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Would prefer bruno to get his fifth yellow against palace tomorrow, miss wolves and be back for Manu.

Not sure if Tonali will have the right mindset for this game with all that is going on around him, if big Joe is fit would prefer him back in

Could also have both wide backs push up further as phillips could drop to form a back three

We would change to a 4-1-4-1 formation if we got Phillips, kind of like the chelsea set up when Kante was there. The front five would be pretty formidible: Miggy--Bruno--Joe--Gordon ‐-‐-------Isak---------

Big joe to replace Tonali in the middle and gordon to come back on the wing. We will massacre Palace!!

We need this international break to get some of our injury crew back into the team, especially Botman and even Calum to help ease the load on isak.

My thoughts on the game: In the first half we seemed lethargic and second to everything, West Ham were good for their one nil lead although we seemed to be defending well. One thing that stood out to me was Lascelles reverting to bad decisions and taking too long to execute, the result was a few short hospital passes and intercepted balls which could have led to more damage, will be glad to see botman back asap. Second half we wanted it much more, got the goals and then quite clearly the last few games caught up with us and it seemed all energy drained from us. A bit more nous and we would have won this; In the 86th minute or whatever it was we can´t go galavanting upfield when we have a one goal lead, we committed too many forward and were caught out by fresh legs and a greatly taken goal. ***A draw away and without a few of our top players (Gordon/Botman/Joe) is a great result. We are 4-5 points from the top four, patience and trust needed. After the break we will have a few players back***

His control of the ball and immediate turn toward the opposition goal is top class, I often thought yesterday that he didn´t have that many great options. He made a few mistakes yesterday but was decent tbf...

Aye, playing well. To be fair, PSG seem to be playing a 424 where the front four do fuck all in defensive or covering sense. They are really poor...

What an outing today, impresses me more with every game. Gets the crowd going, lifts the team and starts our presses loads, looking really dangerous every time he jas the ball. Well content! Looking a steal at 40m

I thought his ball control and passing last night were exceptional, didn´t get forward that much but had a very good game. Those passes he received from defence when he only had a half second to control and pass it on/move were high end, much better than big dan on the ball but he is probably a little worse at defending.

Top bloke!

Would have to agree!

I think Gordon has been one of the positives of this season. He has looked one of our best players in the games played and puts in a shift. Would like to see him in a N°10 role if eddie were to tinker and play a 4231

Agree 100% on this. We are fixated on closing passing lines and we sometimes forget about pressuring the man with the ball. Good attackers find the spaces to receive the passes...

Aye, it is obvious that we are nowhere near the levels we achieved last season. BUT... THIS IS A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT!!

I honestly think we are scrapping out results as best as we can at the moment because we have completely lost our "mojo" and look out of sorts. Only way to get it back is training hard and pairing the right players. Some combinations just don't work as well as others... We need time and patience until we start whacking teams again. Good point tonight after a painful watch. I was lucky, there was nothing to cheer at all so my "incognito" presence went unnoticed!

Their defenders all played really well today, didn't give us a crumb, impressed by tomorri... nothing got past him.

Majestic! Not a lot got down his side...

Both first and second half there were huge gaps on our left modfield, Big dan was left with his arse oot for most of the game. We should have remedied it...

Butterflies in stomach now, gettin close to Milan Central Station, can't wait. Have a ticket with the home support, so no colours and will have to suppress the goal celebrations when we put three past them!!! HAWAY!!!!!!!

Just arrived in Bergamo, on way to station to get the train to Milan... HTL!!!

Would like to see the following tomorrow: ------------------Pope--------------------- Tripps----Schar----Botman--------Burn--- ----Longstaff----bruno------Tonali------ Gordon---------isak-------------Barnes-- Think barnes for Miggy is what we will see, as eddie might like a bit more defensive mindset before bringing on Calum and Barnes to rip it up a bit at the ned of the game...

Gordon wilson Isak up front with plenty of positional interchanges! Would love to see it

I have an early morning flight to Bergamo then late afternoon flight back next day. . Can't wait!! Last champs league game I attended was against Barca when Tino ripped Nadal a new b-hole!!!