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Fully expecting Fernandes, Martinez and Rashford to all either start or get at least 30 mins from the bench

Very true. I look at it from the perspective that they've been allowed to get away with it because of the idiocy of the situation the PL has created. If they just allowed rich owners who 100% can afford to spend to do so then they wouldn't have to find ridiculous workarounds like this to comply. It's an absurd solution to an absurd problem. The more ridiculous it looks the better. The more people are outraged the better. The more scrutiny of the rules shit like this creates the better

At this point you can't fail to be impressed by how much they're taking the piss at this point. Like, they've assessed their own financial situation, looked at the horseshit rules that they're bound to follow and just thought 'fuck it, let's just sell parts of ourselves to ourselves' knowing the rules are so fucking stupid and backward that I'm actually impressed. They know fine well the PL won't hold them to account or want a legal challenge so they'll probably get away with it too. Fair play to them, it makes a mockery of the rules but it also shames the people who threw the rules together in the first place. The more ridiculous it looks the better

Big bonus that we've now effectively got 2 bites of the cherry to get into Europe. If the worst comes to the worst and we lose on Wednesday we can still claw things back on the final day, it's not like it's an end-of-season loss if it happens. We still have 2 huge games to go and definitely everything to play for next weekend

Southgate would be a genuinely amazing(ly shit) appointment like

Who's going to get the bullshit red card in this then? Bruno? Isak?

Casemiro is lazy as fuck. Visibly thrown the towel in and can't even pretend to give a fuck

More concerned about the referee than any individual Man U player tbph

I'm not against Howe subbing him but leaving him on could have turned 1 point into 3 this afternoon. Bringing off your 20 goal striker with 25 mins to go and chucking on a midfielder is a bit of a risk if it doesn't work out. I understand the logic but it's a bit of a risk either way. Let's see how he does on Wednesday, I hope he gets 4

I know But he could have left him on. He wasn't noticeably struggling physically

His performance on Wednesday night will decide if Howe got this right or wrong today

Agreed and I don't blame him in the slightest. He made it perfectly clear he was going to chew up as much time as possible from the first whistle and the spineless cunt allowed hi and the rest of the team to do it all afternoon. It's not their fault, an early yellow would probably have stopped it but he didn't show it so they continued to do it. They played him like a fiddle and I've got no problem with them at all.

Was just about to mention this actually. We all want European football but there would be some advantages to finishing 8th and trying to break into the top 4 without the extra games. Bouncing from 11th to 4th a year ago was staggering but one of the main reasons we did so was because we put most of our attention on the League games and it paid off massively. I'm not trying to find the silver lining here, I still want Europe for lots of reasons, I'm just not going to be devastated with 8th and a strong squad to attack the League with next season. There are pro's and con's to 6th, 7th and 8th tbh

He's been relying on his squad fillers for months now and that's always a risky business. They're not starters in the first XI for very good reasons but having 5 or 6 in there every week AND getting good results isn't sustainable and I think we saw that today. It was a substandard performance but the team was full of substandard (relatively speaking) players. If we'd been able to start Pope, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Tino, Joelinton, Bruno, Tonali, Gordon, Barnes, Isak today then we'd have won by a couple. But having to switch out 7 of them and slot in the likes of Longstaff, Krafth etc makes things really fucking difficult like. I think he could have changed it up a bit earlier and tweaked a few things but it's not always going to go our way at times. They dug in and made it difficult and we didn't do enough and that happens. Not going to flip out tonight about things, it's not the end of the world

If Brighton play like they did today then I can't see either Man U or Chelsea beating them at home. They seem to be a bit streaky and know exactly how to see a game out. Was really frustrating to watch the last 20 minutes today but credit to them for hanging on for a tough away point. We did it loads last season and you can't really complain when you get some of your own medicine, they're a very able team

What the fuck is wrong with him now? Beyond frustrating, he just can not stay fit

Might need to match them up and go with a central 2

Very savvy this lot. They know exactly when to break the game up and slow the tempo right down when they to. Good in possession and can play their way out of trouble too

CFS10 for an extra 10% off too

Northumbria colours would be class - something completely different and new Also is there any reason why they can't keep the 'Saudi' green but change it to yellow rather than white? I know it's a nod to the Saudi flag but could they incorporate a little tradition into it at the same time? We had some cracking green/yellow kits in the late 80s/early 90s

Riddled with laziness - on and off the field. Time for them to put in the hours they get paid for, the workshy, sweat-dodging cunts. Time to put some shoulders to the wheel and start making the bosses richer

Odds on him being rushed back because the performances have been utterly fucking hideous for months and the manager couldn't give a fuck about anything other than saving his own skin at the expense of everything else, including the health of his own key players?

I demand renderings. I need to see this shit tbh

Real are so passive here, not sure what they're up to. Bayern just popping it about between them and looking comfortable