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Yep. People need to be careful not to get carried away. There’s a lot of teams with great players and clever managers in contention this year.

He absolutely needs to be working on that role on training. We’ve seen enough of him higher up the pitch to know he’s not going to make it as an attacking midfielder in a top 10 team, but his physical profile lends itself nicely to the position Wieffer plays, or in a double pivot. He will need...

That is a really bizarre opinion to go all in on!

Well I’m gonna stick my head above the parapet here and say I’m still not convinced that Barco has the best defensive traits. No denying that his technical level is very good but I think he may still need to work on some of his defensive work - physicality, isolated 1v1 defending, positional...

Also suspect that currently Hinshelwood is trusted more from a tactical and positional point of view.

Isn’t 8th dependent on the UEFA coefficient points? i.e we will need English teams in this years European competitions to do well.

How on earth is Veltman a square peg in a round hole at right back? It’s quite comfortably his most natural and best position.

He doesn’t do himself many favours when this is the calibre of his tweets :lolol:

Even in his spell at right back last year it was clear that isolated 1v1 defending is not one of his strengths. However, he is very good at inverting into that midfield position where his strengths are far more suited.

Can you work your magic with If You Wanna by The Vaccines? I always find myself changing it to if you wanna come back to Leeds. Maybe I can start singing if you wanna come here from Leeds.

🤣That’s a good point! Do you not agree though re: Baleba? I’ve watched him closely and he looks to receive on his left foot in very awkward spots when he should on his right. Likewise he’ll over manoeuvre to play a pass with his left. Wouldn’t say the same of Gilmour, Dunk or Gross for example.

I was referring to Baleba.

He’s also still a little bit one-footed for my liking in a midfielder but that can also improve.

It’s a fair point which I thought about including but then remembered Ferguson. Rutter is also not a great finisher (which I guess does make him a succession to Welbeck!) so not sure you’d want him leading the line. Quite possibly. I think there’s still some uncertainty on where Baleba will...

I think there’s a few ways of interpreting this deal. 1) He’s an immediate replacement for someone leaving this window. 2) It’s a return to the fabled succession planning for when someone leaves next Summer. 3) The club have identified enough attributes in his game to make them think he can...

Ben White is always a tricky one with these. Undeniably an outstanding player as the fact he is a regular in Arsenal’s team shows. Was great for us but not in that ‘how will we cope without him’ stratosphere where Caicedo, Macallister, Gross and arguably Bissouma might claim to be. The majority...

Said it on another thread but getting into Europe will be harder than previous seasons. Outside the top 6 you have Villa, Newcastle, West Ham, Bournemouth and even Palace who will think they have enough to push for it. All have good managers and decent squads.

When we bumped into Tony in Rome and had a chat with him, he was far from enthusiastic - and that was before the match!

When we stockpile attacking talent vs When Chelsea do it

What on earth. Someone must be getting sold?