NobbySolano

dropping like flies....

its interesting how much they fear Barnes right foot after he cuts inside. Good room there for a Hall overlap. Changes the defensive shape

Aye Anderson their best player so far

Wish we had Anderson, would have subbed him ahead of Bruno in this game.

that first forward touch from Tonali. my god.

lol subbing Bruno for willock.... we dont have anyone else?!

oy Willock needs a sub we dont need him to make it worse.

i was a proponent of Hall over Kelly from last game, thinking it couldnt be that bad defensively. I stand corrected

how is that not even a foul?!

oh fuck, there is willock's season.... that dont look good.

was that Almiron's shit ball back?

oh ffs. isak better get up

ah there it is. great save that actually

where the fuck is the replay of the tonali chance?

ugh wish he had put away that chance just now. the scenes!

Yes but we both know he is not accepting that from us.

Let me rephrase - in this game we didnt lose anything because Tino had a pretty terrible game going forward and he was not really tested in defense. Could have done with Krafth there instead. And I am big fan of Tino (not to be first choice over Trippier yet mind) but if the goal was to have 3 atb then i would have preferred to keep Hall as the player to go forward.

Which then turned into the sale to Ashley. We should def keep it up, make this a royal PITA to PIF and help them decide it not worth the hassle.

If Howe really wanted to have 3 at the back in possession, he should have had krafth at right back, Burn at RCB, Kelly at LCB, and Hall at left back. You'd gain Hall going forward and his more aggressive stance. You'd get Kelly at his natural spot where he does have more playing ability, and you don't lose anything going forward with Krafth over Tino. Not ideal but feels more forward and progressive than what we had yesterday.

I like him and think he will be fine. He was not great today but it's because we invited semenyo to be a terror. I blame Howe for how he set up the team. If you had Hall he may have had a moment or 2, but also think the threat of him would have forced semenyo and Bournemouth to hit the brakes. We were on our back foot the whole time. It didn't help that Gordon and Joelinton had a surprisingly poor first half.

Tell that to Howe. Should have started Hall. I have a lot of patience for Howe and his coaching up is brilliant. But I thin he is in his own head. Hall was not half bad last week and it gives you more going forward. I thought Kelly was meh to poor. Just didnt contribute and as not particularly strong at the back. He seems unprepared/scared.

proper sunday league sequence over here. fucking hell

and there is a deadbrained sub.... Gordon did not look knackered at all. Why is he coming off?

we'd be up 2 or 3 by the first 30 mins if this was the starting 11. Fucking Howe, sometimes I dont get him

Pope coming off his line is so fucking refreshing. there would be 3 past Dubs already