HarvSFC

For whichever reason (motivational?) Liverpool have not been the all conquering team that they were for the majority of last season since football restarted after the COVID break. Hopefully we don't catch them on a 7-0 day, and we get this misfiring team too.

Ings is just on another level. Shame another offside goal.

Well, the last planned three week break ended up being three months. Hopefully tonight's one to enjoy, as could be the last one for a while.

Get in there!

The ref has missed three fouls in one phase of play.

Wtf, how has Adams not scored? If that was Long he would be crucified.

Leeds have an £8m option to buy clause included in the Harrison deal.

Time for the summer signings to step up this weekend then.

100%. Despite a natural drop in performance, he still isn't a weak link in the team like Redmond, Valery are/were. I still think it will be very hard to replace him and would be another test for the scouting department, when we do not necessarily need to. Unless, he is asking for an obscene amount of wages for his age.

See David Moyes selected two goalkeepers on his bench with the new nine sub rule. Unorthodox.

This time last season we started with Adams and Obafemi against Chelsea because Ings wasn't right for the match (came off the bench) and we won... quite comfortably too. Maybe Ralph doesn't like his options now. 🤷‍♂️ If Tella is his next in line to replace Ings then you can see why.

Another great ball played in by Romeu.

Sterling didn’t have his arms in a natural position there.

Yep, Mourinho has him playing a much simpler role in the Tottenham team, where he simply sits back, breaks attacks with tactical fouls and recycles the ball to a teammate. We/Ralph do not play this way and now you can see that JWP and Romeu are much more capable of bringing the ball forward and hitting shots on target, playing assists etc. (I know Romeu got his first ever League one, but that ball against Arsenal which Redmond hit the bar with was another delight.) Whereas, the less said about Hojbjerg’s ability up the pitch in regards to his shooting and composure to pick out a killer pass, well the less said about that the better. He certainly is not their Eriksen replacement, which they were all crowing about in the summer, only in nationality. Essentially, Hojbjerg is a passion merchant, who wears his heart on the sleeve and does try to break boundaries with the rules/deceive the ref and Mourinho loves these types of players.

Get a penalty/direct free kick from David Luiz.

Do you support Arsenal?

Look here, I've read the article and cannot see any issues with it. Just look at this compelling quote: They're clearly massive fans of Forster, as despite his dominant presence causing them to struggle, they would still love to lure him back. Additionally: Fully agree that McCarthy is only our number one due to the weakest part of his game.

If we show them respect and sit back a bit because they’re Arsenal then they could hurt us with the quality of some of their individuals. However, if we take the game to them then I think we could beat them, quite comfortably too, like the 4-0 at home, which saw THAT Martina goal.

Good job the black box foresaw this when running its character checks on potential signings.

Vestergaard’s pulling the strings, such good long range passing.

Game over. Time to go to sleep.

Djenepo may need to go off for Ings early doors now following the yellow. Use Walcott’s experience to defend against Lamptey as Djenepo’s having all kinds of issues.

No chance, never really shown any footballing ability, barring a brief purple patch in 2017-18 where he scored 13 in all comps through being in the right place at the right time. More interested in the Celebrity lifestyle and social media followings of being a footballer (like Dele Alli) and didn't really turn too many heads in his Championship loans when he was coming through. Would've been discarded a long time ago by United if he didn't come through the academy.

We've branched out to bring in a few foreign players into the academy set-up too, Valery, Jankewitz, Rus and Rodriguez being the most notable. Our transfer model seems to be moving away from the domestic leagues also, where a standard Championship player costs £15m+ now. We will need quite a rethink with these rules, I reckon. Ings and JWP will be more valuable than they already are, however.

Reed wouldn’t get into our first team given the form of Romeu and JWP. Would be competing with Diallo for the bench place, when he would be guaranteed first team football at Fulham after last year’s loan. We did get a fair amount of money for him too.