Stevie

Do you not Leica it?

Just hope the powers that be are fully focused on getting the signings done. The negative exposure wouldn’t be good for anyone should talks not develop.

Shame we never went for Stiller at Stuttgart. Probably couldn’t afford him now but he’d fix most of the glaring issues we have in our centre midfield. Think he had a release clause but it ran out in July

You can say that again

Not sure he’s really got the outright speed to get past defenders on the right. He’s better suited on the left as he has quick feet so can cut in and out to get past players. Early days yet but pinging crosses in doesn’t seem to be a strong point either which again negates him being on the right.

Wirtz also played loads of balls through for players to run onto in Germany as well. If everyone around him is static there is no 1-2 or attacking pass to make

I was surprised we were so static at times today. We had the ball in the final 3rd a few times and our players just stood there. Wirtz and Isak were utter garbage but if we’re expecting more from them then I think it’s not unreasonable that the other players should put in a shift and move into space to play to their strengths.

Cracking pen

We have the ball in their half but our players are just standing around

We are s***e

We’ve looked better the last 5 minutes

Or switch Rio over with Gakpo to see how that goes for a bit. Both have been as garbage as each other in the first half

I’d rather we signed Samuel L Jackson than that useless egotistical t***

If the owners are unimpressed then they don’t have anyone else to blame but themselves. They employed both of them. They should have stepped in when Edwards wanted to bring in his mate Hughesy with no other candidates seemingly being considered.

So at least that kind of proves somebody is still around to work on player transfers. I was starting to think Hughesy had taken the fax machine with him

Think Gakpo is just lacking a bit too much technically for Iraola. Every right back in the league knows how to defend against Gakpo now. It’s either run straight down the wing or cut inside. He’s nullified if the defender just stays on the inside of him. I think he can still do a job for us but can see why we might be looking to replace him.

Very promising performance from him. Looked like he was barking out some instructions to the players around him too.

It takes such a lot longer getting back to the same level of fitness you had compared to the time it takes to lose it. Normally 1 player coming back from an injury is bad enough but the rest of the team can usually cope. When it’s the whole squad that’s trying to regain fitness it’s going to be tough. We also need to be really careful with injuries because tendons and ligaments adapt so much slower than muscles. Slot really did a number on us.

TBF I panic when the ball isn’t on his left foot too

Nice to see that we’re not just twatting the ball straight out of play from the kick-off

The fact nobody blabbed in advance of us bringing in Araujo kind of indicates to me that Hughes had nothing to do it.

Be interesting to know who fed that to Pearce seeing as Edwards has gone and Hughes seemingly already working for Al Hilal

Bit weird again why FSG are allowing the club to be run like this. They should have had a replacement for Hughes and Edwards in by now. Leaving Hughes to sort out the transfers when he’s already half out the door and Edwards already gone is bizarre.

Utterly nuts that we didn’t go for Semenyo when he was available. Even if we do somehow sign Barcola, we still need to sign somebody to play on the right.

Gakpo is also not a winger