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I actually think it might. We have a lot of young players in this squad who are improving, and a quality midfielder would make a huge impact. I think we'll see 2-3 incomings though with more emphasis on sales this Summer.

The Targett sale for £15 million is fine. As others have mentioned we have likely added a loan fee, taken his wages off the books for 6 months, and potentially added a bonus for Newcastle avoiding relegation. We bought him for £14 million, so we are actually making a small profit. But most importantly we got two good seasons from him for our money; it's not always about the profit you make off players, but about the impact they had on the club whilst also recouping the fee paid. Great business all round in my opinion.

So you would rather we played wingers and dropped Coutinho to the bench? Leaving out one of Ings and Watkins? Revert back to how we played under Smith when we played some absolutely awful football.

I would imagine the complication will come from the pay drop in Coutinho's wage. His contract with Barcelona currently expires in June 2023, he's most likely told them that he'll be willing to take a pay cut to move to another club; but want's the difference, or part of the difference made up by Barcelona until his contract there expires. This would be the negotiation that Villa and Barcelona are currently conducting. I am fairly sure that it will be done though.

Not good if he's out for a length of time. Might be time to see what Chrisene is all about...

Thought he was good again last night, drives so well with the ball. Starting to look slightly jaded though, his performances whilst still good aren't his excellent standard he set earlier in the season. A rest on Sunday would probably do him some good ready for Arsenal next weekend.

Bit of insight on that. Konsa was one of the last players into the tunnel last night, celebrated with the fans and the players. He looked absolutely delighted with the win. Great to see!

Played well last night when he came on. But went straight down the tunnel after the game, didn't applaud the away fans with the rest of the players. Feel like he's pretty unimpressed not being in the first team.

I said it on the way home from the game last night; I wouldn't sell Cash for £30-40 million now. He's becoming a fantastic right back, and we would have a tough time finding a better replacement for that sort of money. We have positions in the squad we could do with upgrading to get to the next level, but right back isn't one of those positions right now.

They way I look at it, it's 40 million plus a huge wage. In return you get an outstanding talent for the next 3 to 4 years. But what that also buys you is an increased performance level of players around him. Your essentially paying the money to get another 10-20% out of the players who he is linking up with, carrying the ball for, drawing fouls for. There's absolutely no doubt the reason for our upturn in our form is in direct correlation with Coutinho's fitness improving and his role in the team being cemented.

I was the same mate, I had almost given up then just chanced it walking into GAME and they had a few available. Best thing to do is when GAME release stock online just go into your local store and ask if they have a few. Also follow @PS5StockAlertUK on Twitter with notifications on, they are pretty on the ball with stock releases.

Give the lad a rest on Thursday, give Sanson a chance to show what he can do. Then bring Ramsey back in on Sunday against West Ham.

Is it a hard game? I normally get through games on the normal difficulty level, but never exceed it. Is this one tougher than most? I find that if a game is too hard I lose interest pretty quick.

Very good today, reminded me of the Aston Villa Jack Grealish.

I said this yesterday. Coutinho instead of Barkley and we would probably have qualified for Europe. Pretty unlikely Coutinho would have joined us off the back of the 2019/20 season though!

I actually think Keinan Davis is brilliant footballer. Everytime I've watched him this season he's been one of the best players on the pitch. His hold up play is fantastic, and he's a lot more skilful than he looks. No he's not the goalscoring striker that everyone craves, but what he does is links up the play, creates situations and holds the ball up for the team. It's what Heskey used to do for England and Liverpool, it's what Firminho does to an extent for Liverpool now. If you can get the quality around him, he can be the player that brings it all together. For me we could do with a player like Keinan right now, with Buendia and Coutinho playing off him; with Bailey, Watkins and Ings as options to feed off him. It's exactly what we have missed recently with balls bouncing off our strikers shins.

Came over to the away fans at the end of the game and threw his shirt into the crowd. Looked thoroughly (and quite rightfully) pissed off. He's been our best player of late, and didn't really deserve to be dropped or not brought on instead of Young. Saying all of that, 3 points is 3 points at this stage of the season.

His best game in weeks, and it's no coincidence that it was the game he played in the middle of the park and didn't have to cover for his full back.

I was surprised in the away end yesterday when Tim came on, physically he looks like he's ready for PL football. He actually had the same build as Bissouma who was playing in the same role for Brighton yesterday. His composure on the ball was fantastic, and he looked as though he could hold his own. I really wouldn't be against giving him a start next weekend.

Personally thought he was terrible yesterday. He showed absolutely no composure on the ball, giving it away multiple times; and off the ball he is just too weak with his challenges. As I have always said, I think he can offer us something in the number 8 role; but he's not good enough in the 6. Iroegbunam looks ideal for the DM role for me, and surprised with his build and composure when he came on.

Brilliant again yesterday, his assist for the goal was superb. He also absolutely loved it at the end of the game, spent some time celebrating in front of us in the away end, and before leaving the pitch by the dugouts. A proper leader.

Finally got myself a PS5! First Horizon to finish, then onto the new one. Elden Ring looks incredible though.

This is the way I see it, and the way that I think will fix our current problems. Right now we have two wings backs who are attacking at the same time. Digne and Cash go forward, McGinn and Ramsey drop into the full back space; leaving Luiz to look after the midfield alone. Often Luiz pushes on to help with the attack leaving the midfield exposed. Against Brighton I would take Luiz out, and play Chambers at DM. Drill into the wing backs that they can't both go forward at the same time, they can push on a little, but they have to be able to defend the full back position. Now when Digne goes forward, Mings covers the left full back area, Chambers drops in to CB and Konsa/Cash cover the right hand side. McGinn and Ramsey are now free to look after the midfield with one of them able to push a little further forward to help with possesion. This is exactly how Man City and Liverpool play, and it's something that is currently leaving us exposed. Chambers at DM isn't a long term option, but it will improve the way the team unit performs until Nakamba is back fit, and we can buy a dedicated player in the Summer.

I just don't get why we are playing a formation where you allow your full backs to get forward, and then ask your two centre midfielders to move to full back to cover. It completely limits Ramsey and McGinn who have the ability to drive forward for us, but are being asked to defend. And the substitutes... christ...

Finished Landscapers tonight. Really good, I had never heard the story before. It's done in a very strange way, but it works.