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Busy mad day so just finally going through the fixtures. A few observations-

Liverpool FC — Revealed: Liverpool's 2023-24 Premier League fixture list

Chelsea away opening day. Perfect to lay down a marker.

Loving Brighton and Brentford defo being Sunday down to the first two International breaks.

Love, love LOVE Christmas! 3 home games and Burnley away a short hop on Boxing Day is perfect. Gutted there's no NY's games.

5 home games after EL games is a massive bonus. Hopefully we are away somewhere on MD2 where we can fly back to a Southern airport for Brighton away.

All scheduled midweek games, right now, before TV ruins it, are at home and a short journey over to Sheffield

Palace home the memorial weekend is perfect as they'll be 100% respectful as always.

Luton home on LC Final weekend is another plus if we're in the final with just a home midweek to rearrange.

City away first finally for once! Wolves home last day. AGAIN! With both Sheff Utd games strangely midweek.

Nice opening and closing 10 game runs.

All in all a pretty darn good outcome for once fixture wise.
 
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Another success story out of Kirkby.

Proper tidy little footballer, and someone who always comes across as a genuinely.nice lad. Who’s now moved permanently to the top league in Scotland after a 6 goal, 8 assist season saw him voted Aberdeen’s Young Player of the Year.

You get as much pride out of watching the completion of these lads development stories as you do the ones that stick here.

All the best Leighton lad. Bar the games against Aberdeens hated rivals Rangers, I’ll be rooting for you. Thanks for all your commitment to the cause here.
 
Sepp van den Berg not going to European Championships, Sambo is his replacement | UsOrange (onsoranje.nl)

Sledgehammer blow for Orange Under 21: centre-back misses European Championship due to injury - Football first (voetbalprimeur.nl)

Man alive has that young man been unlucky with injury. Devoed for him. The U21 Euro's would have been another great development experience.

From his natural, early struggles here in not only a completely new football environment, but his frst ever time away from home, his development has been marked. He always had that classily aesthetic, ball playing technical elegance on the ball that is a Dutch trait. With pace to go with it. Just he was wasn't physically developed or ready for the rigours of the English game. Particularly in the air. But that inspired loan at Preston over 2 seasons saw him come on in leaps and bounds as the physicality of the Championship both toughened him up and gave him far better defensive awareness of the aerial game in England. With the added bonus that he showed he is equally adept at right full with his attacking prowess. Which, given the way we were evolving the last third of last season, his skill set looks perfect to be a long term squad depth option for the right-CH/ right-full hybrid. He played a lot as the right side of a middle three at Deepdale. I specifically watched a good few of their games through that spell and he was a real standout.

Then you get the horribly unfortunate break that more or less made last years step up loan to the Bundesliga a complete write-off. And now, just as he's looking back to starting again, this. Horrible luck.

Hears hoping it's not a bad tear and he'll be ready to join in this pre-season to see just where he's now at in his development.
 
Seems Trent absolutely bossed it for England in midfield on Friday night then.

I am so intrigued to see how this all plays out. Not least where Thuram plays? (And any other midfielder they might still add. The Celta Vigo lad as an attacking mid looks a heck of an exciting prospect still well young enough to mould if those rumours are true. I'd love him to be the third addition.).

I doubt we move Trent from right-full per se. Just give him license to invert when the opposition allows, Mac Allister looks like he has the physical make-up of Mo to play the vast majority of games. But outside of him, I don't think we'll have a 'top' midfield that starts per se. Just a similar level group of starting calibre, excellent, exciting young players where the drop-off won't be noticeable when you interchange them. Bajetic, Jones, Elliott all adding quality young legs to the two new additions. Cody dropping deeper ala Bobby. Does Thuram become more of a 6? Or the progressive, defensive 8 he's wowed Ligue 1 in at Nice?

I also think you'll see a lot more of Henderson and Fabinho (Thiago too if he ever stays fit), in the first half of the season whilst the new, young recruits get up to speed. Oh yeah, and number 66 doing his thing inside when the game flow allows.

It's a really exciting prospect this. Not least as we still don't know what he's got in mind pre-season and exactly what style of football we'll be playing next season as he evolves this on another level again.
 
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Seems Trent absolutely bossed it for England in midfield on Friday night then.

I am so intrigued to see how this all plays out. Not least where Thuram plays? (And any other midfielder they might still add. The Celta Vigo lad as an attacking mid looks a heck of an exciting prospect still well young enough to mould if those rumours are true. I'd love him to be the third addition.).

I doubt we move Trent from right-full per se. Just give him license to invert when the opposition allows, Mac Allister looks like he has the physical make-up of Mo to play the vast majority of games. But outside of him, I don't think we'll have a 'top' midfield that starts per se. Just a similar level group of starting calibre, excellent, exciting young players where the drop-off won't be noticeable when you interchange them. Bajetic, Jones, Elliott all adding quality young legs to the two new additions. Cody dropping deeper ala Bobby. Does Thuram become more of a 6? Or the progressive, defensive 8 he's wowed Ligue 1 in at Nice?

I also think you'll see a lot more of Henderson and Fabinho (Thiago too if he ever stays fit), in the first half of the season whilst the new, young recruits get up to speed. Oh yeah, and number 66 doing his thing inside when the game flow allows.

It's a really exciting prospect this. Not least as we still don't know what he's got in mind pre-season and exactly what style of football we'll be playing next season as he evolves this on another level again.
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Whatever role he is given in the team as I don't get too bogged down on positions and formations that most fans seem to, he needs that license and space IMO. Whether it's at Right Back or inverted (which im not a big fan of as it can be pretty confusing out of possession defensively) im sure we will see another evolution for in Trent's game this season. People keep clamoring for a new right back but having watched the Bradley fella we have on the books, he is outstanding IMO and should be given a chance this season.
 
 
Boss listen that. Grew up with Tyldesley on the radio. Never knew he was a Utd fan as a kid. Knew he was a wool but always thought he was from Runcorn or somewhere and a red haha.

Top bloke.

 
3 years ago today-

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Still my biggest all time regret in football that. Not being able to celebrate it with Jurgen and his staff and players. All together in the ground..

Just puts a dampener over a historically awesome season and hurts even now.
 
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