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Don't understand the fact it's even seen as controversial tbh. It looked really dodgy and obvious at full speed and the slow mo makes it look even worse. He's clearly started tumbling, seen Schar fall in front of him and you can pinpoint the exact moment where he's instinctively thought 'I can do him here, I can stand/stamp/land on him here. I just need to make it look like it's an accident'. Problem being he didn't make it look like an accident. He made it look like he meant it because that's exactly what it was. Red mist, adrenaline, heat of the moment stuff but he tried to do him and rightly got the red. Not even up for debate imo. Not quite as obvious as when Shearer kicked Lennon in the face, that was far worse like, but it's in the same ballpark

Statement win that today, I know villa have slipped off recently away from home but they're still a quality team. That's as impressive a 3-0 as you'll see, the red helped obviously but we carved them open again and again. We looked sharp and switching Bruno and Tonali had benefited us going in both directions, we're creating and simultaneously look solid and we've kept teams to potshots really. Dubravka had barely had a shot to save fur hours now. I absolutely had doubts a month back but he's flipped it around, we look excellent again and he deserves the credit, can't wait for Monday night now

Must admit I agree, who gives a fuck. It's like the press are playing a game of Buckaroo and just piling on tiny, insignificant stories in the hope that one more (little thing in isolation) is the trigger that fucks the whole job completely. and I'm right here for it

Basically I'm saying the number that you put at the end of this sentence should be the size of the new ground: "If everything goes according to plan then we might need a ground big enough to hold ................" Whatever that number is, that's the new capacity imo

The way I see it we're only going to do this once so think as big a capacity as possible and build it that size. No point going 65k if it means we're still locking people out every week, we need a much money into the club as possible. If we need to grow into it then fine. If we're pulling in, say, 71k a week at first then that's fine. No point in going smaller then having to expand in 10 years time. Do it right, go big and make it superb. Please

Probably being a bit bullish here but I think we sell out 80k against virtually any opponent right now. The demand is there right now imo, people want to see this team and as we improve it'll only get a more and more desirable ticket to have. Bromley at home in the cup went to ballot. How many missed out? How many didn't apply because they knew they'd probably miss out? Confident we'd fill 80k virtually every game

Perfectly valid question tbh, if he's got that many injuries then perhaps adjusting a few things to mitigate it is probably the right thing to do. Giving his defence a bit more cover is just good management even if it takes away from the play going forward. Just saying 'we're going to be open as fuck and bomb on for 90 minutes' regardless of opposition, venue or scoreline is clearly thick as fuck. Might be entertaining for the neutral but it's not very pragmatic. You play the hand you're dealt and tweak things to give yourself the best chance of getting the best results possible with the players that are fit. He's showing himself up on and off the pitch atm

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

Bet the Chelsea quants do

Disappointing result when your midfield is worth £100m mind, got to be said

Still use the gambling sites for latest scores too. PP changed it a full 10 seconds before I watched it 'live' on Sky tonight