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Don’t let facts get in the way of the narrative created here around him. He looks like a lock for Motta’s system as was expected with a 4-2-3-1 and is doing what is asked of him. Always shows for the ball, protects the back 4 and has a long diagonal that few of our current players are able to...

We have 6 outfield players on the bench and they have 11. I wonder if sending all of those players out on loan still looks intelligent now.

They looked it tonight, simply played on the counter attack at home whilst being highly dependant on a couple of quality players. Their defenders looked shaky on the ball and Andre looked about as slow as Arturd. We’re told they had a lot of injuries so they could’ve been different in the other...

An Unai Emery side in Europe will never be playing ‘open.’

His movement in and around the box when we have the ball in the final third is evidently good, and he’s a supremely intelligent player. It’s more in relation to the positions he picks up when we’re building up that I’m referencing, which I think results in a lot of side to side and backwards...

Got done by the exact same trick by Zhegrova twice in the same game. The second time he actually managed to tug him down. 13 million for a player who’s ceiling is back up left back feels like a lot with our current finances.

For an attacking midfielder, he spends half his time on the sideline holding hands with the winger. I don’t know if it’s part of the way Motta wants to play, but he’s rarely anywhere near the centre forward so there’s no link up play, the forward is isolated and as a result rarely touches the ball.

Lille are a poor side. A couple of decent players in attacking areas mixed with mediocre players at the back. Shit to draw that game, lost all impetus following the 3 substitutions and never came back again. We create so little in the middle of the pitch and rely solely on the wingers to...

For the amount of dominance I only count the Vlahovic chance, a corner for Yildiz and a couple of blatant offside. Relative to an average first half maybe it’s not bad, but I’d expect more with the way the game has gone.

Can’t have that much possession and create that little. They are offering the full backs one on one with our wingers but we are unable to exploit it. We can’t offer the same thing because Cabal shits his pants every time that freak gets it.

Found his best position today, cheerleader on the sidelines. Should sit next to Pinso until his contract expires.

It’s hard to sum up that shit show. Erratic end to end stuff mixed with comedic defending made it look like a Sunday league game. Aside from that we were second to most loose balls, played errant passes and appeared lethargic. I don’t think I could stomach watching a centre back pairing of...

I don’t wish injuries on players, but it might be welcome to put Danilol out of his misery. He looks like that final version of Bonucci we had moving in treacle.

His creativity isn’t bad by current Serie A standards so that’s the only role he can try to fill as I think he will always be a defensively liability to some extent. I think he has a use against the mid to lower table sides that bunker in and offer little offensively, but as you say clearly...

This is spot on. The biggest issue with him appears to be when he’s not contributing well with the ball like he did in that one game, he’s a net negative because he gets played around too easily, get in wrong positions and offers little without the ball. His ceiling may well be as a rotational...

First time I’ve ever looked at that trash. They have that controversial crybaby fifa nobhead Kurt04 posting on there.

I didn’t state that goal or any other in this game were his fault. I just noted his weight was shifted the wrong way which reduced his chances of making a save there.

His weight distribution was wrong on their 2nd as it was shifting across goal and then he couldn’t react in time as he was unsighted by the defender in my opinion. Still may have not got there but feels like a basic thing that the greatest got right regularly for decades.

Humbled that Dumfries cunt twice. On the first one Dumfries offers him the outside by pointing that way only for him to take it and shove it back through his legs.

Sure there was some comical defending and a number of errors, but after 3 years of truly miserable football and nothing but calma, I’m happy to see desire and hunger from the manager and players with a clear gameplan in possession of the ball. Motta punches the likes of Gatti and Thuram and...