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Who is our quality finisher? Do you mean Stewart? The guy scores predominantly tap ins and free headers, and some very average penalties. There is precious few "quality" finishes with his feet in these highlights. Most of those goals are vs League 1 opposition as well, he'll find it a lot harder to be unmarked or able to just about run past players at this level - let alone the prem. A lot of fans have got blind hope in this guy. I don't see him as any better than Che or Armstrong... each of them adds their own set of skills, and for Stewart it appears to be off the ball movement and decent heading (which we are unlikely to really utilise). I will grant he probably hits the target more than Che though 😅

For anyone feeling very optimistic, Leicester dropped points...

Did chuckle when the two city pundits were saying that we'd sold JWP for a lot of money that we were basically the same side, and it was really unfair that we had the parachute payments that allowed us to keep all our players 🤣

Good second half, but i think Bristol city just lost all discipline. We really aren't creating enough clear cut chances though, and certainly not taking them.... End up in the playoffs vs a side like West Brom and we'll get punished.

Great recovery by Manning there tbf.

It really is like being managed by Southgate. Dross tactics, snore football, and dug out by superior players.

Awful tackle by manning, wtf was he doing.

Because we have a domestic Gareth Southgate as manager.

Well, if it is an ACL, in all likelihood it will be the end of his top level career prospects. Terrible terrible news. Edit, looks grim indeed (circa 10-20 seconds in), possible over extension / twist of the knee? Nice little move by him as well tbf.

I personally reckon we should co-opt the old celtic Wanyama chant. Would fit Carlos Alcatraz rather effortlessly. Clapping in time optional for our lot though.

Highlights as well that we really can't be playing with one of Stu or Alaraz on the pitch minimum. Zero creativity. Martin basically managed that game to death in a fashion worthy of southgate. Took off Sulemana and Stu, then didn't play Alcaraz... Just simply isn't enough else there, 1-0 is never enough for us to be safe, and we're far better when we just go at teams and keep the ball on the front foot.

Looked well off the pace today.

Absolutely shocking second half. One of the worst sides with so many injuries they can barely put out a full squad, and who had to bring a LWB on as a striker. Joke.

Bree had absolutely no idea he was behind him then. Worrying. Thank god he realised.

Class that by smallbone, what a lovely little dink over.

Adams hasn't signed that deal that was offered. The club will be trying to shift him in January before he is a free agent. His time at the club is all but done... Which makes mara 3rd choice imo.

I think they're probably in deep shit tbh. If they weren't they'd just accept the punishment and move on quickly. They're wide open to some very heft legal cases from at least 3 clubs, which will cost them far more than the points deduction - incurring more ffp restrictions and jeopardising their future takeover and possible investment. I also wonder if the standard of the league around them might give them into a slightly false sense of security, but the reality is that their upcoming games are a bit tricky: Manure (h) - 26th November Forest (a) - 2nd December Newcastle (h) - 7th December Chelsea (h) - 10th December Burnley (a) - 16th December Spurs (a) - 23rd December City (h) - 27th December. They're going to have to beat Burnley and forest away. And if they don't beat forest, by the time that Burnley game comes around they could actually be under quite a lot of pressure. You also might see some of the other clubs down there risking it a bit more (re transfers) in January given Everton are now right in the mix. I.e. the risk reward ratio favours spending a more now. Annoyingly they do have a good manager for this kind of situation, but i still think they've got like a 40-50% chance of dropping.

Exactly this. Can't stand them and their sense of entitled victimhood. I was looking at their next 5 fixtures, quite concievable that they're rock bottom come Christmas.

Telegraph reporting that they're now open to legal challenges as well. So even if they don't get relegated, they're probably fairly stuffed regardless. Excellent.

We'll be facing all 3 if we get promoted

We'll have fooked up royally if we're still in the championship. I think we have the best 11 in the league player wise.

Brace yourself for the "first club in premier league history to be docked points and survive" big club mantra. Reality is that they should absolutely be demoted, and i would expect legal cases from burnley and Leicester (for the last 2 seasons) to be heading the way of the league/Everton for financial offences / failure to enforce the agreed spending limit rules.

His potential is ridiculous at this level. We need attackers to get on his wavelength and start tapping in the fifa crosses. But the guy is so fast and has so much control that he's basically dribbling around players in our box and then carries the ball up the field as opposed to clearing it. He wins his own knock ons countless times per match basically. Ridiculous pace and ability.

He's probably been advised to leave saints for the sake of his England career then...