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Author Topic: Other Games 2025-26  (Read 726624 times)

Online Dave

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10680 on: January 31, 2026, 09:43:41 PM »
Reckon Howe will be gone before the end of the season.

I recall saying a while back that England making an unlucky exit in the World Cup quarter final, Tuchel shrugging and wandering off, with Howe replacing him feels a lot like the sort of thing that happens.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10681 on: January 31, 2026, 09:56:04 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.

Online olaftab

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10682 on: January 31, 2026, 10:06:47 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.
I think I saw him on camera about twice in 95 minutes so if he did any good it must have been away from the ball.

Online Pete3206

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10683 on: January 31, 2026, 10:08:04 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.

Bang average.

Online Brazilian Villain

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10684 on: January 31, 2026, 10:08:13 PM »
Reckon Howe will be gone before the end of the season.

I recall saying a while back that England making an unlucky exit in the World Cup quarter final, Tuchel shrugging and wandering off, with Howe replacing him feels a lot like the sort of thing that happens.

I hope you're right.

Online VILLA MOLE

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10685 on: January 31, 2026, 10:08:29 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.


Sadly he isn’t ours anymore 🥲

Online Tony Daleys Shorts

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10686 on: January 31, 2026, 10:12:46 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.

He looked unhappy and lost and was wholly ineffective.

Offline brontebilly

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10687 on: January 31, 2026, 10:15:46 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.

Not suited to playing in the centre. Not sure about Howe's Bradford tactics at the end. Trippier and Burn look finished and their summer signings haven't worked yet.

Online kippaxvilla2

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10688 on: January 31, 2026, 10:21:54 PM »
Come back on loan JJ. 

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10689 on: January 31, 2026, 10:29:01 PM »
Worryingly Wirtz was very good today and is beginning  to look like the real thing.

Offline Skipper_The_Eyechild

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10690 on: January 31, 2026, 10:35:37 PM »
Wirtz has clearly been talented from the start, he was just on different wavelengths to the rest of the team. That looks to have corrected itself now. He is a nice player to watch, unfortunately.

Offline Monty

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10691 on: January 31, 2026, 10:36:11 PM »
Bad day of results that. Need to win tomorrow, especially as you know Fulham and Spurs will do their adorable uwu kawaii bit.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10692 on: January 31, 2026, 10:48:38 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.


Sadly he isn’t ours anymore 🥲

He'll come back, they all do in the end.

Online VILLA MOLE

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10693 on: January 31, 2026, 10:53:59 PM »
we can’t worry about all that
Worryingly Wirtz was very good today and is beginning  to look like the real thing.


so he should what he cost !

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #10694 on: January 31, 2026, 11:13:56 PM »
How's our JJ done? 90 minutes in his legs at least.

He looked unhappy and lost and was wholly ineffective.

I thought he linked up well with Elanga on occasions. He still looks totally unsure of his role or his role is not to play like the JJ we had, you know, the one who took players on and who ghosted into scoring positions. For £40 million you’d want more than bog standard middle of the park short passes.

 


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