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17 minutes ago, OCK said:

I promised myself I wouldn't become emotionally attached to a player after James Perch. So, if this guy does leave for Man City or Real Madrid, I'll be fine. 


Hope he doesn’t go to anyone else in the Prem, that would be too cruel :undecided:

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1 hour ago, madras said:

I don't see that Eddie is wedded to that system. I think we wanted to transition to 4231 type style this season but injuries and a suspension stopped it. I don't buy that Tonali was merely a Longstaff like for like positionally upgrade.

 

In the past, he's used 4-4-1-1 a fair bit too.

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What's the opinion on giving him the captaincy?

 

It would go against everything Howe has done previously with the leadership group of Burn, Trippier, Lascelles, Wilson and Ritchie. But he's quite clearly the heart and soul of the team but may cause some friction which we've avoided so far within the group

 

Would be harsh on Trippier too but if we're building a team around anyone it has to be Bruno (or Isak who isn't really captain material yet imo)

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1 minute ago, joeyt said:

What's the opinion on giving him the captaincy?

 

It would go against everything Howe has done previously with the leadership group of Burn, Trippier, Lascelles, Wilson and Ritchie. But he's quite clearly the heart and soul of the team but may cause some friction which we've avoided so far within the group

 

Would be harsh on Trippier too but if we're building a team around anyone it has to be Bruno (or Isak who isn't really captain material yet imo)

We don’t really have a captain these days, it’s more of a leadership group which he should be sort of this point. 

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2 hours ago, Shak said:

Who would be the perfect third midfielder to play at LCM with Bruno and Tonali in our 4-3-3?

 

You're not allowed change to a 4-2-3-1, gotta be in the system we've seen that Eddie wants to play.

Obviously he needs a lot more development but in terms of profile Miley is the right kind of player to play with those two imo. Let Bruno and Tonali do the bulk of the defensive work and Miley is there to play the final pass in more of a Maddison role.

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I would prefer to move Bruno further up the pitch and get a defensive midfielder "a la Rice" who can also play good progressive football. A right midfielder, centre back and striker would hopefully push us up into top six/champs league contention.

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2 hours ago, Tiresias said:

Make him captain, make him mayor, make him manager just please stay

Think he’ll get the armband. Deservedly so. Also think it’s another tie to the club, that would hold his heart here a little longer! 

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1 minute ago, PauloGeordio said:

Think he’ll get the armband. Deservedly so. Also think it’s another tie to the club, that would hold his heart here a little longer! 

 

The only question mark on captaincy for me is his discipline but had managed to avoid that second yellow so far...

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10 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

 

The only question mark on captaincy for me is his discipline but had managed to avoid that second yellow so far...

Think it would temper him, not too much but the responsibility would iron out those daft challenges we haven’t seen for a while! ?? 

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15 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

Surprised his knee didn't explode with that botched knee slide celebration.

We really should have a no kneeslide policy until our injury list is a bit lighter. :lol:

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I think a lot of us are understandably scarred by past approaches to selling players and also the way players saw the club. That’s not the case now though, we’re a legitimate club challenging for CL places. Yeah, we’ve had a down year, but it’s not like we’ve been in a relegation fight. Players who like being here aren’t necessarily going to be desperate to leave because of one season of terrible luck. As long as we’re ambitious we have a good chance of retaining him.

 

 

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