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Well that was pretty shit. Longstaff is class.

Lovely striker of the ball. Great going towards the opponent's goal in the final third. Bit of a liability everywhere else.

That was quite shit. Botman is class.

If he stays he'll play. Or we can loan him out for a year for a fee and sell him next summer. It's tricky because it doesn't help the club to just have a huge potential pot of money go to waste, but at the same time, it might also help to set a precedent that this kind of downing tools won't get you what you want - if we can afford to take a hit in the short term and just go: 'Pull this shit and all you'll get is a loan move to Galatasary motherfucker.'

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4-4-2 - one striker drops deeper to receive the ball, one stays up top - you've got a 4-2-3-1

My Tonali one was class and didn't get the respect it deserved. And if I could remember it I'd prove it.

Me too, I'd like him to actually just get a bit of a chance. A few games in a row, some proper minutes just to see if he can put those useful talents together.

No homo, but why no question mark?

Honestly, this guy's actually not played much top flight football and I wouldn't be at all suprised if it takes him a while to really get up to speed. Could do without the extra pressure of the iconineograpy.

Imagine if it turns out Steven Taylor's goalline handball is iconic in Germany and that's what's made him want to come here and take the legendary #27

Interesting what happens here - for all Frattesi's miniscule passing numbers, that's a volume stat - his actual passes received numbers are also tiny, so he just doesn't get on the ball often, at least compared to other CMs, I'm guessing because he usually plays in a more advanced position so doesn't rack up the same posession stats as a typical deeper CM. That said, still strange a midfielder in a team like Inter gets on the ball so little. EDIT: progrssive passes received numbers is very high, so he presumably plays quite advanced. Yeah, he's kevin Nolan

I'm going to think of him as an ersatz second false 9.

Isn't it the case though that we're willing to negotiate if the conditions are right. i.e. we get our replacements in, and then they're prepared to offer mucho casho. Though it won't be as mucho as we all want.

WOLTEMADE IN DER BOX

Probably just Paris & Marseilles where our fans'll get stabbed up then.

Simons anchored my Burton Albion team for years on FM20. Was hoping we'd go for him purely for that.

Massively doubt we're getting 150 for him. Seems like there's more of an acceptance he has to go now, and we know what Howe's like when he loses trust in someone. I think we'll be willing to negotiate down if another striker comes in. Very frustrating though, if he was to just stop being a knob and play this year we've actually got a pretty strong squad now as well as first team.

3.92m more like

Barca, Bayern, Real. Sell him to any of them (next summer).

Exciting times. Anyway, who knows if this cunt's any good, but he looks like a fun player. Highlights look like he loves playing with his back to goal, which I like. The one weakness in Isak's game is that he can't really act as a target man. You can't play it long or direct to him and expect him to back into a CB and hold the ball. He's more of an elegant to-feet player. I think the cup semi final and final were pretty much the only times last year when he made any real effort to challenge opposing CBs for long balls. It means we don't have an easy out ball if we get pressed up the pitch. And as brilliant as Isak is at lots of things, that can be a problem in a one striker system. This guy looks like he loves that shit, which could work to release our wingers. Plus he's clearly got some skillz [with a 'z' no less] & looks like he's prepared to mix it physically. Would be nice if we have another striker willing to play so it doesn't fall all on him though. One other thing - he actually has played very few minutes, Last 2 years only about 2800 minutes in the league. It does make his scoring record look better, but then you also wonder why he made so many sub apppearences if he's such a talent? Not a huge sample size to look at. Anyway, that's for another day. As my auntie used to say: 'When If in doubt, get yourself a Big Fucking German'. And we seem to have got our BFG.

Respect FC will get him for 128 million plus add ons I reckon. Shame, we've actually got a really solid squad now if he wasn't being such a testicle.

If you're not Hypa Hypa right now then gtfo the forum quite frankly.

I know fuck all about him and obviously strikers from the Bundesliga to the PL is often unsuccessful. Still, some here were raving about him earlier in the window and though the fee is massive, with no striker we were over a barrel anyway. Anyway, with any luck Bayern will take a great player off our hands in a couple of years.