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Barnes won’t be moving this January, but I don’t think we’ll be putting up a hard battle to keep him if a club offers £35m in summer. Willock / Longstaff will be ahead of him for planned sales, but all depends on who makes the offer first.

They’ve got Bailey, Rodgers, Buendia, Philogene already for wide areas. Only because Emery has gone cold on three of them he wants someone new. It’s proper short term thinking. Only in summer Matseen and Barkley were lauded as astute business, and both of those aren’t favoured by Emery either. Only positive of the signing is they’ll get most of fee back.

It’s not. He’ll be discarded by them come end of season. Has no spot in their team, just signing him because they’re desperate and Bailey hasn’t hit previous heights.

How many strikers have we seen in the game that have looked good at young age because of their physicality and what you see is what you end up getting. Loads. Too often people will see all young players as room to grow etc when they have the physical attributes early doors. Like Haaland, he’s the exact same player as he was 36 months ago. Top goalscorer, but still a lot to his game that lacks which you would’ve assumed would improve by now.

Why we talking about Hojlund in the Isak thread. Guy is average and will be sacked off to the bench by Amorim in summer if he’s still there.

Dani Olmo has Man City written all over him. Which doesn’t help them at all.

Literally going to have three sides come up once again who are fucking shit, offer very little to the league fun / quality and just get humped.

There’s a LOT of Pink seats for a huge home game.

All about the delivery. It’s on the money, whipped in with pace that clears first man. That will always create chances when you can get runners onto the ball.

Brentford will be sliding down to that relegation battle over next few months IMO. Probably got enough to stay up because of home form first half of season, but they’re abysmal away and home games only going to be tougher.

Bromley will be his final game you feel.

Sometimes a rotation of a player or two is needed when in form, because those players coming in will be chomping to make an impression and be more involved in the feel good wins.

Schar one year deal if he’s happy to expect that, rest released. We don’t need them.

Think if Trippier has got things balanced off the pitch and won’t be distracted, we may as well keep him to end of season. If he’s happy to take substantially lower wages, wouldn’t be against a new one year deal as back up to Tino. But if depends if he wants a longer final contract and move either closer to his kids or elsewhere for a fresh start and a final football experience before retiring.

Yea, Schar a loss because of the balls he can play that would proper hurt Spurs defence. Talking those long balls where it looks like he's not going to play it, then bam, it's pin point. None of our CBs can play those. Back to the confidence levels for this game that I had before West Ham game Bring the same intensity again for first half, with general play, and we should get 2+ up, get the crowd on their back and play on the counter where the spaces will be a joke. Willock in for Joelinton will be my preference. Would also have Trippier RCB, because I think he's experience would manage Solanke better than Kelly, plus it still gives us that ball playing CB option.

Forest owner to do us a favour, after we helped each other out in Summer and they got the better longer term deal?

Plus he's a proper number 9 and future England number 9. Those type of strikers have the tasty nostalgia of how you want a striker to be. Smashing fuckers and twatting the ball at the goal with power.

It doesn't need to be either or. Both I feel can play together at times too, with Isak on LW or Delap on RW (in particular games / desperation). It's also the fact he's the young 2nd striker that would be hungry and ambitious to get ahead of Isak, and one that will keep Isak honest and at a high level. Which lets be honest, Osula won't (at the moment) and if we got a clear back up striker (DCL) wouldn't either.

Wonder how much of a game changer UCL will be for our plans if we make it? Like, does it suddenly boost transfer kitty by an extra £50m so we can roll the dice on more established names and be more ruthless with our squad building this summer? Does it open up the sponsorship taps? Gives us more flexibility to meet Isak deserved contract demands and not impact on transfers? Difference between Europe and UCL feels big to get those named signings. Getting it twice in last three seasons, which only Arsenal/Man City/Liverpool can match would be some statement to the top players in Europe. That we are a club where you can regularly play in this competition if those other ones don't want you. Like Tonali I doubt we get in 2023 if we were not in UCL. It's those type of players. Ones who are established at a top club and shown their output at the highest level.

Winning helps cover the tired legs. Rather keep it fresh and near same (bar the suggest change above) and then look to fresh legs for first leg.

Delap looked immense again last night. Our budget won't allow it, but I wish we could sign him end of season. He's going to be a top forward in years to come, so good already in his rawness, and only going to get better as he fine tunes the skillset. Probably can see Chelsea targeting him though and that will be sickening. For all the talk of Arsenal and Isak, Delap should be the one they get (as in more attainable). If there's a window, we should get him, because if not, he's only going to go to a top club and then be unattainable forever.

Can’t he just coach a side that looks like this out of possession and in possession, if he’s some top coach? Out of possession: 4-5-1 Dalot, Yoro, De Ligt, Martinez Fernandes, Mainoo, Casemiro, Ugarte, Garnacho Hojlund In Possesion: 3-5-2 Yoro, De Ligt, Martinez Dalot, Mainoo, Casemiro, Ugarte, Garnacho Fernandes, Hojlund Needs 3 in the middle and that’s something he has to change in his ‘philosophy’ whilst still having 3 at the back, if he’s going to last.

It’s been said loads, but Man Utd are way off. Amorim must have seen some of Man Utd under ETH, where Case / Eriksen just don’t work. Even just any 2 CMs won’t work, but here we are, persisting with a 3-4-3 as it’s his only idea that’s centred on just 2 CMs. It’s never going to work consistently in the Prem. Going to be out run. Three CBs, still weak defensively. Best attackers are Rashford and Garnacho. Both being sidelined because of training stuff (apparently only had 4 full training sessions, so nuts to discard them based on that). I’m 100% confident that if they lose next two games, Ratcliffe will sack him. Because his excuses only going to get weirder and more tiresome.

At least they can blame Rashford for that game. Bad influence in dressing room. Rotten. Distracted all the other players which made them play like shit.

It’s huge alarm bells that he thinks 2 CMs is going to work, after ETH has failed with it. Anyway, for us, superb. Feared we would play within ourselves, but we didn’t. Said it other week, but since we’ve settled on a consistent XI, with the right players in, it’s been clicking. Howe getting us into the groove and I really do believe now that we have changed up our play so levels were low start of season, so we can maintain a high level back end of season which will help with cups too.