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Cant fault his workrate but today showed he's not ready to be a genuine back up for our no. 9. I thought we played much better than I expected before the match untill the red card. Grav and Macca were very good. Defensively we were solid but the pace on their flanks was always going to hurt us unless we scored first. We were the most likely to score in first 15 minutes after the break. And if Barcola and Wirtz could deliver more we would have been even more threatening to score. I liked Munoz and his ability to carry the ball and pace. Kerkez still gives me the shrivers. Van Dijk is declining. Jacquet is a gem.

And it wasnt even that he already made a lot of fouls so you could wait for it. Refs from Manchester shouldnt be allowed to ref a match with City or United.

I think he's not suited to play the attacking midfielder in a 433 set up in combination with the type of striker Isak is. And our midfield is way to open because Isak is not the type of striker who is to slow with pressing and Wirtz is to advanced and not blocking the passes. Wirtz is more suited to 352 where he can do what he wants as the attacking midfielder.

it was just like we were watching last season again Wirtz needs to be dropped. He's a wonderfull footballer, just not in this team

yeah, but Barcola will not play longer than 60 minutes

Theres noone blocking passing lines through the middle.

They are bossing us in possesion. Only a matter of time this would happen.

He's a very talented footballer but looks like he's not suited to our team and league.

And Ipswich were terrible We got sloppy after the subs. Midfield way too open again. But a bit more balance wit Araujo as right back

Or preparing to make a bid just for the end of the deadline in 2027...

Yeah, and they will do it again next January

On playstation

We are not going to be competitive at all. We lost about 30 assists coming from our full backs. We lost 30 goals and 20 assists from our striker on the right side. Of course its not easy to replace this, but we are now in a position that theres almost 0 goals coming from these positions. Our centre forward is hiding all the time which results in playing with a man less. Our midfield lacks composure, strength and postional awareness. Our captain is ageing. Our goalkeeper is still worldclass but never available for a whole season. We are very unbalanced all over the pitch. And the signing of Barcola is not going to change this. We will still not be able to keep clean sheets like we used to. Its going to be a dissapointing season again.

Trying to be the smartass again thinking we are the best negotiator on the planet.

Almost everything has been a f*** up for a year now

We are currently just not good enough. All over the pitch

We could also do with some players who are more clever than this bunch

Not good enough van upfront to the back. Were playing with a player less if Isak is not playing. Our midfield is being outmuscled again and again. When they win the ball, they immediately know what to do. We are looking and looking where to pass. Our full backs are so much lacking quality compared what we had for years, its hurting us.

Al Hilal at home

Makes me think everything might be already done and dusted regarding Barcola. But one side (or both) doesnt want it to be announced now because they want to be seen as tough negotiators.

I just cant see him as a striker who presses and runs alot. He's more of a striker for counter attacking teams.

We've gone from 2 world class attacking full backs with many assists between them to full backs with completely no end product! Its quite an achievement to drop so much in terms of quality in a space of a year.

This is a very very very positive take on it.

Id sell Isak

6 players in red around him and he still scores