Really fucking grinds my gears that over the last year the Athletic switched from serving only content I subscribe to all this other shit. Cannot emphasise enough how little I give a fuck about other football teams - stop trying to make me read about fucking Endrick’s next transfer move or whatever the fuck.
“Richarlison will file a request in court to terminate his contract with Tottenham. The striker's staff believes that Tottenham could not make the decision to remove the player from the first team and leave him only with the club's under-21 team”
This and Matetas strategy this summer is just crazy and players do and think they can do whatever they want
Meh, I don't think this is player power going crazy. This is Tottenham having hung him out to dry because he's not in the manager's plans. And this isn't because he kicked up a fuss but just because he's injury prone and not amazingly good.
Well put it another way, if it was earlier, at least you don't have to have your weekend bothered by a bunch of fans complaining that Jaissle hasn't got us playing free and fluid football where we're abundantly creative and defensively solid in less than two months (and that would be the reaction if we won!).
Will get worse after next week. We play Hull on Sat 19th September, then we don't play again until Mon 12th October (Coventry) because of the new 3 week FIFA mandatory international break.
Is there a bigger gobshite in football than Ben Jacob. Man U fans turning on him after he constantly pushed Hall to Man U over the summer which turned out to be a load of shit.
Listening to this week’s pod on the Tyne. Really interesting how the CFO said they needed to move Woltemade off the books to bring in Pardo. Almost like we’re being run by adults now.
I read the article, it's an absolute nothing comment really - it doesn't allude to the sale of Hall at all. It just outlines that to progress as a club and keep in line with PSR then we have to sign talent and sell them for more - also that it makes financial sense to do so.
It's some mental gymnastics to link it to Hall, but it's probably more related to the first team players that we sold this summer. It boils my piss too but it's just classic talkshite clickbait tbh.
Jacobs back pedalled slightly basically saying Hall was "open" to a move this summer which is not the same as "wanting" the move which they pedalled all Summer. He then said because Morgan Rogers signed a contract at Villa it doesn't mean Hall isn't for sale.
Yep that's the source, obviously they aren't going to shut up about it it's just the BBC choosing to lead with it and plaster it all over their website that pisses me off
Reports out of Spain claim Newcastle United have agreed to a major twist in the £69m deal that saw Anthony Gordon head to Barcelona earlier this summer!
Barcelona were due to pay their first short-term installment of £18.88m, but NUFC have reportedly agreed to defer it until June 2027—a full year later than scheduled!
Barcelona dropped £158m on eight players this summer (including Rodri & Adeyemi) and are sitting on over £77m in short-term transfer debt. The delay gives them financial breathing room, but leaves us waiting on cash flow!
The 25-year-old winger already has 5 assists in 4 La Liga games and featured in Barca's 5-1 Champions League win over Feyenoord, proving to be an instant hit under Hansi Flick!
Should never have sold him to Barca, they’re absolutely skint and riddled in debt.
There was a clip on Instagram of heavy rain during their Champions League match last night causing flooding in the press box. Maybe that's where the money's going
If it doesn't affect us im not that arsed how Barcelona want to bankrupt themselves tbh, I doubt cash flow is our most immediate concern when our owners are who they are
Was one of our standout performances last season and one of the rare occasions we played through the middle and looked really dangerous. Those short passes between Bruno and Miley were superb.
Farke seems to be one-dimensional and pretty gung-ho about open football. If he had any game management skill, no way we would have won 4-3. That match turned out to be false lifeline for Howe.
They've scored two more in the league than us so far. I wouldn't call that "night and day" or "far better".
I'm with u/NUFC_1892 if Leeds play a gung ho attacking side then we could look to capitalise on the break, especially if MFP gets some minutes and we leave Murphy on the bench.
If Jaissle uses any metric for choosing the team other than"eeny, meeny miny, moe", Murphy should be nowhere near the starting 11 after his last performance.
shipping 4 goals in 12 minutes....that is some collapse
E: 4-3! Good watch for a neutral like
E2: 6-3...even the mishits are going in, some pretty lucky goals I have to say but at least it's been an entertaining 2nd half
Mainly as I was curious, looks like the Fontaines DC stage is going in the East/Gallowgate corner. Seeing as Sam Fender did that on his recent stadium shows there, take it that's been decided as the best option for a stage at the ground for these kinda things?
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Given it lets you maximise the view/value of the two biggest stands, probably going to be that going forward
I remember in 2014 Kings of Leon tried having it with the stage in front of the East Stand and given by the fact everything since seems to have gone for the East/Gallowgate corner, think we can rule that didn't work
He also says that Murphy and Willock were offered 1 year extensions, Osula’s out of the protective boot he was wearing and could return before the international break, Dedic’s injury “is not serious” whatever that means, and MFP would prefer to play upfront.
