May-Z

Annoyed that the (admittedly nice looking hoodies) have Aston Villa with a stinking great set of Castore wings above. Villa is the priority. Also, the monochrome badge looks cheap and lacks clarity on the training gear. Also reminds me of the poor Pride Rewards stuff...

I think it would be better for him to be with us for a bit longer before being loaned out, whether he's too young or not.

Not sure I agree with the 'no end product' in this review. A nice ball across that Watkins was close to, winning a corner from a last ditch interception. A shot that deflected closely wide. Another shot from his weaker foot that was a good effort from the edge of the box. (Those last two created by himself by winning the ball back first) There was also the break away where we scored the third where his cutback was struck against the post. Add as well that he won a penalty against Walsall. He can be held to 'no end product' if counting goals and assists... but I'd say that's a pretty good attacking output - Involved in two goals and worked the keeper/defence with his other two main chances against Newcastle.

It looked like Isak was offside but Anderson ran from deeper. I'm not sure that would be given.

What a scummy, scummy team Newcastle are. Bournemouth were shit heads in our first match back up, Newcastle were just as bad last season. How they can be so niggly and petty in a friendly is ridiculous. Bet they had over 20 fouls. We will batter these from a footballing perspective whenever we play them. Whether that's enough to win against them is a different story though

His brain takes two clicks longer than it should do.

Rusty as hell. Will give away penalties. Will play delicious passes in to strikers. (Could be ours, could be the opposition)

Looks a very good prospect. Reminded me of Jacob Ramsey when he first came into the first team in the way that you could just tell his touch, balance, passing, and confidence were all natural enough to not have to think about.

Scares the shit out of me every time he has the ball, or has to do something with the ball.

Fairly standard Buendia performance imo...maybe with a bit extra power from somewhere. Involved in most (if not all) of our best creative work...but has still given the ball away when attempting through balls which frustrates at times.

If Diaby starts off playing the same way we'll all say he's settled in well and looks a player. Tired towards the end of the half but showed so much in the first 35 mins. He's a confident lad. If we can build on that, he'll be worth a squad place.

Decent half. Some really great football from us. Easily the better team. The reasons for giving away the goals are the same reasons that have made all the chances for us to score from. Part and parcel of our style.

Basically just described Bailey.

What about the Spanish U21 keeper who's contract has run out at Barca? I'm assuming he'd be able to play out will confidence.

This is the 'Scudetto'. A lot of people think the scudetto is the league title...but it's the Italian badge you get to wear as an honour for winning the league.

Part of me wonders whether Howe has the next step in him. He strikes me as the type of manager who does well when it's a matter of making average/good players raise their game...but may struggle if he's trying to merge that with some genuine top players. Will be interesting to find out. (Ultimately I hope he crashes and burns though for our sake)

Gordon won player of the tournament?!?

I find it amazing he won the award for the most amount of clean sheets. He must have spent the other 21 games passing to the opposition and letting shots go straight through him. Pretty sure he made the most amount of errors leading to opposition goals. A really strange pair of stats.

Thought that after he scored and celebrated by staring down someone after an awful free kick viciously deflected into the opposite corner.

We know this though, right. It's the case with every one of our players right now imo.

Great game. Nice work. Shared.

Mitrovic looks like he enjoyed his 10 game ban at the end of last season

I'll admit I haven't seen him outside of Villa...but his work in the Premier League is the most important thing to look at imo. I just don't think we have seen this agility in the PL , certainly not enough to class it as one of his strengths. Ultimately, he's not a good fit for us and by the sounds of it hasn't shown his best whisky he's been here.

So shit. Absolutely awful. I think it's the sleeves that kill it. If the shoulders were claret I might just think it's ok. As it happens, it's waaaaaank. (However, the badge is v. nice)

I'm with @MaVilla here. Olsen is sooo slow. He goes down in installments. Think back to the Brentford match for two classic examples. The missed open goal comes from him not moving his feet to the bounce quick enough and their goal, although difficulty to stop, highlights how he can't really move across the ground either.