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A left footed left winger as well. Maybe the plan is to have him cutting in from the right (if we’re actually linked to him). I definitely don’t see McNeil playing anywhere other than the left of midfield from now on, after our attempts to force him onto the right wing last season.

Atalanta have also finished 5th, 8th, 3rd, 3rd & 3rd in their last five seasons. That might also have something to do with it.

I briefly had an extreme reaction when reading the bold part of the link above

Throw in a pitch invasion protest and a couple of rain delays as well.

This is actually correct. The glove isn’t considered part of the bat when it’s not touching it. You start running the risk of being given out handling the ball if you’re deliberately fending off the ball with a glove unattached from your bat though!

Correct. The ball has to hit the pad/body part first to be an LBW dismissal.

I think at least half of the shouts to sign him are coming due to us offering Davies another contract. He might provide more off the bench than Tom, but re-signing him would leave a bitter taste for me.

It looks like they’re very aware that this would happen though. They’ve already signed a new number 1 in Mark Flekken.

I think it gets underrated by the fans how important regularly getting picked for England while playing for us has on his decision to stay put too.

Or it just shows how dodgy the “quality” of the Russian league (and our scouts) are!

That might be true, but in this game it was definitely tactical. The other positional change that hinted towards us playing a back three/five was Tarkowski moving to the right side of defence for the first time this season, so that Coady could sit between him and Mykolenko.

Here’s a link for the award: https://plpotm.easports.com/ I usually wouldn’t vote for these sort of things, but I think it’d make for a good redemption story.

This is the key difference, along with not being stuck out wide. He’s a player with good ball control, can pick a pass and has the strength to hold off opponents. It makes him ideal to keep the ball in the middle and break through the press. He’s never had the speed or crossing ability to be playing as a winger in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation. It’s just a pity that it’s taken our central midfield dropping to such a low level (pre signings of Onana, Gana and Garner) for him to be given a proper chance there.

That was a criticism of him while at Chelsea I believe. It’s not particularly relevant for his time with Everton though.

How’s the line though? Are they swinging in or out? …I’ll stop now