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• Anyone seen RB Leipzig play or know their style and would Barry be replacing anyone or just 2nd or 3rd choice, do they have a spare striker who prefers playing target man or is this just a variation on Happy Dissatisfaction? ...
  Alan J Thompson in Thierno Barry: Stick or twist?
• Turkey all but knocked out. That\'s a big surprise for me and they have some real young talent spread out across the continent. rnrnThat\'s \'real young talent\' Messers Smith, Hammond, Kinnear, and Moyes. \'Real young talent\' more than good enough to start Mr. Moyes.rnrnFind and sign it for us. Fuck I\'m depressed. Wine and it\'s late. And coming second - did I even come second - to Brendan has made me even more depressed early bird Tony.rnrn...
  Paul Griffiths in The 2026 World Cup — Day 9
• It sounds like I made the right decision by not staying up to watch Scotland, but at least I’ve found this thread very entertaining though.rnrnPaul’s post about Bournemouth, finding that young kid from Brazil, got me thinking once more about the Everton way, regarding our recruitment, (with it not being within range of the M6, they definitely won’t know anything about Dardanelles) but for the first time ever Brendan’s post@55 wins the thread for me! ...
  Tony Abrahams in The 2026 World Cup — Day 9
• Paul, the problem is also that we have a manager who will not play the young talent who we sign for potential. Brighton have given up more playing minutes to squad members under 24 years old than any other Premier League team. For the model to work, you need a manager who gets with the plan. Not short-terminist like David Moyes....
  Steve Brown in The 2026 World Cup — Day 9
• Steve, something has to change this summer. Perhaps we should have gone for the head recruiters at the three B\'s and not Man City and was the other fella from Utd?rnrnWe need to be recruiting like Bournemouth not Man City....
  Paul Griffiths in The 2026 World Cup — Day 9
• Our style of play makes it next to impossible for striker to succeed.rnrnWe have tried 5 years of long balls from Pickford to a marked lone striker who has no-one near him, with fullbacks who never overlap or cross the ball.rnrnBeto is as good as he will ever be, while Barry can improve further. But unless we develop a more progressive game plan it doesn’t matter hugely who we sign or play....
  Steve Brown in Thierno Barry: Stick or twist?