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Thanks Ricardo. Depressing watch today, but given the crucial injuries, I don't think that we can draw too many conclusions. It looked like a lot of the players lacked confidence once we fell behind.

Thanks for the report Ricardo. With regards to the knee, apparently the key thing is to be "out on the grass" for a couple of weeks before being declared match fit!

If you look at the 4th goal he had five or six passes in it! Great goal!

Thanks Ricardo - great report as ever! 👍 I was also really impressed by Fisher today and love the way that he gives us the option to play in a very different way. I'm sure that Cleverley had prepared for us to play Stacey very high and wide and I think the tactical switch will have contributed to our total dominance in the first 25 minutes. I love the way that we seem to be developing "a style" but also having tactical flexibility to present different challenges. I'm stupidly optimistic after just one victory, when I'm easily old enough to know better! 😄

My biggest worry about giving the shares away for nothing was that it would make it far easier for any buyer to make a quick profit, if things don't work out quickly. I think S and J have done their research and the Brewers experience suggest that they are long-termers but I'm not altogether convinced that it couldn't happen, "if circumstances change." However, it's probably me being over-cynical.

Best wishes.

Ivan Toney has done OK financially in his recent deal without really hitting "the heights" professionally.

https://x.com/George__Massey/status/1829886769384546368?t=z0yq26daw6W7shmeb4sxGg&s=19

It came from Twitter. I'll have a look and see if I can find it again.

Agree with this. I think that defensively and in the midfield we look cohesive, but as you should just in the final third we lacked a cutting edge today. But we are definitely work in progress: new coach, new players trying to integrate and absorb a new playing style. Early days I know, on the basis of what I've seen so far, I think that we will be harder to score against this year but perhaps not quite as prolific upfront. Being an optimist, however, I'd like to think that once our newer options are bedded in, we will create more.

We lost on XG today 😉. TBF, I like XG too, it's useful from an analytical perspective. XGA has been less than 1 in all league games this season. Suggests that we're more organized defensively.

No. People wanted a CDM, and Slimane is not one.

Good win + deserved. Thought the substitutions changed the game. Impressed with Slimane.

Try main event

I didn't either but can now (started about 5 minutes after the game).