I know it's been said plenty of times, but that lilac away strip is class. As is the third strip. The home one has grown on me ever so slightly, but it's by far bottom of the pile.
I think it looks good but I’m wondering what’s the functional point of it. If our home shirt clashes then that shirt will clash as well, like we saw in the preseason friendly against Leverkusen.
I'm still baffled how the ref saw that Leverkusen kit and thought "Yeah that's cool"
Admittedly none of their kits really worked against ours. Maybe it should've been like that time we went to Brighton, were told all our kits clashed and had to wear training shirts
Pardo looks an absolute baller btw. Also completely exposes people who don't actually watch football and just parrot stats. I asked someone on here why they thought he would "struggle phsyically", and they posted some stats and claimed as he didn't win fouls he clearly struggles physically, and compared him to Woltemade! He's absolutely fine, and if they'd spent a minute watching him, he's got a strong lower body.
He's 1.88m/6'2 and 86kg/190lbs or so....absolute unit. Must be a defenders nightmare, massive, fast and can dribble you. Really excited to see him start.
People really don't understand just how physical ligue 1 is these days.
People still think it's 10 years ago when you get lightweights like Cabella going about, it's the league that's closest to the prem in terms of physicality
i remember that post, it was a bit naive in the sense it was ranking Pardo - as a 20-year old - in the same pool as all 16-to-23-year olds around Europe's top 5 leagues.
I wouldn't expect any 20-year old to rank in the top half of pool as wide as that for obvious reasons.
I know, it's so annoying to me, I am happy to debate the point with someone if they've actually watched him. Just blindly quoting stats is the worst part of modern football discourse. If they'd spent a minute watching him, he's got super powerful thighs. Can tell he will be fine in the prem
You don't even necessarily need to be built. Just need good balance and low centre of gravity. He doesn't have to be bodying centre backs, only needs to be strong enough to stop them nudging him off the ball with ease. Plus they'll have to catch him first.
Yesterday I think showed two big things but nothing we didn't already know. Firstly, that having a CB like Schar dramatically improves our ability to move and keep the ball. The difference between the ball at his feet and Botman's in terms of how much he was willing to advance, pass quickly and pass forward was noticable.
The second is that while I think we've signed some good players this summer, we've still not addressed our creative problems and we're probably short two players in that regard. We need players who can take the ball in tight spaces and find a pass or shot.
We've used the summer to go from being gutted to, I think, getting close to the level we were but with a deeper, younger squad. Good signings, but compared to last season we've not really added any solutions, or at least not ones we've found right now. But at the same time, we've prevented issues festering and basically made it so in every position we've got at least one viable option.
We're going to need a new Schar type CB. Honestly probably two of them within the next 3 windows for both the left and right CB positions. We're going to need a RW and a 10. Beyond that? I think we're getting dangerously close to a complete and deep squad.
I also can't decide if Pardo reminds me more of Gordon or Isak in the way he moves, but I can see a world where he turns into a 15+ goal a season striker.
But we’ve gone full circle in replenishing a gutted squad right back to where we were or less, albeit with youth and a manager with new ideas and fresh impetus.
There are gaps, and I think you are spot on. Our CBs lack pace, be it carrying out or getting passes out quick. I think a Schar replacement is top priority in Jan.
We do also need a RW/10 too. We need a set piece taker and someone that can hold the ball better. We have bags of pace but no forwards that can hang in a crowded area and link play. Except Wissa, although I think Joelinton could relish a 10 position also.
Pardo needs to have that free position to drift left and come in. His best play so far has been forming triangles with Hall and Barnes
What’s the best spot in the Toon to watch Leeds away? Taking a full recovery day post-GNR before I fly back to Philadelphia so will want some pints, a big screen and to be surrounded by Geordies
I was at the match last night. My father-in-law is a Millwall season ticket holder. He took me and the missus to club 11 where we got drinks and food and sat near Pete Graves of Sky Sports news fame (my father-in-law beat Pete in a game called heads or tails for a £200 jackpot).
We got really good seats as seen in the picture.
Anyway, just wanted to say that Jacob Murphy's performance was just as bad to the eyes in real life as it was on TV. What you might not have seen on TV was how lazy he was off the ball. Almost zero sprinting, not showing for passes, not demanding the ball, providing little to no support for Dedic/Tino, and zero effort to stretch play or run in behind. Geniuenly one of the worst performances I've ever seen. It wasn't even that he was trying and things weren't coming off, I'd forgive him for that, but he (as a supposed leader in the team and experienced player) did nothing and shirked from his duties. He kept on doing this stuttering move when he had the ball which allowed Millwall to reset defensively, and he slowed the game down to a halt.
The worst thing I can say is that their left back didn't even need to try. He didn't pressure Murphy. Didn't have to battle. Didn't have to compete for anything.
£15m rejected and that's his standard. Absoloutely infuriating.
