs and join the corrupt 6 ?

With the news Longstaff was Ill, I wonder if he wasn’t the only one as Joelinton and Bruno in particular looked like they were well off the pace ?

Which ones?

Luiz is pretty good tbf

Everton are shite but don’t think we match great against them as they pack the middle. Need Maxi back for that one.

I’m fully expecting a refereeing performance to make it seem like the last 2 games had Collina in the middle. Wish I could back ‘Englands Harry Kane’ to get away with a red

Nah Football didn’t start till 1992

Bayern will always be fine as they just get fed from the rest of the bundesliga so they can afford some to go wrong. Think by modern standards it wasn’t the biggest deal ~20-25m Tuchel is apparently going to give him a chance but the proof will be in the pudding.

Yep, his price tag makes you think we were getting a star but he still needs a lot of development and learning. IMO he’s at the impact sub stage of his career. He needs to develop further to be a regular starter. Luckily we have one of the best at getting more from players.

Id prefer Targett but I’d be surprised. Do you honestly expect him to make the change?

Yeah last summer but he’s not getting much game time and they are signing Laimer in the summer and they’ve already got Kimmich and Goretzka so apparently he wants to move on.

That was what Rafa used to do, I used to see the team and think WTF is he doing and then when the game came it would just work. Think at that point I was used to managers who when they did something stupid there often wasn’t good reason behind it.

I think our standard formation in theory is a good fit against Spurs especially considering recent form. Personally I’d start Miggy and Willock as our wide men against spurs then bring Maxi, Wilson and maybe Gordon in vs Everton and Southampton where we may need to break them down so need more players further forward. Arsenal will be a tough game so a similar formula to spurs might be best and then for Leeds/Leicester who are a bit more open than Southampton/Everton you could go with a mix of both line ups. The game where I think we need to change our system is against Brighton as IMO they are a better version of Villa overall. Go for a 4-4-1-1 and catch them on the break

He would be a good get for them. Good already with plenty of room to improve

They will be favourites but we are better at home and we have a 2 day rest advantage before playing them as we play Sunday and they play Tuesday

No it’s clear just sometimes it’s useful to know as you can read things differently.

Do you know what hindsight is? I don’t think even the most negative of us could have had us playing that badly. The only thing I said pregame was how athletic they are and we didn’t deal with it

I’ve said this before with an older comparison in that we need to find a Pires to go alongside his Henry