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Get innn Schar

Krafth off the post

Top class goal contribution ability on top of limitless energy and nuisance value. He's a gem.

What a finish man. Great ball from Bruno too. Hat trick on!

Isaaaaaaak

He's actually just made a great block in next season's fixture at SJP. Keep up slow pokes.

Really great half. Just need more of the same and manage energy levels somehow. Hopefully Tino and Hall have a few minutes in them to help out.

Oooh another chance for Isak

Van de Ven btw

Gordon is just brilliant man

Ahahahaja

Puts Van der Ven flat on his arse

Isaaaaaaak

Finally. A yellow. And for something that was said rather than all the blatant fouling

Well ref making it up with Burn there And shut your trap Maddison you just got away with one too you prick

How the hell isn't that a yellow card ffs?

Bruno hangover from Joe's contract celebration maybe?

If one of these Spurs chances fall to Son instead of Werner we're in trouble

Burn with zero trust in Dubravka there

Outstanding play from Gordon all around. Can't wait to see him in a first choice midfield.

Morbid starting line up that. But let's get into these

Aye by all accounts Tonali was supposed to be box to box with tons of energy. Certainly saw evidence of it the little he did play. Surprisingly pacey too. Wonder what sort of state he'll be in after a year of not playing.

The middle episodes dragged on a bit but the most recent one had a bit of a kick to it.

Ummm. That happened way before PSR or any financial rules came into place. The only reason Chelsea and City have any success in the last 20 years is because you got wealthy owners that wanted to have some fun. Everything good on the pitch happened as a result of it. I don't blame you for it, it's just the modern game, and we're now hoping for the same thing. I also think PSR is protectionist bullshit. But it's not like money was not the most important thing in the game before that.

I'm hopefull we'll see Hall become a very good player here once Howe is done with him. He's got great attributes, looks comfortable on the ball. He's not been great defensively when he's played, he does daft things sometimes and you can see that's why Eddie thinks he's not ready yet. But I agree that the reason he's not played more this season is tactical as has been described above. Not that we should be directly comparing ourselves to the top 4 at this stage, but Arsenal, Liverpool and City do drop to 3 at the back when the full backs bomb on. They may not be 3 CBs per say on the team sheet, but someone will cover. In fact the modern DM/CB/LB hybrids are tailor made for this. Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol. Jorginho starts for Arsenal at times just for this imo and Rice does it to a lesser extent too.