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Shak

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  1. I'd imagine the stuff going on behind the scenes right now is proper fascinating like. Alliances and backstabbing and whatnot. Somewhat related, rumour on golf twitter is that Yasir and Tiger Woods had a secret meeting yesterday on Tiger's fishing boat ahead of a PGA/LIV meeting today at PGA headquarters
  2. Think the biggest issue is the idea of just accepting that we weren't going to win any of the cups and then saying being 10th with ten games to go is a good season. Want to make the arguement that given all the injuries we've had it's not that bad a year? That's more than fair. But out of all the cups and 10th at this stage of the year is about as bad as the season could reasonably have been expected to go IMO.
  3. Why would anyone? "We'll get horrendous draws in all the cup competitions and consequently win nowt. Also we'll be 10th with ten games to go. Deal?"
  4. I mean there are obviously a number of reasons that it hasn't been a disaster but no, I wouldn't have taken that
  5. Shak

    Harvey Barnes

    In hindsight, we should PROBABLY have signed a RW instead.
  6. Good finish tbf. Fucking woeful from Botman.
  7. Jogging around acting like he can afford to jog around.
  8. Shak

    Anthony Gordon

    That's some truly awful taste in television he's got there
  9. Striker, RW and CB would be the positions I'd go for anyway. Assuming no major outgoings.
  10. Remember the end of last season the fucking havoc we were able to unleash on teams using Isak and Wilson together for the last half hour of games? It adds so much to us having the ability to do that. Our style of play means we're always gonna need to use a healthy amount of rotation, particularly with the front three. So one of Isak or (for example) Toney being on the bench at the start of games isn't unrealistic IMO. I'd also be of the opinion that Isak and a #9 could be used from the start in a lot of games. I know it wasn't particularly effective when tried last season but Howe showed he was willing to try Isak on the left with Wilson central. With the right midfield in place I still think it could very much be an option for us. Think there'd be more than enough minutes for Isak and a top CF. And that's in the best case scenario where everyone stays fit.
  11. I was on an aeroplane for the first half of the Spurs game last season
  12. Shak

    Sean Longstaff

    Chance was so easy he fell over
  13. Ideally you want a DOF type trying to sign players for the future while the manager is more focused on the needs of the first team. Issue is that Ashworth was spending huge money on these young players from Premier League clubs, not unearthing the likes of Caicedo and MacAllister like he was at Brighton. Neither of those two cost a pittance, they were decent money given the leagues they came from. But a far cry from what you pay shopping for young English players who have impressed in PL action. Minteh is really the only signing we made in that bracket under Ashworth. We tried for a few others like Santos and Perrone but couldn't get those deals done.
  14. Can see the arguement for another year on loan but I could also see him being absolute dynamite as an option off the bench for the last twenty minutes of games next season.
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