6 hours ago, ozboy said:

Just need a captain now.

Surely it’s “just need a midfield now”?

4 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

BBC reporting it now.....for £31m. After add ons of course, which surprisingly they haven't stated  in the headline. Trossard signed for £21m before add ons. That's in the headline of course.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64444185

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64342770

 

 

 

They certainly like to paint a vulgar picture when reporting on us. It’s not bias, honestly…

6 hours ago, ducavis said:

Thiago for me in the short term. Not sure it’s a smart idea having an injury prone captain. Needs to prove he can stay fit for the majority of next season.

It worked fine for Gary Neville in the late 00s at United likewise us and Terry in the last title season, and (hopefully) James will be on the pitch a lot more than those examples.

The club captain responsibility goes well beyond duties on the pitch they basically set the standards for the entire club and James is a perfect candidate in my opinion.

7 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

BBC reporting it now.....for £31m. After add ons of course, which surprisingly they haven't stated  in the headline. Trossard signed for £21m before add ons. That's in the headline of course.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64444185

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64342770

Yeah it's really weird how this keeps happening. 

On 24/01/2023 at 08:57, RIP Mourinho said:

Ridiculous comment, only way anyone gets in over Reece is if he gets injured. 

Which sadly will be 60% of the season. 

3 hours ago, Victor90 said:

Which sadly will be 60% of the season. 

Exactly, why i wish Gusto was coming in January instead of Summer. Could have used Reece as the Anchor at CM for the rest of the season too.

Came off holding his hamstring. 

What in the actual f**k. Someone genuinely voodoo'd us. 

Yep, we’re cursed. Not even bothered now, comes with the territory.

Seriously.. Wtf? 

Only watched the highlights from last night but every clip of him was giving away a foul. Can anyone that watched the full 90 give a bit of a summary of his performance? 

Imo he played rather safe, as you might expect. Still got forward on several occassions and looks to be a good athlete. Cant say I noticed those fouls, but watching on an Iphone four o’clock in the morning might do that to you! Encouraging if unspectular start

Reminds me of Kyle Walker. His recovery pace is great. 

On 20/07/2023 at 17:33, RIP Mourinho said:

Only watched the highlights from last night but every clip of him was giving away a foul. Can anyone that watched the full 90 give a bit of a summary of his performance? 

He did play safe. In particular he got to the byline once and then turned back. I thought he did enough, was fairly safe on the ball, recovered well and generally looked like he belonged. But I am not that good a judge. 

Felt he did well last night. Up against the best winger in the EPL in Mitoma and more than held his own. 

Did lose him for their first goal, allowing Mitoma to just get a yard behind him to win the header. But the quality of Gilmour's long ball was excellent.

He won't be the first or last to be skinned by Mitoma. 

We have a player here to compete with James takes the pressure off the coach to rush James back 

1 hour ago, El regreso said:

We have a player here to compete with James takes the pressure off the coach to rush James back 

Going by the game last night I am not too sure of him too be honest. Looks a little bit out of his depth for me, especially defensively.  Early days of course and hopefully he will get stronger and more assured 

10 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Going by the game last night I am not too sure of him too be honest. Looks a little bit out of his depth for me, especially defensively.  Early days of course and hopefully he will get stronger and more assured 

That’s nutty. He did lose mitoma for their first goal but that was on his opposite side at a set piece. In open play Mitoma didn’t get past him once. My opinion, Reece would not have done as well defensively. Reece is much better in attack right now but Mitoma is a safe pair of feet defensively. 

20 minutes ago, ozboy said:

That’s nutty. He did lose mitoma for their first goal but that was on his opposite side at a set piece. In open play Mitoma didn’t get past him once. My opinion, Reece would not have done as well defensively. Reece is much better in attack right now but Mitoma is a safe pair of feet defensively. 

Just watching the game and he looks to me slightly lightweight.  Like I said I my post it's still very early days..

I'm now at 83 minutes and I'm not too disappointed with this. I am a little concerned how the youngsters would fair in a PL campaign so whilst they look good enough now  maybe a PL loan might be good for a couple.

But considering how long Pochettino has had these, we are definitely on the right path here.

55 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Going by the game last night I am not too sure of him too be honest. Looks a little bit out of his depth for me, especially defensively.  Early days of course and hopefully he will get stronger and more assured 

We watched different games because outside of the set pieces which is team issue really with poor defending all around one of the best wingers last season couldn’t get pass him!!

26 minutes ago, El regreso said:

We watched different games because outside of the set pieces which is team issue really with poor defending all around one of the best wingers last season couldn’t get pass him!!

But you get his job wasn't just to defend right.

I am also not sure that he physically ready for the PL, but we will see. If its just a defensive RB it currently looks to me that Chalobah could be a better choice as back up to James. I am assuming though tht we want more going forward. 

Like I've said about three times now  it's still very early days, so we will see.

Edited July 23, 20232 yr by WhiteWall

Most of the team hardly attacked as Brighton had control of the game 

Lucky to have him. Early days but OL fans are full of sh*t if they think he is weak defensively. 

Shouldn't feel at all anxious to rest or even drop James for a period.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Lucky to have him. Early days but OL fans are full of sh*t if they think he is weak defensively. 

Shouldn't feel at all anxious to rest or even drop James for a period.

Early days, but based on what we've seen in pre-season, I totally agree Sconnie. Very confident player and also looks good going forwards.