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You would hope the plan is to get to January and Botman and Schar hold up till then. But I dunno if we have the FFP room to make a 30-40M CB singing then either. This might be the first transfer misstep we've made under the new regime, time will tell but currently we seem to have excessive options of the same type in midfield while championship level defenders as soon as one of the starters gets injured. I hope that's the last time we see Targett start for us, at least we got Hall in.

Aye the manner of the defeat was most worrying today. In Eddie we trust to sort it out.

The problem is I thought Joe was at his best on the left wing for us . Yet we're having to fit him in the middle. Interesting to see what happens once Willock is fit. But yeah, putting Gordon on the right and Barnes on the left seems to need to happen. Eddie will sort it out, hopefully before we're cut adrift of the top 4.

Oh I thought you meant the squad rather than Bruno. At the moment even Longstaff might be a good shout, balance the midfield, everyone knows he's not technically better than Bruno. Anwyay, not saying Bruno should be dropped long term, he's a key player. But he's been off it for a long time now.

Of course there are. Hall and Barnes to start. It's a matter of structure rather than just simply swapping players though. Once they're ready they'll play regularly. Eddie will sort it out. It's going to be a long hard season. Especially if Spurs and Liverpool keep improving. Right now you get the feeling all the top 6 or 7 clubs have had better windows than us. Early days though and we have had the worst run of fixtures to start.

If by other player you mean Miggy he's been wanting in the final third pretty much all his career and time here except that purple patch last year. Isak is a young player who's minutes to goals ratio was second only to Haaland last season so it's understandable people will be more patient with him.

Yes. He's going to have to make a few of those if he's going to become a trophy winning manager here.

What the answer to our midfield problem? With the players we have its genuinely baffling If Willock is out does he being Longy in for Burno or Tonali? He'd play a similar role and not add anything going forward so what's the point. Anderson in an advanced role? Put Gordon there and Isak out wide? No idea. At this point all you can say is Bruno needs a kick up the arse so that's one possible change. The Barnes transfer is really strange given we have Isak, Joe and Gordon who can play there and not a hope on the right or the number 6 role.

Everyone was so bad today it's harsh singling out a player. Just had a look at their second and third goals again and what Burn is going there is beyond explanation. Literally just backed off and stood watching. The midfield was absent anyway and Ferguson had hours to take his shot. Massive reality check since the Villa game when sausages were abound. Serious work to do now. I'd like to see Howe be ruthless. Drop Bruno, Miggy and Burn. Get Hall, Longstaff and Wilson in. This is the sort of performance you don't let go without points being made.

Bueno man. Proper embarrassing now. Surely Howe needs to send him a message

We've struggled with simple forward passes today from midfield.

Couldn't agree more. He's not half the player he was, liability at the back and clueless near the final third. Plays half the time like a cranky little bitch too. Start tonali Longstaff willock next game.

Not pressure for his job or anything. That's silly talk. But it's still a big test for him. He passed the first one with the drop in form around the league cup final. Now with this start and Europe coming up, we'll see what he's made of.

That's not a surprise. We've talked since last season that would happen if either of Botman or Schar got injured. The confidence in burn and Targett is completely misplaced.

Big test coming up for Eddie. This is as poor as we've been under him and the tranfers will now be called into question.

Complacency and half arsed attitude

You can blame Howe but the players have been shocking. They've been misplacing simple passes fluffing great chances and making howlers. Embarrassing stuff

2nd consecutive game with bruce level performance

Embarrassing

Can't finish simple chances, can't make simple passes

Wtf Gordon

Really let ourselves down here. A shadow of the side from last year

There you go. Rubbish. No pressure on him whatsoever

It's just half arsed poor quality all around today. Including our best players. Terrible stuff

Can't we still sell Targett to Saudi