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Never any doubt 😜 Good to see his visual performance backed up by the stats but I bet Tony Bloom could have told us this November 2022 when they finalised his January . transfer agreement ! 😎

They have been since he’s been playing in a central position tbh - he was always going to be a target for defenders in the EPL, that was obvious since he joined us because of the style of play he demonstrated at Rosario but he is getting physically stronger as the months go by and now winning...

All professional football contracts are governed by FIFA regulations afaik so the registered club can’t draft a contract that would be in breach of FIFA regs eg by restricting his contracted football to domestic football only but a player him/herself can refuse a call up provided it is in...

Not by me 🙂 But yes, just to get match time that’s all. Looking more like MacAllister as the season continues - but better for his age than Mackie was - incredible he’s only just 19 - He played a good aggressive game tonight and really made an impact in driving the ball forward. Again, the...

Buonanotte went straight into the squad last January - he was on the bench within months not because of injuries but because we’d already seen his talent - he was already getting minutes last season covering for March and also playing a CAM role - RDA wasn’t ‘forced‘ to keep him. Sometimes...

MacAllisteresque 🙂

That was exactly the problem with Mitoma and oppo clubs know this - Igor just doesn’t have the confidence to carry the ball forward in the way Pervis does which means Mitoma is constantly having to drop much deeper than he would as well as not being able to attack the forward space as often as a...

Cracking second half from our young Argentinian against a Palace side that looked very uncomfortable after our half time changes - we looked much more dangerous in the final third when he came on (with Welbz) - put in some important defensive work too. Not afraid to take on several of the...

What a night - still travelling home but still in a state of disbelief - top of our group and straight into the round of 16! 😍 I thought Facu had a good first half and even better second half, attacking the space and looking very much at home with some neat link up play - really beginning to...

Well no - no one is saying they do. You misunderstood - The point is, regardless of who a young player is compared with, or whatever level they are at, the scouts are always looking for potential which is harder for the layman to spot than a kid that immediately shines above the rest. Well no...

The whole point of the art of talent scouting is not to find the next Messi or Maradona but to spot someone who has the potential to be one. Numerous young talented CAMs/No 10s get compared to Messi - Facundo Farias has also been compared to Messi as has Fati - usually a comparison played up...

And he’s had less than one season actually playing for us, when you consider most of his contributions have ( rightly ) been minutes and he didn't debut until February last season afair- plus time out for international duty. Teenagers develop at different paces too depending on what area of the...

You know the player ratings are subjective half the time right? - you only have to look at match threads to see the diversity of opinion on a players match performance and compare the ratings across MSM. FWIW, I think Igor was better than a 6 (BBC rates him as 8th on a 7) but he wasn’t the...

Every player is rated after every match - I have often mentioned Facu’s passing accuracy previously - as for being ‘keen to promote him’ it has been more a case of defending him from scapegoating and more criticism than is fair for a developing 18 year old. I have certainly never said he was...

You picked one sentence out of context in a whole paragraph about his overall performance and you chose to run with that and laugh at it - how odd. I already said why I thought he struggled to get involved. Facu has a good passing accuracy, however many times he passes the ball, it’s a...

He lacks physicality still and is not up to 90mins yet - he looked fatigued last night - but physical strength will come. In fairness to Facu, the change of tactics left the CAM area a bit redundant a lot of the time as far as he was concerned - with both FBs playing almost box to box and such...

Congratulations to Facu on a great goal - beautifully executed with competent curling finish. Yet again, Buonanotte showing he is continuing to improve exponentially - his goal is not only a justification for him starting for us but I think he is showing us, that sometimes having the...

Mitoma will be going to the AFC, Adringa to the AFCON - but my pedantry aside 😉, yes, in January we will be struggling out wide without Mitoma, without March and without Adringa. Facu can play wide but we know that’s a mediocre coverage for the CAMder - and Fati can certainly play wide and...

You do mean your last few posts don’t you? The thread is discussing Buonanotte in general surely? Instead of going round in circles with this though, how about being very specific what it is about Buonanotte’s play that you have seen this season that makes him not up to PL level enough in your...

I think playing him in a central attacking position recently has actually boosted his confidence - it would help too if the fans really get behind him - I made a bit of a tlt of myself when he came on at the Ajax game by giving him an excessively loud cheer - to the bemusement of everyone around...