The College Dropout

I love Pope. Brilliant assist. Briliant at goalkeeping. I'm one of his biggest fans but the kicking is even annoying me now.

It's his lack of physicality which is why he can't play ST.

Still learning the system. I think his positioning is way higher than we usually setup. There was one where Trippier must play a blind pass to where he assumed Elanga would be and Elanga wasn't even in camera shot. Then when Benfica were attacking it felt like it was 6-7 seconds before I saw Elanga defensively and not for the first time. That's obviously Trippier's fault but it points to a disjointed approach.

In the first half Benfica exploited the lack of physicality from Ramsey, Miley and Burn.

Wasn't a pen for me. Maybe for Real Madrid.

Thought his overall game was really good today as well

Aye. Might be the best finisher at the club.

Looked like a 23 year old Stevie G out there. Too good for Benfica in every way.

Aye. Good shift defensively. Solid passing. Kept going. No mistakes. Good nights work.

Absolute baller. Has he played much with Barnes before? Thoufht Barnes and Gordon close to him running off him worked really well.

Benfica’s physicality isn’t PL standard. But technically they are very good. Showed it at points in the first half.

I just came

These are slow as fuck to a man.

He’s playing like a prime Stevie G

The King

That’s kind of the point of xg. It’s a wonderful finish.

Was it Martial or Mbappe that finished from an angle like this I the CL for Monaco?

Only Barnes could finish that dinner at the club. Love that.

This second half is not it.

Some moss that Miley

Wasn’t a foul by Lukebakio

He's got a contract for the next 2 seasons on big wages. As much as I love him, he looks a diminishing power with diminishing resale value. In our position, you want to sell our star players right at the end of their peak. 1-2 years before a drop off in performance and value.

Agreed. He’s a legend to me. All of them that had a major hand in that win can do no wrong in my eyes unless they go the Isak route. Big Joe was a monster in the final. I will never forget. It doesn’t matter if I think we should have moved him on, I can only speak of him with the utmost respect. Sean Longstaff hitting that winner against Forest. Pivotal moment.

I obviously never wanted Souness but he was a lot worse than I could have imagined. For some reason i thought he would win a trophy here before things went south. Within 6 months Bellamy and Robert were gone right? Signed Boumsong in January. Absolute bobbins. Souness the worst manager i've experienced due to what he inherited. SMC next. I don't count Carver.