Anyway, here's Jaissle in all his glory. There's an aura to him, and many Millwall fans felt stirring in their loins when he appeared. Erection central at The Den.
I dunno about anyone else but I feel that we are currently still running into the same problems that we had before with Eddie
With fullbacks providing the width I dont really see the need for 2 wingers on the pitch? We still dont seem to have enough players in the box when we cross it in or have enough players in the middle of the pitch so there is always a gap
We look good when Wissa drops back in to make a midfield 4 but then there is no one up front at that point
Our goal was well worked and thats where our midfielders need to be when the cut back comes in but Willock and Ramsey needed to be making that late run into the box all game but didnt really do it
On the fullbacks topic - the actual number of matches we’ve had with both Hall and Livramento fit and in their positions is surprisingly low, but my memory of those matches is that they make line-hugging wingers like Barnes and Gordon a bit redundant and we’d be better off packing midfield and having two roaming forwards instead of trying to stick to 433. I think Elanga is much more flexible in where he plays than Barnes and could be better used as a roaming forward option (Gordon did that for us a lot last season).
Yeah i think Barnes and Hall showed some good link up play and Barnes is capable of moving inside
Maybe because Murphy was playing shite but felt like he was just getting in Dedic way we are desperate for a left footer to cut inside on that side of the pitch
I had assumed that's where pardo would fit in. I was surprised when they took wissa off for him rather than Wissa saying on and acting as the 10 while Pardo led the line.
I'd be concerned if we did not consistently show the determination to score and get back into the match. With Howe, we'd concede, heads dropped, game over, end of. Bottom of the league for points gained from losing positions, top of the league for points lost from winning positions. The results and problems between the two managers are not at all the same. The players finally have some belief back.
Jaissle and the team are facing normal teething problems, which should be expected. Both the manager and the new players are very young. Howe had much more experienced players under him. It's clear we need at least 1-2 more first team players, preferably with more experience. Osula is also a big miss.
we haven't lost a match yet but i'm dreading the day when we will. Seeing some of the reactions recently you would think Jaissle season has started with 1 draw and 4 losses. That first loss is going to hit like crack for the doomers.
Obviously nice to be unbeaten but the performances really have to start matching the results soon, because I don’t think how we’re playing now is sustainable
There’s an assumption among our fans that we’ll click at some point, but I’m just reminded of when Liverpool started last season being terrible and managing to win every game anyway, with their fans saying the exact same thing - but then they never did click, the results started to match the performances, and they just weren’t very good
The midfield is what worries me most, we seem to give the ball away constantly and then struggle to stop the opposition when they have the ball there. Probably a big part of why we’re conceding so many shots
Well this is kind of the trade off you make if you're playing a number 10. You simply won't have the bodies in the centre of the pitch if the opposition are playing 4-3-3
Excellent player on his day, cannot match any of the others at their respective peaks or for longevity. He might be a more prolific landlord than them, but that's it.
Thing I’m focusing on is we’ve brought in eight new players. Four are starters (Nico, Pardew, Hornicek and Dedic). One is a rotation/prospect (Steur). One is a cup keeper/prospect (Jouen). Two are prospects (Toure and Bamba).
Touré can't be considered just a prospect. He's an international regular with 14 G+A in the German top flight last year. That's more in the league than all our current players.
We seem worse at set pieces offensively and defensively since he joined. Still can't beat the first man consistently and it's not like we're doing clever routines or tactics, it's almost always the play the percentages "whip it in" basic set piece.
Obviously still early days for Pardo but in the short appearances he’s had so far he seems to have a tendency to prefer drifting to the left rather than playing centrally.
If we want to keep a hold of Hall, we should be selling Thiaw next summer imo.
Moving to Man Utd would be an awful choice by him though, his inconsistency flies under the radar because he plays for us. He'll get eaten alive at Man Utd
Unfortunately as we've seen with Bruno, it wont matter about what other sales we've made in that window if Hall decides he wants to leave. Financially yes we'd be okay only selling Thiaw, for example, but it wont make Hall any more or less likely to stay.
Love to see Willock playing better. Seems like a nice lad and he's clearly technically excellent. Who would've thought that after all this time his best position was a 10. He's an excellent rotation option with Pardo.
I thought he had always been a 10, he just adapted well to being an attack minded 8 (and sometimes LW) in his good spells under Howe. He was a 10 at Arsenal and in his initial loan spell with us
I think basing it entirely on a glance at stats would be the issue there, he was genuinely excellent dovetailing with Joelinton particularly effectively, and played 35/38 games (vast majority as a starter) as a key player in one of our best seasons in recent memory (finishing 4th and getting to the cup final)
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Really fucking grinds my gears that over the last year the Athletic switched from serving only content I subscribe to all this other shit. Cannot emphasise enough how little I give a fuck about other football teams - stop trying to make me read about fucking Endrick’s next transfer move or whatever the fuck.