Pizy

I listened to Jesse March’s press conference and he said that he’s going to be sending his team out there to really go after us and press. Typical Bielsa-like Leeds in other words. So hopefully whoever starts in midfield next to J5 between Conor and RLC is fully sharp and ready for that. Should be a very tough match for the third consecutive weekend. This is the sort of match and the sort of opponent that you’d really like to have Kante and Kova fit for. A match that will likely be very end to end and high tempo. Very frustrating that they’re both already injured 🤦‍♂️

I really like Ivan Toney. For a big classic front man he’s a fantastic footballer. But he’s basically like a God for Brentford. There’s no chance they’d sell him and especially not so late in the window. I don’t think a club of their stature would be able to replace him with only 2 weeks left.

You really think he’s a can’t miss kind of striker? I don’t see that personally. He isn’t a Haaland/Aguero/Lewa/Kane sort of level where I can see him coming to England and scoring 20 league goals. He looks good but not incredible to me. And for £100m I’d want someone less risky after the Lukaku debacle.

I’ve literally never heard of half these guys. 🤣 But even the ones I have heard of would be just as risky as Auba. Maybe even more so because at least he’s played multiple seasons in the PL. That’s what I meant. There isn’t any sure thing out there. No top class striker who stands out above everyone. To be clear, I don’t necessarily WANT Auba. I’m just at the acceptance phase of this window. I’ll give him a a chance and hope for the best.

Tbf, we’re still superior to Arse at every position on the pitch other than striker. I wouldn’t swap a single one of their best XI for one of ours. And our squad is much better as well. It’s definitely true that this Auba deal is questionable but there just aren’t many options out there.

I’d be stunned if he sees out all 3 years of his contract if this deal indeed happens. Really, unless he absolutely crushes it in his first season here I doubt he even comes back for a second one. We’ll bin him off to Galatasaray or Besiktas who love an old, past it star player.

Jesus, Sterling, and Mase pressing like maniacs would’ve been lethal. I just want to hurry up and get into the super congested part of the season so these annoying Arse bastards fall away.

Mad, isn’t it? That’s probably the only way to convince him to leave Barca. He wanted the extra longer term security.

Seeing talk of a 3 year deal for Auba. Seriously? That’s silly imo.

No point watching the last match of the day. Jesus will probably score a hat trick against this terrible Bournemouth defense. Then the Arse wankfest continues for another week. They could hardly hand pick an easier start to their season.

Looking very good so far, too. Very direct and always showing for the ball.

Yet to be impressed with Spuds. Think they’re still weak in midfield quality wise unless or until Bissouma settles. They’re still weak at both fullback positions, though Perisic is nice in attack. I can see them being like Arse sides of recent years where they do well against inferior sides they’re meant to beat but will get bossed by the other top teams like we did last weekend who have much more quality in the key areas I mentioned. Think Conte needs one more transfer window before they’re ready to truly take that next step. Hojbjerg and Bentancur are bang average. Dier is bang average. Davies who seems to play all the time is below average. If their front 3 isn’t razor sharp they look very ordinary as a team.

Hopefully that’s wrapped up first thing next week.

Wolves have a very nice team it must be said. Very well balanced. If they can get Jimenez up and running and in form I could see them challenging for top 6.

Maguire moves like a gigantic cruise ship on the pitch. Looks like he’s running in a swimming pool with cement boots on. He’s also incredibly panicky on the ball whenever opposition players press him and he’s got to make a quick decision. He’s really a CB that’s not suited for the modern way of progressive football. The only thing I can think of that he’s genuinely good at is clearing away crosses with his massive head.

If a journalist is going to make up a rumor out of thin air at least make it somewhat plausible or believable. Harry fucking Maguire. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I fucking wouldn’t!

Can we use the delete club option if we go anywhere near Harry Maguire, please?

That’s what happens when you’re in desperation mode and offer so much money that neither the selling club or the player can say no. They could end up paying a total of £70m for a 30 year old DM and £375k per week in wages.

Any other Spanish side need a LB in case Barca screw us over?

Uhhhhh, wtf happens if Barca don’t take Alonso? He can’t stay here now that Cucu has signed.

Yeah, much like Thiago Silva & Koulibaly you don’t bring in a 33 year old on huge wages and convince him to leave a club like Barca to warm the bench. Hopefully he pushes Kai to up his level consistently.

There’s an extreme lack of traditional world class strikers in Europe right now. Even if we had another £100m to spend on one like we did with Lukaku we wouldn’t be getting a sure fire, risk free player. Osimhen is really the only name I can think of that people are hyping up as the next highly sought after #9 that the big clubs will be after.

At £15m it’s probably decent value. Hard to be that upset if that’s all we end up paying. Then we just have to hope the contract length isn’t too long so we can easily move him on if it doesn’t work out.

I’m not even bothered about United’s business or worried at all. At least not yet. Lisandro Martinez - tiny CB who has already looked like he’s going to be repeatedly targeted and hasn’t even played a serious team yet Malacia - a kid so who knows what he is Eriksen - good player but not spectacular Casemiro - great for Madrid when surrounded by world class players all over the pitch. Don’t think he’ll look nearly as good in a shambolic United side. Antony - if they spend £80m or more on him I’ll laugh. He has gigantic flop written all over him. Telling that no other big club except United is after him. If we did the exact business that they’re doing I’d be depressed. I wouldn’t have a single one of those players here. Now, if they go out and somehow get De Jong and a class striker in addition to all of that then they’ll have done well. But up until now their window looks poor.