Rich

Some of you really, really worry me at times.

Aye.

Aye, absolutely rank patter. He's been binned.

Like him on the wing, mind.

Yes brotha.

I’m still at a 0 like.

Some boy.

Can’t get this erection to go down.

Heavens to Betsy.

Fancy at least a point and can foresee a dust-up between Conte and Tindall in this one. Think we'll have to try and slow it down as much as possible due to fatigue at times, and it won't take much to get the crowd on their backs. If we play it smart, the win's there for the taking. I'd bring Willock in for Joelinton, or move Joelinton higher in place of Murphy, but keep the rest the same and just use subs earlier.

Aye, but Howe said he was fine in his presser and he was in full training on Friday. He’s coming in off the back of two MOTM showings.

Have I missed something with Schär?

Think we’re probably the team that will benefit most from the winter break, too, because of the impact Howe’s methods continue to have on the lesser players in the group. Massively confident on 7th now.

The things people get wound up about

Pope Trippier Schär Botman Targett Longstaff Guimarães Willock Almirón Wilson Joelinton SUBS: Karius, Lascelles, Burn, Lewis, Shelvey, Anderson, Fraser, Murphy, Wood. Narrow win.

That’s the most desperate thing I’ve ever seen on a football pitch.

Howay the lads.

I have no idea who you mean.

The sparseness of the gallery is surely good news?

We are top of the league, say we are top of the league: https://www.premierinjuries.com/injury-table.php.

I want to like him, I really do. He’s never ever been a right winger, though.

Think he’s looked at his best carrying the ball infield from deep, which hopefully bodes well for when Wilson is back.

Thought a 1-0 or 2-1 would’ve been the “fair” result, but there was a lot to be frustrated by from the usual suspects on the pitch. The front three, in particular, were pretty woeful in open play in various elements and Joelinton had his poorest game in some time in an attacking sense. With Bruno clearly not 100% fit and Willock doing the usual, we were never going to run away with it. Also, for how good our delivery now is, how are we so wank from corners?

There’s already a stunning amount of complacency and entitlement in the stadium. Started creeping in at times last season once we looked safe, and today was probably the worst example of it. There has to be give and take, I understand that, but I’m already not enjoying going and we’re only a few games in. Don’t think anything was helped by the enforced mourning, of course. Did we really have to only play somber/slow music pre-match and at half-time? Weirdest atmosphere I can recall during those periods because of that.