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Notice the extra time in these compared to the Liverpool game.

He was streaky with us. Will probably be similar in Liverpool. Absoutely unstoppable at his best, but not very useful when he's not fit or out of form.

If I had the time I would literally sit down and analyze every Liverpool second half so far, like how much time was wasted on various things, and compare the stoppage times that were given. There might be some kind of stats showing this.

I think atleast half of those 3 min were wasted..

Didn't they spend 1 of those 3 min taking the corner kick?

Wilson starting for West Ham.

Kyle Walker, one of the very best right backs in PL history, just signed for Burnley at 35. Trippier is 35 soon. It's normal. He did well defensively today, but he doesn't have the same pace and energy to his game anymore. Also, I have absolutely no idea why we are still giving him set pieces. They stink 99% of the time.

Can't remember the last time I saw Gordon being a game changer. Only for the opponent with the reds.

Woltermade only played last game as the alternative was Osula. Gordon would have started up top last game if he was available. This is what Eddie allways does with that type of signings. Remember Burn being a bit shit at left back for a while, but Livra was still being "protected" on the bench, as he wasn't seen as ready yet (despite good performances). Or whatever his reasoning was, but it's typical Howe nonetheless. I'm sure it's generally for the better.

Again

Didn't they want Wirtz aswell? That's what confuses me about it.

It's funny because we didn't believe in miracles when we got taken over, but it actually did happen. Went from relegation battle to CL in 2 years in a PSR world. I don't think anyone even imagined that. Then another CL plus a trophy two years after that, with half the spending of some of the sky 6 teams. I'd be interested in hearing what the mistakes were. Probably just the common lazy strawman that Newcastle fans believe we're going to win the league really soon just because we can spend more than the likes of Everton..

The whole article screams of trying hard to push an agenda.. I wonder why he was so depserate to do that. Claiming that a €125m signing from Bundes is not a gamble.. So many wild claims in there.

Transfermarkt has Woltemade at €75m. I've heard £65+4m is the right price, and not £73.5m? Where did he get that price from?

Lahm is about to be educated on Eddie Howe.

Also. Comparing the price with transfers done 10-18 years ago as if it's the same thing? That's peak desperation.

The article makes it out as if they were in the same price bracket. Wirtz cost 50m euro more than Woltemade.. It's nearly twice the price. Paying 125m is ALLWAYS a gamble. Like wtf? Luis Diaz played for Barranquilla and Atletico Junior when he was age 19-22. These teams doesn't even have a wiki page. I'm sure Sancho was also a "sure thing" like Wirtz back when Man Utd signed him.

As a Norwegian I still remember Ødegaard pulling out of the internationals because he had just come back from injury. He played 90+5 for Arsenal the game before the internationals. Arteta had been communicating with Solbakken and his staff. I got told in here that this was normal, and that England players and PL teams do this all the time (pulling out or demanding less minutes etc, for various reasons).

Burn is 198 I think?

They say he's a great guy until he starts managing their club.

We all know its coming..

They said the same thing about Isak, but that would have ruined him. Woltermade could probably benefit from it more than Isak (as Isak was so much about being pacey and agile), but not everyone is supposed to be a strong guy up top. There are compromises to it. That's what broke Lukaku in the end. You need to make sure that it's actually beneficial, and that it's the right amount.

Murphy - Woltermade, the new cheat code

I hope he uses his famous line "it's just who we are mate" after this one.

A true bagsman.