Sibierski

Huh? Bournemouth were a good footballing side for their sum of their quality. All went wrong last season as they were shipping goals by playing naive football and not scoring as much.

I think we’re just a very poorly coached side with the ball. Which I don’t understand as Bournemouth under Howe were great for the quality they had, so with Bruno and Tonali, you’d expect to be able to boss midfield with someone competent with them. It’s a part of our game that’s been crap since start of last season, and just never looks like changing/improving. And to challenge the top boys, you’ve got to be good with the ball. We could bring in Foden / KDB, and I’d expect us to still be awful with the ball as the style wouldn’t change.

Not cut adrift, but will be quickly. It’s been a favourable start to season, with 3 of the 7 teams we’ve faced who are above us, have been at home too. Only going to get tougher the games now and feels we’ve not taken advantage. Need to pluck some results that are unexpected to stay on top 6 contention going into new year IMO. Since Staveley left, things have been way off. PSR mess, no signings, new set up above, now new CEO needed, all with manager struggling the most in his time during this turmoil, with no-one really any wise to what the plan is long term.

Not sure what his long term future is if he can’t start after an international break where he has been with side training, and playing at home against a side where he would get joy. Just play him and Gordon together, or go 3-5-2 and have the three of those two with Isak rotating as the striker options.

Said it start of season, but finishing is the part he needs to improve if he’s to take the step up. So far this season, he hasn’t done that so we’re at best no better off. Training with Barnes, would think his finishing would improve but it’s really not.

Today was more down to poor finishing, but I’m really getting sick of the tedious flat 3 CMs. It worked at our peak, but just feels a set up teams are more wise to.

League Cup game will be huge, if we’re to have a weak season (which is looking very likely) we must be winning a cup. Not sure how Howe stays otherwise, unless club are content with being a top 10 side and don’t need to push.

Don’t know how Barnes didn’t start that game after training all week, then Gordon wasted two glaring chances. Barnes will rightly be questioning his long term future.

Poor result that. Chelsea x2 and Arsenal next now.

Could be a dire outlook come next international break, especially since Villa is the club we should be close too.

Get Barnes on ffs. Need someone who can score.

Been good. Feels Barnes on, a scorer, and the win is still there as Brighton been woeful. Bit annoying we are not winning but plenty of the game left.

You’d want Schar in the middle IMO, to play the balls, so would be Burn LCB and Krafth RCB if going that approach this season IMO.

Belongs in a different thread, but giving we didn’t spend in summer, wonder if there’s scope for the team to evolve into a 3-5-2 giving what we’ve got as a base moving forward? Tino and Hall feel like effective wing backs long term, midfield we have numbers and can add another top one, CBs need adding, then in attack, it’s really only Barnes long term who’s a winger, but he strikes me as someone who can play through middle like we’ve seen Bowen do. Solidity through middle, bodies packing it out when defending, width in wing backs, and then you’ve still got Isak as the striker who can be deadly but someone always alongside him who can run beyond to stretch defences in Gordon/Barnes. Would mean a different approach to summer attacking signings.

Probably the most confident of winning going into a game this season. At home, way Brighton play under the new manager suits us, time off from internationals where majority of our starting XI would’ve been on the training ground. Just no excuses.

Actual top quality number 9s are so few and far as well. How many clubs in recent years have sold their top striker and replaced with similar quality or spent big on a replacement in hope the new guy progresses?

Think giving how Tuchel has been wrapped up quick, he knew he was off so tried something wild out of a ‘fuck it, only one chance I’ll get’ approach. Tuchel is a poor short term appointment, that just causes issues heading to home Euros as he won’t be here.

Tasty Gomes.

Not for me. A home tournament is a once in a lifetime chance, and any English manager will be all over it. Just for our situation, it’s England needing to pay the compensation. Even if Howe wanted it, walked out, took it a few weeks later, we’d be taking England to court to pay and it be messy. Or England pay up, which they don’t seem willing to these days. Think we’re safe, as if England wanted Howe, they would’ve got him already.

I’d love Guler and probably would say a winter loan with option to buy may be possible. Feels he’s similar situation to Oddegard, where there’s the talent, but pathway not there within main XI at Real Madrid, so if a deal can be made before he gets a breakout chance, do it.

The defending pure jokes Get a back 5 of Pope: Tino, Trippier, Burn, Hall started.

He’s in the perfect team under Conte. Won’t be asked to do stuff he’s not capable of, and can do more of the box crashing.

Carsley obviously must like him to keep him involved with the squad.

God forbid they turn us into a sustainable club, that produces home grown talent and regularly is in the frame to battle for UCL and titles when the stars align for that season. How would we cope with that.

They were a top 10 prem club arguably before, and probably where they would've remained forever (like us) without the funds, as the top sides kept others at arms length. Not like they're some village club that had no fans, no history, nothing before rocking the house at the top.