Scotty66 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 From Jack passback in our midfield to this guy. Life moves fast Such a joy watching him play. Pure class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Loved his cross field switch with his left to Gordon. Made it look so easy. Might as well have worn slippers and a robe while doing it Along with some other goodies. Best of it all was the few touches he had in his 3 involvements leading up to Wilson’s goal. Just taking the piss really. So effortlessly, pure football art. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Tonali is so good, and must have been so good in training, Howe completely ditched his "let them get acclimatised/gel with the team" thing and chucked him in straight away Wow. Having watched the first ep of that Amazon Prime show I do feel for Longstaff, but I hope he'll get game time if we are in multiple competitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Ah just read Ian W's post that Longstaff wasn't fit. Scratch that, I suppose! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, Beren said: Tonali is so good, and must have been so good in training, Howe completely ditched his "let them get acclimatised/gel with the team" thing and chucked him in straight away Wow. Having watched the first ep of that Amazon Prime show I do feel for Longstaff, but I hope he'll get game time if we are in multiple competitions. No need to feel any sympathy for Longstaff - it’s a long season ahead everyone will get their chances including him - I’m just grateful that for once we have some good depth to the squad Longstaff - Willock - Anderson - they will all have big roles to play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 12 hours ago, Dr Venkman said: Ok, now I get it. Should have asked him who the other half was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 10 minutes ago, Scotty66 said: From Jack passback in our midfield to this guy. Life moves fast Such a joy watching him play. Pure class. From talking myself into Hendrick to this, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 7 hours ago, Kanji said: frame that for me please. Man. I want that in the office. May genuinely take that to CVS later today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey47 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 12 minutes ago, Ikon said: Loved his cross field switch with his left to Gordon. Made it look so easy. Might as well have worn slippers and a robe while doing it Along with some other goodies. Best of it all was the few touches he had in his 3 involvements leading up to Wilson’s goal. Just taking the piss really. So effortlessly, pure football art. His switch out to Barnes was great too, don’t think any of our other players use that technique to switch the ball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, Beren said: Ah just read Ian W's post that Longstaff wasn't fit. Scratch that, I suppose! I don’t know, just saying that might have been part of the decision making process. Either way it was the decision I was hoping for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Scotty66 said: From Jack passback in our midfield to this guy. Life moves fast Such a joy watching him play. Pure class. He's the mirror opposite of Colback and Shelvey just because he plays the ball and then MOVES. Can you imagine either of them storming into the box to score that goal after setting up the move to begin with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghandis Flip-Flop Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Cronky said: Actually I thought Emery made a complete Horlicks of it today. Reminding his players of their team-mates' serious injury with those t-shirts before kick-off was a particular stroke of genius. He has some very good players, but they looked hesitant and unsure of what they were supposed to be doing half the time. Think it was persisting with a high line that killed them today tbf. Was a bit weird as the game was probably closer than the score line reflects, but equally if we'd scored another 2 or 3 they could’ve had no complaints. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 From Cabaye to Colback to Bruno and Tonali. The redemption arc is complete. The eye of Ashley destroyed at Mount Doom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 You can see why people thought he wouldn’t join us. Absolutely world class player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 17 minutes ago, Mike said: Should have asked him who the other half was. Inter, presumably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 1 minute ago, RS said: You can see why people thought he wouldn’t join us. Absolutely world class player. I like Lavia and Caicedo but I feel very smug watching clubs battle to pay massive fees for them when we got Sandro and Bruno in for great prices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 21 minutes ago, Mike said: From talking myself into Hendrick to this, man. I remember when he scored on the opening day I think away to WestHam. I thought ok maybe he's actually a good signing, maybe he'll be a good player for us, maybe I should give him a chance? Phahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEFAFWISP Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Absolutely loved the 15 or so minutes in the second half where he went full Pirlo and strutted about controlling the tempo of the game. He's magic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Just now, GEFAFWISP said: Absolutely loved the 15 or so minutes in the second half where he went full Pirlo and strutted about controlling the tempo of the game. He's magic. Think his combo of attributes is what makes him so hard to categorise. Great engine and enthusiasm, short passing, long passing, runs into the box, tackling. He’s got everything and seems to have a really good understanding of what’s needed at different moments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lish007 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 32 minutes ago, Mike said: Should have asked him who the other half was. Fook, this scene terrified me as a kid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Just ordered this… going to look great! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEFAFWISP Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Think his combo of attributes is what makes him so hard to categorise. Great engine and enthusiasm, short passing, long passing, runs into the box, tackling. He’s got everything and seems to have a really good understanding of what’s needed at different moments. Yep, though I'm loathe to agree with Kaka (half joke) he nailed it suggesting comparisons with Ambrosini in addition to Gattuso/Pirlo, complete midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Tonali shirt sales and I will be one of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave s Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 quality this lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 As Pirlo is my favourite player ever, you can see where the comparisons to him are coming from. Exciting as fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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