Villaphan04

it's the exact same mistake that comes from playing the ball out from the back. It will happen again this year, but the benefits to playing out from the back outweigh the negative of this mistake

neither of them are what would be classed as a #9. I would say either of them would be a massive upgrade on what we had last year but we can't compare them to Ollie as neither plays the same position as he does. Archer is more similar to Ollie than those two are would be a great signing but completely unrealistic. He'd probably cost close to double our current transfer record fee & we have Durán and Archer already. This is the thing we don't know with Cam. From all accounts, he was average at Solihull, came back and scored plenty in the Championship. Whether he can do that in the PL is yet to be seen, but there are other parts of his game that will also need improvement (as with every footballer). It's all well and good if he can score a bucketful of goals, but the other side of the game which Ollie is extremely good at

I know I'd prefer Fresneda or Arnau Martinez but definitely a good sign!

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our 3rd was exactly the same as what Olsen did for their third. Dubrakva was not that good last night either!

I'd keep him around this year. Think he counts for homegrown numbers in Europe & is a good squad player around.

Cash played the whole game -- I think we need another RB

Thought's from the game. 1. We need a new RB. Cash was decent throughout, but definitely need competition there 2. Buendía was unplayable -- he looked a bit bulked up 3. Jaden Philogene was fantastic. Looked dangerous going forward and was able to fill a weird sort of wingback role in front of Cash 4. Olsen looked meh, I'd still like an upgrade but he looked a bit more comfortable with the ball at feet than he has before 5. Douglas Luiz is our best & most important player by far 6. Pau Torres will be immense in our playing out from the back, I'm not sure about Carlos -- very out of control at times 7. Mings & McGinn are good interviews. 8. This was a great game for us for pre-season. tough competition and will give a lot of material for Unai & staff to analyze 9. Special shout out to Kellyman, great cameo for a 17-year-old kid

i think this is exactly what Unai wants from pre-season. Actual competitive time vs another PL club. It provides him a lot more film to analyze outside of training

Buendía looks that step better than last year

American refs, interesting

Sanson's reportedly (for reddit) going back to France to finish a move. Coutinho & Bailey both probably have not had enough of a preseason - especially Bailey as he's just finished the Gold Cup Dendoncker's wife just gave birth so I'd imagine he wanted to be there for that

No matter which way was reported, I would believe Ornstein. Most reliable guy in transfer news atm. Villa also didn't report it as the new record transfer fee fwiw would be great I think that we will wait and see on João Félix towards the end of the window, it feels like that will be what goes for him

well well well