Diego21

Honestly, I see the team very well. As good as you can see a team that is going to play 90 minutes with one less player. In defense nothing is being suffered. Norwich is incapable of hurting us. My two great fears is the fatigue that we will feel from minute 60 ... And I only see Norwich capable of creating danger in a ball at the far post that Sargent can beat Lewis. Now they have to risk a little more, because they are the ones with one more player and the ones who have to propose. And over there, they will perhaps leave some more space for us to run the counterattacks. It would be very important to have a good chance and to be able to score between 45 and 60.

Eddie Howe was here in Madrid studying Simeone tactics some months ago. Atlético have won or playing very competitive in a few matches with 10 (and even with 9) players. And against dominant teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona or Arsenal. Believe.

It's a 1-0 win at the end. You can bet for it.

Very solid match for a 10 players team.

Murphy is warming up.

In the play of the red car... Pukki did the control with his hand?? Na. Edit myself. Watching again Looks like is not with his hand.

Clark...

Wilson is the captain for today

If Norwich doesn't attack by the Lewis side we could get a win. Nah. Seriously, the man needs to show something...against his former club. I would prefer Hayden instead Fraser for more muscle in the middle... Or Almiron insteand Fraser, but Fraser knows better the Howe system

I hope no. This man have been injured in 100 matches in the last 4 seasons. And every month here in Spain there are a 'Dembele Case' because the man is arriving later to the training because he was playing FIFA in the night and blablabla.

There are players in top Teams that are not playing... This could be the market for two loans. Barkley, Aké, Naby Keita, Minamino, Vlasic, Cedric Soares, Kolasinac, ElNeny, Ayoze, Ben Davis, Harry Winks, Bertrand Traoré, There are a couple of players without contract that could be fine just for the bench. Iago Falque and Bentaleb. And then, there are 40 millions that you have to invest in 2-3 players that help this season and in the future. And the most important thing is to sign a couple of 'laterales' (I don't know how is the word in English, but I mean 1 right back and 1 left back) and one CB and a good MC. Tarkowski, Mings, Aarons... And there are players ending contracts, so they could be free in January for a few fee. Sule, Kessie, Kamara, Zakaria, Cantwell, Tolisso, Tarkowski... If you can get, for example, Soares and Ben Davies on loan, and pay for Sule, Zakaria, and Tarkowski, I believe this could be a team very better in defence and with this you can avoid the relegation.

If I understand well, 2 is the top. https://www.premierleague.com/news/464747

A short list about all players have been linked by the media with us since the takeover. Sit down and take popcorns. Vlahovic, Ter Stegen, Lacazette, Lingard, Harry Winks, Seko Fofana, Sadiq, Insine, Abdon Diallo, Nathan Ake, Rabiot, Caleta-Car, Strakohsa, Ramsey, Brozovic, De Vrij, Gareth Bale, Trippier, Phil Jones, Sule, Hazard, Isco, Kroos, Ismaila Sarr, Wirtz, Conor Coady, Ousmane Dembele, Jovic, Luis Díaz, Ozil, Carlvert-Lewin, Barkley, Icardi, Kostic, Rice, Sterling, Tomori, Wesley Fofana, Chiesa, De Ligt, Coutinho, Koulibaly, Eric Bailly, Van de Beek, Martial, Kelyor Navas, Tarkowski, Dean Henderson, Guendouzi, Dele Alli, Bellingham, Timo Werner, Lenglet, Demba Ba (I am not kidding), Witsel, Zakaria, Nicolas Pepe, Mings, Swift, James Rodriguez, McKennie, Larin, Jonathan David, Origi.

The world of statistics and football is very complex. It is true that each time, football evolves oriented to Big Data and that clubs invest more in it during the season. But believe me, Big Data has nothing to do with the statistics that we can see on SofaScore, Sqwawka or WhoScored. Because we can know the successful passes, the dribbles made or the turnovers. But that, without a deep analysis of the environment, doesn't really say anything. What if a player has a high percentage of the pass because he only passes it to his partner at one meter and does not risk it? What if one player dribbles less than another, but he does so in situations and positions where if he loses the ball it is a clear opportunity for the opponent? If we can get the full stats, we have to pay some thousend pounds per year to programs like Opta... And probably It is of little use because the most normal thing is that we do not know how to interpret them. I insist, the data is becoming more and more important. And they should not be excluded. But they are data handled by professionals, who always adapt that data to the good of the team, so we have to try to make a mix between data and feelings.

There is a Spanish journalist that has gone Newcastle and broadcast a Youtube vídeo very interesting. Unless the parts he speaks alone, the most of the video is in English

Hahahaha Nooooo. I cannot hide that I am in love with international football, that I have played and been a coach, and that I like this. But the good thing about forums is that everyone participates, knows things, helps, complements each other. Here no one knows more than anyone.

UFFF Amazing Retro Shirt.

