Villa away Wednesday 19th Feb 730pm

[BG1973]

Bad miss by Darwin, but Szobo is clean through and bottled it. The guy is not very good as an attacking force.

Completely disagree.

He had the keeper to beat. He played a pass which upped the conversion %. That's exactly what you want similar to Jota squaring for salah tap in.

[Harv]

Completely disagree.

He had the keeper to beat. He played a pass which upped the conversion %. That's exactly what you want similar to Jota squaring for salah tap in.

Martinez is an excellent keeper. Dom did the right thing IMO, especially the angle he was coming in at, could basically only shoot across the keeper.

[kemm1]

**** off am I simping, I'm not defending them, I'm simply tired of all the entitlement and ingratitude.

Go support City if you want a chequebook manager.

You are an emotional simp, this is clear, lol....

[kemm1]

Martinez is an excellent keeper. Dom did the right thing IMO, especially the angle he was coming in at, could basically only shoot across the keeper.

[Kenneth]

Completely disagree.

He had the keeper to beat. He played a pass which upped the conversion %. That's exactly what you want similar to Jota squaring for salah tap in.

I don't buy it. He's clean through, can put it either side of the keeper or through his legs. Jota had a more difficult shot and a better placed player to pass to. The pass was always going to leave Darwin with a tighter angle and a defender close by. Any decent attacking midfielder or striker slots it past the keeper without a second though lt. Dom is not that.

And it wasn't just that, there was a situation second half where i think he had a 3 on 3 with Dom carrying it forward. He couldn't decide what to do and ended up stumbling into his marker and losing the ball. Whether form, confidence, or ability, he is not a threat to defences. Probably a decent candidate for back up right back more than any of the attacking positions at moment.

[BG1973]

You don't have to pay, you can have it for free

I get it but I think it was class play and not a stick for him. Bobby and Mane score that combo and Bobby heralded complete, unselfish genius etc... maybe the mistake was passing the responsibility to... Nunez.

[ronanm]

While we are lining up the usual suspects, did Jones get a kick?

Think he was hooked at half time

[Buzzo]

I don't buy it. He's clean through, can put it either side of the keeper or through his legs. Jota had a more difficult shot and a better placed player to pass to. The pass was always going to leave Darwin with a tighter angle and a defender close by. Any decent attacking midfielder or striker slots it past the keeper without a second though lt. Dom is not that.

And it wasn't just that, there was a situation second half where i think he had a 3 on 3 with Dom carrying it forward. He couldn't decide what to do and ended up stumbling into his marker and losing the ball. Whether form, confidence, or ability, he is not a threat to defences. Probably a decent candidate for back up right back more than any of the attacking positions at moment.

If he was squaring the ball to literally anyone else…

[kemm1]

What data?

Premier League Net Spending – Last five transfer windows (before the January 2025 window)
20. Everton – +€96m

19. Leicester City – +€42m

18. Wolves – €6m

17. Manchester City – €11m

16. Brighton – €19m

15. Southampton – €57m

14. Crystal Palace – €86m

13. Fulham – €93m

12. Brentford – €131m

11. Ipswich Town – €132m

10. Aston Villa – €156m

9. Liverpool – €171m

8. Bournemouth – €247m

7. West Ham United – €249m

6. Nottingham Forest – €260m

5. Newcastle United – €271m

4. Arsenal – €354m

3. Tottenham Hotspur – €386m

2. Manchester United – €475m

1. Chelsea – €812m

[vlahka]

11mil city. 11mil city.. If you say it enough times does it become true?

[DerKrampus]

You are an emotional simp, this is clear, lol....

I'm going to ignore this, not worth my time. Blame FSG if you want.

[Harv]

I don't buy it. He's clean through, can put it either side of the keeper or through his legs. Jota had a more difficult shot and a better placed player to pass to. The pass was always going to leave Darwin with a tighter angle and a defender close by. Any decent attacking midfielder or striker slots it past the keeper without a second though lt. Dom is not that.

And it wasn't just that, there was a situation second half where i think he had a 3 on 3 with Dom carrying it forward. He couldn't decide what to do and ended up stumbling into his marker and losing the ball. Whether form, confidence, or ability, he is not a threat to defences. Probably a decent candidate for back up right back more than any of the attacking positions at moment.

...with Darwin's now a dead man walking, Ser Kenneth sets his sights on a new target...

[Tatterdemalion]

Premier League Net Spending – Last five transfer windows (before the January 2025 window)
20. Everton – +€96m

19. Leicester City – +€42m

18. Wolves – €6m

17. Manchester City – €11m

16. Brighton – €19m

15. Southampton – €57m

14. Crystal Palace – €86m

13. Fulham – €93m

12. Brentford – €131m

11. Ipswich Town – €132m

10. Aston Villa – €156m

9. Liverpool – €171m

8. Bournemouth – €247m

7. West Ham United – €249m

6. Nottingham Forest – €260m

5. Newcastle United – €271m

4. Arsenal – €354m

3. Tottenham Hotspur – €386m

2. Manchester United – €475m

1. Chelsea – €812m

That's just silly man.

So if we bought some jack ass like Neymar for £200m that would make you happy? You have to control for quality. What do you want the transfer team to do - sign overpriced and overpaid jerks (ala at least the top two spenders in that list) to get our net spend up, or make astute signings (and sales!) ?

Because mostly we've done the latter, and if you want proof that it works, well - we spend less and still outperform other teams. We perform well on transfers and that is a good thing.

Have you seen where those top 3 spenders are in the league? Have you seen where we are? Come on man, you can't be that simple - increasing net spend clearly does not correlate with performance - there's much more to it than that.

[dom9]

I could care less what you think. That's my opinion backed up by data, keep on simping for billionaires then.

FSG will take the money out of the club first before spending.

Data you say? I've been waiting for some clarity on this thing you said.

[Paul12]

That's just silly man.

So if we bought some jack ass like Neymar for £200m that would make you happy? You have to control for quality. What do you want the transfer team to do - sign overpriced and overpaid jerks (ala at least the top two spenders in that list) to get our net spend up, or make astute signings (and sales!) ?

Because mostly we've done the latter, and if you want proof that it works, well - we spend less and still outperform other teams. We perform well on transfers and that is a good thing.

Have you seen where those top 3 spenders are in the league? Have you seen where we are? Come on man, you can't be that simple - increasing net spend clearly does not correlate with performance - there's much more to it than that.

Exactly. It is too easy to view spending money as a no risk activity. Yes it would be great if we had one or two extra players at the moment good enough to be used in rotation without lowering the standard, but there have been times we have had toleave players on the bus and anyway were those players available. Sensibly priced and willing?