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Easy answer, lack of squad depth and variety. Truthfully there are a lot of fatigued players from the 1st team squad. Think that Fulham caused us quite a few problems that we didn’t match up to. we go again midweek.

Almirons not a schemer or really a creative player… he runs around a lot but hasn’t really got a top level footballing brain. Pops up with goals for sure, but not sure what else he brings

Would mean getting cover for livramento, if he jets off to Saudi, it’ll be a fair whack off our wage bill as well. Think it’s a good move.

DCL 😂 no way. Ivan toneys got more chance of coming back.

He’s not a city type of player, and wouldn’t displace Rodri, and this guy just appears to be a numpty. His feed is full of attention seeking rubbish.

Rumours schmoumurs. Get behind the team. Think Brentford will be up for this. With dubravka flapping at anything that’s in the air we need pope back. The team is different and better with him in. This team are precise with their dead balls!!

Pretty deflating result. But win against Brentford and we at least finish 7th. I’m all for not going for Europe with the current squad. Consolidate next season, and ship out some more dead wood and invest and we should be good.

A win. One of Casemiro legs falls off, garnacho trips over it twice gets 2 yellows for diving, rashford actually breaks into a jog twice, and that buck tooth cunt kicks him self in the head. Erik ten hag says it’s someone else’s fault… again. The entire home end of the stadium collapses in shame.

A win. Think if we score early, they’ll capitulate.

Or against the better sides alternating with another 6. 2defensive pivots both with the ability to receive the ball and control the pace of the game as well as ability to burst forward. He can see a line breaking pass though whether apart from Isak we have the quality of movement up front is a slightly different thing.

Maybe medium term have him playing as a 6 in front of the defence as he can playmaker and have Bruno playing as an 8. He was very good yesterday, and looks like he’s improving game on game….

Great last 20 mins from us. Thought hall was very good. Kudus would do a job at rw for us. He’s a proper player.

One, he means, I mean he must have something on Southgate…. He’s awful as a player

My 2 penneth. Once the champions league games were underway we were playing 2 v difficult games a week for a while. The team was on its knees because of accumulated fatigue and lack of meaningful squad depth. The style of our team means fitness first is the way to go but the team has literally run itself into the ground. Our tactics as well and howes willingness to stick with players out of form or injured means we’ve had next to no rhythm and his decision making is getting more odd as the season goes on. I think if we’d have got a non European slot last season we’d have finished higher this season.. also our players do seem to get injured more than most other teams… maybe we’ve just had a duff season!

Them and Burnley totally out of their depth. The thing is of the promoted sides next year, I can’t see any of them bouncing back down either…. The chasm between top flight and championship is getting bigger.

For 6 years.

Basically impossible shoes to fill. Moyes ain’t a bad coach, but never an elite top coach.

Been shit for years.

Chiesa is a risk As he had a pretty bad injury, though when he was fit he was well worth watching out for. . Is rabiot available on a free? Think he’s out of contract. Could be useful?

Florentines centre mid Amrabaat I think… top player. that was pretty rubbish.

Puskas

Kim won’t leave Napoli so soon. An absolute unit of a defender. medium term we do need to replace schar but probably need an upgrade….

Great squad addition, not long term first team solution.

Ward prowse doesn’t have the engine, strength or technique of any of our 3 in the middle. His free kicks and pens are excellent but we’d lose something if we stuck him in the first team. Agree with the others. Labuan is a big prospect, but a bit raw.

Big Sam to Leeds on probably a silly contract. Hope they and Everton go down. Not that I dislike Sean dyche, but because of how they run their club. Leeds have been awful this season. They just don’t look good at all. shame Chelsea can’t be relegated as well… fat frank has effectively killed his management career off with this job (though his track record was always poor).