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So far with Man U and Villa still to play to complete the first half of the season. Plus a SF in the League Cup. It's been inconsistent to say the least

Perfect day for him and us today. Dream start and allowed us to relax and dictate the game. We relaxed and there was no pressure to force anything as we were up immediately. We played it beautifully, scored 4, could have had even more, clean sheet away from home, no injuries (that we're aware of) and key players rested. Squad got some minutes and we should be that little bit fresher for Boxing Day. Poor opponents again but you still have to win these games and we have done. Fantastic week, couldn't have wished for better

If (big if) that's the case and it's 8.5m then I think we'll snap their arms off. Pretty sure we accepted whatever was on offer for him earlier in the year but he turned the move down. Totally his perogative to do so but he's about as fringe as you can get and has no future here imo. He's just seeing out his contract whilst his value drops and drops. I think he'll run his contract out completely and go mls a month later

They're playing for time already, trying to kill any early momentum. It's fair enough tbh, we do it plenty, but it's really obvious and it's only 5 mins in...

To have to draw parallel lines on a screen to decide which FUCKING SHOULDER was closer to the goal line in order to disallow a goal is fucking mental. If it's that close then you just go with whatever they went with on the field at the time, surely? I originally thought that VAR was there to correct howlers, clearly incorrect decisions that were obviously wrong as soon as you watched it again. Now they're going to the nearest mm with lines drawn on various slides or images based on questionable footage based on questionable stopping of the action a the ball is 'passed' and certain body parts are deemed on or offside based on pixels and then the computer takes over and turns it into a plane rather than a line and it's decided that the attacker is 2mm offside so the goal is disallowed?? Fuck clean off man, the whole thing is rank. It's gone for us at times and gone against us too, at some point they just need to say 'it's really fucking tight, let's just go with what they went with at the time'

Got it right today, also got the chance to rest a few which he correctly did, game was won after 50 mins so he pulled a few and gave valuable minutes to the squid he's going to have to use this month. Really pleased for Howe personally as we created chance after chance against a poor team that just sits in and deep. We've struggled with opponents like that recently but absolutely dominated Leicester today. They're poor admittedly but you've got to put teams like that away and we splattered them this afternoon, could have got 7 or 8 with average finishing from some. It's a shot in the arm for Howe and the squad and we can go into the next few weeks with a bit of confidence now, he can start looking up the table and ahead to reeling a few teams in and leapfrogging ourselves 6 places up the league. Did really well today and I'm delighted for him

Excellent performance tbh. Could have had even more but can't be too critical of some of the finishing given we got 4. Started well and kept the pressure on, created plenty of chances and also got the chance to give a few key men a bit of rest before the busy fixtures start. Nice confidence boost for the lads and it'll also do Howe the world of good too. Only real negative was the Joelinton yellow but there's no reason why w can't go to Ipswich win there on the back of this. A really really good day at the office imo, first game in months we've been able to relax as we were comfortable, sure they enjoyed playing with a bit of freedom and zero pressure to get a(nother) goal. Good stuff, let's hope it continues

Anything less than a comfortable win will be really disappointing considering how poor that Leicester team looks on paper. We're at home and in need of a win and we should be smashing that tbph

Then it's a mistake imo

Not sure exactly what Vlak can/can't do but I definitely know what Dubravka can/can't do and I'm 100% in on the Greek, it's got to be him on Saturday

This is true. Forgot about that

I'd prefer a younger player who can/will improve but Isak, Osula & someone >>> Isak, Osula & no cunt

Yeah. Exactly that. I'd now expect Osula to get more minutes now obviously. It's more about having an option rather than having no-one else.

I'd be tempted to sign a young 17/18 year old prospect from the lower leagues for about £5m and let him take Wilson's place in the squad until the end of the season. Integrate him into the squad and see how he does, what's the worst that could happen? He couldn't possibly contribute less than Wilson, who's giving us precisely zero

Don't want to slate the bloke as he's obviously not doing it on purpose but FUCK ME, MAN. He just can't get/stay fit for more than a fortnight and he's no use to anyone. Not sure who he thinks is going to take a chance on him in the summer, even on a free. He's done at this, and probably most of the lower, levels too. Might get a gig in Saudi or the State if he's extremely lucky