I wouldn't want to make a team of old glories. Bale, Coutinho, Hazard, etc etc are players who are far from their level and who are very very expensive. They have a possibly prohibitive salary to square our Financial Fair Play. I really like the profile of some that Kay comments, like Caleta-Car. I think it is the ideal. Signing players from 'major' teams from 'minor' leagues or minor leagues, major teams. Lille, Marseille, Ajax, Porto, Villarreal, etc. Anyway, I do think that, if possible, betting on just one of them could be good. Coutinho is personally a weakness, but in Barcelona he earns around 40 million euros a year .... He would have to want to be the centerpiece of Newcastle a lot to lower his salary and come here. As for the issue of whether Howe likes these types of players or has used them in his career ... It's a bit difficult to assess. Howe has never handled or loved top players because he has coached at Burnley and Bournemouth. If I had had the chance to coach at PSG or Bayern ... I can't imagine having the chance to line up and sign Mbappe or Neymar and want to pick Ritchie and Fraser.

The man has a bomb tattoed in his neck.

Brozovic is Top class player and he can play in differents positions. But this man is so crazy. Inter have tried to sell him in recent markets because he normally has problems with their managers (and this is because sometimes has arrived later to train and drunk). In fact, he doesn't have driver license because have been caught many times driving drunk. I like so much as a player, but sign him is a risk if he has problems with the manager. Strakosha is decent GK, but is not better than Dubravka. De Vrij is one of the best CB in the world in mi opinion.

Like most sports directors in the world of football, Emenalo has made great signings and bargains and has also made great failures. In one side... Mata, Lukaku, Courtois, De Bruyne, Salah, Hazard, Azpi, Oscar, Matic, Willian, Costa, Ake, Cuadrado, Deco, ... In the other side Zhirkov, Di Santo, Kalas, Moses (even with Conte was good), Atsu, Djilobodjiji, Kenedy, Baba Rahman, Hector, Nathan... But being involved in a top team for so long tells me that it is hopeful. And that later a club like Monaco wanted to sign him, which is characterized by an important policy of signing young promises and then developing them (Fabinho, Mbappe, Bernardo, Bakayoko, James, Carrasco ...) I like it a lot. In addition, he has also been director of the Academy and I believe that in the last 10-12 years the Chelsea youth squad is the best in the country, having won 5 or 6 Youth Cups and has won the Youth League twice and has been runner-up twice. in the 7 years that it has been disputed.

I think if Howe arrives, Ritchie would be starter as a winger.

Just to close the Emery page. (Spanish Media) Looks like Emery wanted the job. But he wanted to do things right, in time, step by step. Newcastle had a conference with him between Sunday and Monday. Emery was convinced, but things had to go slowly and well, because Villarreal played in the Champions League on Tuesday. Newcastle assumed Emery would be in town by Wednesday and sign the contract. Emery felt a lot of pressure on Tuesday, he felt very overwhelmed and did not like the situation. He did not like that Newcastle did everything so quickly because he had to leave a team that was playing in the Champions League and that has only won one title in its entire history and it was thanks to him months ago. Emery, after the Champions League game on Tuesday, even told the players that he had an offer from Newcastle and that he was leaving. The players asked him not to leave. But when he finished the game and started reading all the news from the last few hours, he felt very bad that Newcastle had done everything so quickly. When he arrived at his house, around 2 in the morning, he had a talk with the president of Villarreal and there he decided to reject the offer.

Balague > Diego

Here in Spain people are saying the offer would be well for Emery and Villarreal. I explain. Villarreal signed Emery with a high value, because he came from PSG and Arsenal. Villarreal is not a team that has a lot of money and pays its players too much. They may have made an effort for Emery. Last year, Emery did very well. The team was doing well in the league and ended up winning the Europa League. They could have finished higher in the League, but in recent weeks they focused more on the Europa League because if they won it they would get access to the Champions League. This year, Villarreal has not started well at all. In the League, they have only achieved two victories in 11 games. They are currently 13th classified, 11 points from 4th and 8 points from 6th (last EL positition). It is fair to say that important players such as Gerard Moreno, Dani Parejo and Pau Torres have been injured and absent. What I mean. This year, making a good classification in the League seems complicated. Atletico, Real Madrid and Barcelona should be ahead. Real Sociedad and Sevilla are incredibly strong and there are other teams in a better situation like Betis and Athletic Bilbao and Valencia (including Rayo and Osasuna). What is the future of Villarreal in this Champions League? If they make it to the round, the round of 16 is probably their limit. If they fall as third in groups, maybe they have a good way in the Europa League. But it is possible that in two months, Villarreal will be in the middle of the table in the League and out of the Champions League. Which would certainly be a not-so-good season. And that perhaps, Villarreal began to think about firing Emery. Having to pay you a large compensation. Wouldn't it make sense to let him go now, save the compensation and on top of it receive the 6 million of his clause? That is the more or less general opinion in Spanish football on the matter.