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I think we ought to rest Wilson at some point and no match is better for that than the game tomorrow. That’s our toughest fixture before the WC. We lose him to injury and we’ve got Wood as our only option for the next three ties. Southampton and Aston Villa are very winnable. I’d rather target those six points than the three at Tottenham. If he’s still ambulatory, yeah take a stab at Chelsea.

Well, a win takes us 4th then. (Even if that happens. Very unlikely. All the pundits and all the podcasts will be on non-stop about the “United revival”. Ah well.)

"Oh, but he's a good pundit." Can't stand the clown.

There was a post —much quoted and liked— running through an Everton forum in a prematch thread that drew similar conclusions. Apparently Everton have a much better squad than we do. And it’s not even close. (What on earth were we thinking when we passed on Tarkowski to sign some kid?)

Were a bit shaky before Anderson was subbed on. Shut it down. Great sub.

Murphy just misses the post

I usually make it through a thread at Red Cafe. Red and White Kop? forget it. They’re insufferable.

Aston Villa 1 v 2 Southampton Forest 1 v 2 Fulham Wolves 0 v 2 Man City Newcastle United 2-0 Bournemouth Spurs 2 v 1 Leicester City Brentford 1 v 2 Arsenal Everton 2 v 1 West Ham

Don’t watch US coverage of the CL, but… fkn hell. Feel sorry for Thierry Henry having to sit there with Carragher and Micah Richards. what a pair of tools.

I liked Pochettino when he was at Southampton. Got over that the week he took over at Spurs. (Hated Rafa at Liverpool.). Will have no problem adjusting my opinion of Potter. C*nt.

Fulham 1 v 1 Chelsea Bournemouth 1 v 2 Brighton Leicester City 3 v 2 Aston Villa Liverpool 2 v 1 Wolves Southampton 2 v 2 Brentford Man City 3 v 1 Tottenham Arsenal 2 v 0 Everton West Ham United 0 v 1 Newcastle United Crystal Palace 2 v 2 Man United Leeds United 2 v 0 Forest

Jean-Alain Boumsong. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2317140/souness-raves-about-boumsong

Yes.

Milner, Joey Barton, and Chancel Mmemba all contributing a bit of madness to the Champions League in 2022.

“Look into my eyes”

How long has this been in the works? Wonder if Chelsea’s reluctance to loan out or sell Pulisic, Gallagher, Broja, etc. can be attributed to their lack of commitment to Tuchel. Players were not in Tuchel’s plans, but another manager … who knows

Guardiola Conte Klopp Howe Potter Tuchel Moyes Ten Hag Rodgers Vieira Frank Silva Arteta Hassenhutl Marsch Lage Lampard Cooper Gerrard Haven’t referred to my previous rankings, but I think that Howe, Conte, Potter, Moyes, Frank, and Lampard have gone up in my estimation. Tuchel, Arteta, and Gerrard have gone down. Yeah, and I still rate Vieira even though Palace throw away a lot of points late. I suspect that Hassenhutl is better than I thought. Looking at this now, I think I have Arteta too high.

Their schedule lightens up over the next few weeks. They’ve got Villa, Tottenham and then a lot winnable games before they see Man City in late October. They’ve been woeful, but their schedule wasn’t especially kind. Not sure that’s much of an argument for retaining Rodgers if he’s lost the players (or the fans). It doesn’t sound like they can afford to can him.

They were one only a few clubs that received a warning regarding inordinate Covid-19 deductions. West Ham were one of the others along with (surprise) Chelsea. The latest report didn’t say anything about Everton, maybe they were warned previously? Seems odd that they’d be in such financial straights given their relative spend and European football.

So we can all agree that Arsenal really hadn’t played anybody yet?

Definitely take Maddison. As others have pointed out his value could drop in January and the other clubs that might otherwise afford him will be scared off or bedazzled by the next bauble. You’d have to be depressed to be at LC now. He knows he’s missed out on the World Cup now. The club is going nowhere. Rodgers is halfway out the door, practically begging to get fired. They’re in a relegation fight. He won’t be signing a new contract. Anyone know if LC had a deal to sell Tielemans? Did he just choose to run out his contract? Hard to figure why LC didn’t get something for him.

If we have ASM and Bruno, back we’ll win. Otherwise a draw or 1-0 loss.

Nick Pope.

Yeah, for us. I thought the Man United score was interesting. Last year's A, doesn't seem so good now.