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That would require the ref to admit it was a mistake in his report. I remember that happened when Hamann got a second yellow for Vieira faking contact and rescinded it after the game. Cavanagh would never though.

Kavanagh was absolutely man of the match.

When that video started, I'll admit I was expecting the beardy disco dude to be a Boney M style prop. Did not anticipate such a wicked first tenor stealing the show.

Coutinho looked good from the start before he hit an extended "where is he going with this?" period and then becoming a proper player. Heskey (...) was a bit subdued in his first season before turning it on in style during the treble season. That's all I got.

That's quite enough of that now, Samuel. I only want to see you believing his full recovery into existence from here on out.

Alright, let's stop the anecdotal "John Barnes was never the same bulls***." 82% of a surveyed 118 players between 2008 and 2018 made a full recovery. And 71% are back to playing at the same performance level the season after the injury first happened. So there. No more fake news.

He needs bench time. For the sake of the team and his own. He's really not benefiting from how this is playing out right now either.

Mentalitywise, they aren't intimidated by the prospect of being the guy the other players look to to get them out of trouble. They are comfortable being top dogs. So is gakpo. Isak and Wirtz, and seemingly Barcola too on limited evidence, shrink from the responsibility placed on their shoulders.

He can do a job there if asked, since he's fast and comfortable taking on defenders out wide. It'd be a waste though, given that we have twelvety left wingers and he can do all the things we're currently missing in the centre.

Szoboslai is, he's just grating in the way he goes about it.

That's Ekitike. Which is why I still say that this is Ekitike's team and isak will need to find a way to fit into that, or magically become much better than him, to have a future here once Hugo is back.

We definitely needed a top class winger.

Right. Returning to Barcola, my main worry is that we've paid 123m for a player I kinda suspect is good but still a smidgen worse than what Gakpo has been for us (disregarding last season). Alright like, but not what we needed for 123m.

He understands what it means to play at this level though. We need all the leaders we can get right now.

Im not sure what more involved with his teammates is supposed to mean(?). But I do think he's improved in terms of showing where and how he'd like the ball to be played with his runs and movement. Something I always thought Sturridge was really good at.