Polarboy

Literally this week Longstaff was getting interviewed and he said he speaks to Shearer about tips for finishing given his recent record in front of goal. Shearer's tip was to not over complicate it. You can try and hit it top corner so a keeper can't get it, but getting it on target every time is more important than how sweetly you hit it given pulling off those types of shots are low percentage ones.

The money the owners have they should be cloning Beckenbauer for us the twats 😉👍

Shelvey is reportedly travelling back up from Nottingham to watch the semi final and say his goodbye's. It's perhaps the least he can do after being at the club so long, but it's never wise to expect common courtesy these days.

Doherty is off to Atletico. It sounds a weird transfer but I suppose it's the same path that Trippier took.

Kylie Minogue?

He's Austrian 🤣

This Marcel Sabitzer who plays for Bayern that Man U are reportedly after sounds like he'd be ideal for us. He can reportedly play defensive mid, CM, AM, SS and on the wing. Pity Manure seem to be front of the line for him.

Yeah but aren't a lot of Casey's followers following him for the craic? Not that I hold much confidence in the account I posted as I've already said.

We might see Gordon deployed as a number 10 given he can play there. Whether Howe would want to sacrifice that bit of solidity in midfield with playing one of three that far forward is another story. Willock probably has the most license to get forward but you wouldn't call him a 10.

Probably another "ITK", but he does have nearly 10,000 followers so who knows. Looking at his feed it looks a lot like he just copies Romano and throws in a few himself.

Looking like it's going to have to be a loan signing from leftfield, perhaps a player from abroad, if we're going to fill that slot left by Shelvey. Jorginho going to Arsenal may have fucked us and put the last nail in any chance of getting a Chelsea player. Berge has gone very quiet as well and he's apparently trained as normal today. You'd imagine if he goes it will likely be to Fulham. Having said all that surely there's some foreign options that we could get a look at through a loan and an obligation to buy. If Howe likes the look of him we can allow him to trigger whatever targets we've set for the obligation.

Yeah I remember people who play fantasy football getting annoyed because Gallagher was cheap and on a scoring streak, but Vieira would randomly play him in a much deeper role.

Bournemouth are going for it. If they manage to sign this attacking mid Traore, it will take their spending to close to 60m for January. On the plus side for everyone else if these lads are decent there could be a fire sale come the end of the season.

Gallagher played in a defensive mid role at Crystal Palace on a number of occasions. His versatility alone makes him a better option than Willock, who apart from one very hot streak when he first joined has been a lot less impressive since then. Gallagher got eight goals and six assists that season for Palace and as mentioned Vieira chopped and changed his position quite frequently. If we sign him he'll be more than merely a good squad option.

For me he definitely starts over either Willock or Longstaff. He's got the engine, graft, ability to defend, ability to carrying the ball, and he can hit a barn door unlike Willock and Longstaff at the minute. Hopefully we aren't getting ahead or ourselves given it seems like a transfer that could fall apart quite easily. Having said that I'm sure Howe would introduce him carefully so as to not rock the boat, again should we manage to push it through.

Seems like Hope is strongly implying that if Fernandez signs for Chelsea then the possibility of Gallagher signing for us is decent. That was the common logic before Hope tweeted this, but it's reassuring to see him chime in as well.

He can sense the police coming to check his hard drive.

It would interesting to know if Howe is after Berge and Gallagher, or if it's one or the other. A 65m obligation for the summer is a big outlay.

Seems unlikely that they would take money later when Fulham are ready to go now, but perhaps the player will steer it in our direction given we're the more attractive long term choice.

🤣 Everton fans probably got very excited for a second or two until it dawned on them that they're getting a pure ginger gargoyle in Dyche as opposed to our strawberry blonde prince.

Was just thinking that us getting Berge on a loan might actually make sense for all parties. It would get who I presume is their biggest wage earner off their books, but it would also give them the option of keeping him should they get promoted this season. Add in a hefty loan fee and we could be in business.

Yes but he's comfortable playing further back and sitting as well. Billy Wilder has described him as the complete midfielder. You'd imagine Howe wants him to play that role Shelvey was when he was in the team, as in sit and shield the back four but also pick a pass to start off attacks. Berge is also far more athletic than Shelvey so he could be a mix of him and Diame and progress the ball up the pitch as well. A lot of ifs though obviously. We need to actually sign him first if he's our number one target to replace Shelvey till the end of the season at least.

😂 I've just had a load of on the spectrum Brazilian football fans descend upon me on twitter for daring to suggest that our offer of 20m, for an 18 year old who's only ever played in Brazil and has only just broken into the first team, was probably fair. They came back to me with names like Vinicius etc to give examples of players who've went for much more than that. I somehow doubt Franca is on Vinicius' level, but it would nice wouldn't it.

They practice incest so there's bound to be a few that come out a bit wrong 😂