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With Garner and Mangala now in the frame then I think Tim's appearances will be pretty limited. Decent option off the bench though and I think a pretty natural replacement for Gana who will no doubt miss a few games at his age this season.

Think today might be a bit of an eye opener for us. If he passes this test it will be huge for his season. If he's hooked at half time then hopefully not too much of a blow.

brap2 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 1:15 pm Think today might be a bit of an eye opener for us. If he passes this test it will be huge for his season. If he's hooked at half time then hopefully not too much of a blow.

That's settled that then.

I love this guy.

Dyche did him no favours today, was very good for 75 minutes and dead on his feet for the final 20.

Very good again, but can’t last beyond 70 minutes.

Was so obvious to everyone he was massively flagging in the last 20.

This is probably the reason we managed to nab him.

Very talented player though.

Tim getting tired shouldn't have been the biggest surprise to anyone who watched the league cup game.

Unfortunately it wasn't obvious to the one man who mattered.

Shogun wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 3:18 pm That's settled that then.

Didn't just hear the words "iroebuenam switches off" twice in 30 seconds on MOTD for two of the goals did i

brap2 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:08 pm Didn't just hear the words "iroebuenam switches off" twice in 30 seconds on MOTD for two of the goals did i

Oh no, you're going to persist with this one

The lad is a cracking player*


*for a bottom half team anyway

Shogun wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:10 pm Oh no, you're going to persist with this one

The lad is a cracking player*


*for a bottom half team anyway

He looks fucking boss.

But he constantly lets people jog past him. Watch their other chance that goes begging, he does it again and completely lets their number 8 walk past him into the box and we're lucky he doesn't get the ball.

He was completely goosed.

Dead on his feet.

Other players did the same.

He was goosed from about 70mins. Should’ve replace him then.

brap2 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:08 pm Didn't just hear the words "iroebuenam switches off" twice in 30 seconds on MOTD for two of the goals did i

He’s nowhere near the finished article. But be fair, he’d played well for 70 minutes and he was knackered, everyone could see that. As I’ve said, I was sure it was him coming off for Douc. He shouldn’t have been on the pitch and that was the manager’s choice.

Playing regularly in the premier league is a massive step up for Tim in terms of mental and physical workload. I think he’s done much better than could be expected so far and we might have got a bargain, but I can’t see him playing 90 mins every week as he’ll burn out if he doesn’t get a rest from time to time. Like when a foreign player comes to the prem, he might need a season to adjust to the level. The heat was a major factor yesterday though tbf and I was quite surprised by how we approached the game from the off.

Poor Iroegbunam. Played so well for 70 mins, his manager could have taken him off - instead he gets exposed on MOTD as the weak link, when he could have come off to a standing ovation and Garner in his place to track the runners.

Disgraceful, Dyche.