Rousseau

I've never been so insulted in my life. It's just a way of quantifying what I'm watching.

We had an xG of 0.36 for that half. It's not enough.

Almost £15M worth of forward talent on the pitch and they're wasted: we have neither got them in the game, creatively, nor created anything for them.

The referee is a f*cking joke.

Tavernier is hampering us on the right by not keeping his width. Barisic is doing it much better - not great, but better.

That's the sort of link-up play we need to see more of: quick, one-twos between the forwards and the #10(s).

I read somewhere that they are working on playing Hagi in the deeper #8 position, where Cantwell and Shifu are playing in the above graphic.

Your team names need work...

After the first match:

A graphic with the diamond formation? dB in tears.

Haaland only got two. Donkey.

I captained Haaland. He has scored after 4 minutes.

How many defeats on the bounce do you think it would take for the board to act? 2? 3-4? More?

True. Even then I'm unconvinced he'll be given the proper powers. We need to start somewhere, though.

We were linked with Cooper under Gerrard. These signings really are just names in Beale's address book. The quicker we get a DoF the better.

Fixed that for you.

Wright's not a winger. What you mean is someone that can dribble and beat a man. I do agree that's a skill we need more of, though.

I'll need to replace Kane if he leaves Spurs.

I should have posted my 4-4-2-diamond-must-be-played rant in here... My team would be: Danilo - Lammers Cantwell Shifu - Dowell - Raskin Who's fit? - Souttar - Goldson - Tavernier Butland If Jack's rested, I want Dowel as the deep-lying playmaker spreading the passes from deep - and he likes a tackle. Cifuentes and Raskin should have licence to get forward.

Any idea how he did?

I've been reading that Real Madrid are using the 4-4-2 diamond this season. Ancelotti going back to his roots. I would really like us to lean into this formation: stop trying to shoehorn all these forwards in, and just play with two, and get Cantwell into the #10 position where he's best. We have a potential attacking threat from Raskin and Cifuentes, too, with Hagi and Dowell as back-up. I think it should be Danilo and Lammers, with Dessers and Sima as the back-ups.

Oh, come on: he's a much better player than Medel. He did play as a 6 at Ajax on occasion. And, in the Man Utd build-up phase he occupies the 6 position, too, now that Onana has been signed. Did you not make a point about fluidity in formations a couple of days ago? And now you're criticising a player for not playing the correct position?