Rich

He just came across like an insecure/arrogant whopper mostly, while Antonio seemed pretty sound and down to earth, if a bit thick.

ST holders, effectively, as has been pointed out already within the past page.

Never really warmed to him because of when he signed and who he signed for, similar with Willock. Listening to his podcast weekly didn't do my opinion of him any favours, either. Won't be at all sad to see the back of him this summer. He's still got the chance to go out on a high, mind.

Just thought he was bang average. Some nice touches/passes and helped out quite well defensively, but held the ball too long in a few critical moments (most notably on the Isak offside goal).

He's comfortably better at LB than RB, unfortunately, bit of the Santons about him.

They scrapped the 6th sub in extra-time for some reason, so nah. Was tailor-made for Krafthu. They also had Pedro hobbling about tbf, so it was essentially 9 vs. 9.

Cracking post, that. There are a ton of things they could be doing to improve things, but our executive team seems to move at a glacial pace even when trying to do stuff. I also agree it's costing us points/wins at times.

Aye. E.

The atmosphere is nowhere near it was in that first six-to-18 months under Howe/after the takeover, but is it really any surprise? Is it not just reflective of the general feeling malaise around the club versus the absolute high we were on during that period? Bit of after the Lord Mayor's show and all that. There are some games where I have to proper force myself to try and belt stuff out, versus others where it's just natural to do.

As mentioned above, we had to change the whole shape to accommodate it and Howe referred to it in the post-match presser. The second goal was largely his fault in the build-up and final action but it’s hard to criticise him too much, thought he was good otherwise.

He was very clearly injured/cramping for the entirety of ET, aye.

What a sickener this was man. Still fizzing.

He kept trying to make curling runs in behind and aborting because the CB was outpacing him. Painful viewing.

Came away thinking the opposite to that tbh, though maybe ‘class’ would be pushing it.

You’re reposting it here so it’s doing a job It’s not journalism any more, it’s just content creation.

Bricking this a bit like, but it’s two fairly up and down teams. If we’re at it, we win, and probably by two or three.

Already gone for Mike.

I’ll fight you. The concept of Tonali > the reality of Tonali.

There’s no way Tonali is a top 10 CM in the world, surely?

Confirmed as our most overrated player already, sheesh. He’s a B at best based on his performances so far in our colours, but he definitely has A potential.

The bright side is that anyone we sign should look like Pope and Dubs did when they first arrived. It’ll be a breath of fresh air.

His last two recovery times don't make for great reading, hopefully it's nowhere near as severe.

Always with the groin this guy.

Pick? Nope.