Erikse Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 (edited) I think Tonali still hasn't completely adapted to the PL either. From what I've seen, he often looks better for Italy. Might also be chemistry involved there. He needs to play as much as possible as long as he's playing fine, and then we can judge after some time. Edited October 24 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 28 minutes ago, Nine said: Longstaff was also a mainstay in the 4th season and was a massive part of the team last year, playing through injury while everyone else was already injured. Longstaff fit in very well with press. All of that is now irrelevant though, as system and style have changed. And we have been poor, you can’t really argue that. But putting that down to Tonali starting over Longstaff is just silly as there is way more going on than that. The sample size of Tonali and the variables with the rest of the team/system changes make this debate a non starter. I agree with you. But just for clarity - I'm not putting the poor performances down to Tonali. I've said we've been playing better with Tonali just not getting wins in recent weeks. Before reviewing the games (earlier in the thread) versus the Twitter statement - I was suggesting that selecting a winning team is more important than picking the best 11 players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunk Moreland Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 thought psr was in the mud now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 28 minutes ago, astraguy said: thought psr was in the mud now? Just ignore that agenda ridding bald cunt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Well, unless we're going full anti-Eddie and putting Longstaff's performances down to poor management, hopefully this means we're optimistic about getting a fee for him in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Say what you want about Steve Bruce, at least he knew Longstaff wasn’t good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 5 hours ago, Bunk Moreland said: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Triggering a short extension is just standard isn’t it? We were never going to just let him run his deal down to nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 9 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Triggering a short extension is just standard isn’t it? We were never going to just let him run his deal down to nothing. Extend so he doesn't walk for nothing yes but giving him a long term deal fuck no unless it's with the view to sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 16 minutes ago, nufcjmc said: Extend so he doesn't walk for nothing yes but giving him a long term deal fuck no unless it's with the view to sell. Yeah, Puke says one year extension. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said: Yeah, Puke says one year extension. To be fair it reads like we have already like with BDB triggered our end of a 1 year extension but next sentence he says talks ongoing about a new "long term deal" offering him another 3 years say may help get a better fee but we know no one is queuing up to sign him for any fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Ah yeah, I see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 29 minutes ago, nufcjmc said: To be fair it reads like we have already like with BDB triggered our end of a 1 year extension but next sentence he says talks ongoing about a new "long term deal" offering him another 3 years say may help get a better fee but we know no one is queuing up to sign him for any fee. Don't believe for one minute it’s about getting a good fee, purely because we wouldn’t get one. Genuinely think Howe rates him highly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 We can't allow a 26 (tomorrow 27 year old, happy birthday Sean) regular to walk for nothing. Even getting £10-15m would be important and if not, he has a role as a homegrown 5th-7th choice CM in any case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 7 minutes ago, Pata said: We can't allow a 26 (tomorrow 27 year old, happy birthday Sean) regular to walk for nothing. Even getting £10-15m would be important and if not, he has a role as a homegrown 5th-7th choice CM in any case. 7th choice CM? How many teams have 7? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 2 minutes ago, Shearergol said: 7th choice CM? How many teams have 7? We had 7 last season (Bruno, Joelinton, Tonali, Willock, Longstaff, Anderson and Miley) and Longstaff had to play basically every match. Ideally that would be a role for some kid from the academy but that won't happen for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 3 hours ago, Danh1 said: Say what you want about Steve Bruce, at least he knew Longstaff wasn’t good enough. He played a big part of us finishing 4th. He shouldn't be in the starting 11 but to say he isn't good enough is a load of rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 28 minutes ago, CPL said: He played a big part of us finishing 4th. He shouldn't be in the starting 11 but to say he isn't good enough is a load of rubbish. Hi Edward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 11 hours ago, Pata said: We can't allow a 26 (tomorrow 27 year old, happy birthday Sean) regular to walk for nothing. Even getting £10-15m would be important and if not, he has a role as a homegrown 5th-7th choice CM in any case. Getting £10-15m would be good, but it's more likely he'll just stay here until we give him another new contract. He doesn't want to leave, and Howe gives him plenty of time on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 14 hours ago, Danh1 said: Hi Edward. It's David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 🥳🎂🎈 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 17 hours ago, Danh1 said: Say what you want about Steve Bruce, at least he knew Longstaff wasn’t good enough. Not good enough for a possession game, but he was a consistently good performer in the press we used before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 MoTM for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 Outstanding tonight. Kelly, Krafth and Big Joe the only ones better, I thought. The goal did not look offside either? Only had the one angle and whoever nodded it back, was it Schar? Didn’t look off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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