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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5y8n4penqno But can they do it on a hot afternoon in Riyadh?

It would be nice if we didn't concede a goal from a set piece on Sunday btw. Getting a bit ridiculous now. If you start adding a weakness at defending set pieces to a team that can't stop counter attacks and shooting itself in the foot then you've got a recipe for disaster.

Hobbs also said when he signed that he might take a while to settle, similar to how João Gomes took a few months to earn a starting spot.

I don't think anyone can be sure either way given how new to it he is and the state of both the clubs he's managed so far. I think the biggest thing for me is that he needs to prove that he can effectively set up a defensive structure in a way that means we're not pretty much guaranteed to...

I think he'll get a few wins but I don't think it'll be pretty. This is definitely one we should be targeting, Newcastle have a few special players but I don't think they're drastically better than us.

More that I think he has his finger on the pulse of what the top coaches are doing but perhaps wouldn't be able to come up with something new in the way that De Zerbi did at Sassuolo & Brighton or Motta at Bologna. He's probably very interesting to listen to when he talks about tactics, what he...

Oh yeah, I agree. O'Neil has said himself that the change hasn't been that drastic, the majority of it is just using more creative attacking players in positions where last season we would've used someone more physical or defensively minded. The performance against Chelsea was obviously...

He's always going to think that was more to do with our squad issues in the second half of last season rather than his own failings though isn't he? I don't necessarily agree but he WAS pulling 15 year olds out of science classes to sit on the bench vs Arsenal.

Also, look at this timeline: - Manager has a style of play that has delivered results before (even if he's not 100% happy with it) - Attempts to change that style but gets an absolute hammering at home and admits publicly that his squad isn't suited to the new style - Reverts to the old...

My point was that even though GON has played a few different systems in his career so far he's always A) built up with a double pivot. B) Had 2 players leading the press. Even when he's played a single striker he's either pushed up a CM or inverted a winger to press as a 2. I don't see those...

It's definitely open as it's essentially the same as we played last season and we've always been open under O'Neil. It's not the high line we saw vs Chelsea though, Dawson can't play that way and there's no way O'Neil can drop him at the moment. Maybe I'll be surprised but I can't see O'Neil...

No, just the same as what he did last season, moving to a back 3 in possession. Mosquera Dawson Toti André Lemina Semedo Forbs Strand Larsen Cunha Aït-Nouri Not ambitious at all really but managers always retreat into their shell after a spanking and he's had a decent result away at Forest...

Johnstone Semedo Mosquera Dawson Toti Forbs André Lemina Aït-Nouri Strand Larsen Cunha He got a positive result going back to last season's shape after an absolute hammering, he's not going to drastically change it again. Hopefully Forbs, Sarabia or Guedes in for Bellegarde. Regardless of...

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Nah he's talking shite. Both are used in Scotland & Ireland.

All 50 of them

They elect club presidents in Portugal, there's an election coming up at Benfica and the current incumbent Rui Costa is very unpopular. Lage is someone who Benfica fans have good memories of (even if they have been slightly tainted) so it's pretty much just Rui Costa trying to keep himself in...

I reckon he'll go back to Porto. They've been playing Galeno at LB this season but they've just sold him to Saudi for €50M

Bruno Lage being linked with a return to Benfica.