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Came on here to say what everyone else is - error aside, I felt more comfortable with him on the right alongside Pau than I have with him on the left alongside anyone else. Which also speaks to how good Pau is.
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I think it’s realistic that Man United overtake us (but we have a 5-point gap so that’s on us) and it’s realistic we don’t overhaul Spurs (but we easily could). But I think the idea of us falling behind Newcastle/Brighton/West Ham and not getting top 6 is a stretch for me. Personally I thought 5th three months ago and I still think 5th today.
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Didn’t we just sign one like two weeks ago?
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I think they are such complementary swaps for each other as well. If Moreno’s on and running at a defence, they’d much rather back off… suddenly Digne is on and if they back off he’s dropping it on Watkins’ head 6 yards out. Or they are closing Digne down as quickly as possible, then Moreno comes on and is just waiting for that so he can go past them. Works so well - and we haven’t had it all season.
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I don’t believe in “must win” games that often, but will say if we can avoid defeat vs United then that’s a top 5 nicely separated from the rest - and there’s a chance all 5 get CL. And even a draw puts us back above Spurs. Lose and the gap is still 5 points to 6th but way less comfortable!
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Didn’t he collide with a post from a set piece? What does CB vs RB have to do with that?
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I mean the simple fact is he’s probably our fifth-choice centre back, and while I don’t think he’s very good I don’t remember us ever having a better fifth choice. The issue has been him having to play so much
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Won’t help us mate, we need those points by May
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Agree 100%. First season is always about settling - I am treating the good things we have seen (excellent at times) as a bonus during his adaptation
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It’s easy to think in any game we wish we had scored more goals but also there’s a lot to be said for controlling the game, keeping a clean sheet and managing energy levels with a game in a few days, United next weekend, Europe back this month, etc.
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Interesting to see you say that - I’m his biggest fan but I thought he was off the pace today (as much as anyone can be in a 5-0 win!). Overall I’m disappointed not to have scored 5 more to go ahead of Arsenal but let’s hope they get pumped by Liverpool
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We need a righ… huh… ok a new backup goalkee… huh. Ok, they changed the narrative! Impossible to think too much now when we might have CL or might miss Europe completely, but my guess is one or two new signings per window from here unless we are replacing big departures.
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And yet (this is not disagreeing with you) when I looked before, Rogers was the second most expensive signing in the country and Kosta was fourth! (Sure that’ll move around today). Low-spending window for everyone.
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His agent’s negotiated an £18m move to the PL as a teenager and a year later has Chelsea, West Ham and AC Milan bidding for him. He’s probably pretty happy with the job he’s doing!
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You might be right, but at this point he’s been signed for £18m, Emery says he thinks he can be one of the best players in the world, other Premier League clubs have tried to sign him and he’s broken into a Colombia side that’s unbeaten in absolutely ages, all as he turns 20. So if he’s overrated he’s being overrated by a lot of good managers. And as I say you might be right, and they might be wrong - it happens!
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He’s a funny one isn’t he. Won loads, France’s record top scorer, but in the PL I wouldn’t say he was ever even first choice at his (any of his) club.
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His agent is obviously involved and will always be looking for moves/deals, I don’t think it’s “agent talk” - West Ham definitely put in a bid for one. We probably need to get used to people bidding for our players more!
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We can all say this but the fact is you don’t make it as an elite athlete without an almost insane level of belief in your own ability.
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I can’t comment too much on Tim but the financial realities of player dealings mean this isn’t always the case. We know that signing middling players blocks the path of potentially great youth - that’s always been the case. If you have Dendoncker as an asset with a relatively large transfer fee, wages etc, sometimes you have to play him with a view to moving him on even if he’s not in your plans - otherwise you end up with a bomb squad scenario. I think that pragmatism is a strength of Emery actually.
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Listen who knows what would have happened if Barcelona had taken a punt on me and loaded me full of growth hormones!
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Both Welsh full backs, but we didn’t get a chance to see if Delaney could start scoring overhead kicks in Champions League finals and play up front for Real Madrid because he stuck to his position at full back and did his job. So it’s just impossible to say if he might have been the best striker in the world or not unfortunately.
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Saw this one coming
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All comes down to the second point for me - I think we will finish 5th (comfortably, by a distance from 6th) so time to support all the English teams in Europe this season!
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Yeah was told there was a cat’s chance in Hell and misheard apparently.
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To be clear I DON’T think we want to sell. I said the fact West Ham are actively bidding for him means he is unlikely to end up in the Championship, which had been suggested in the post I responded to.
