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TNT UltraHD is behind a few seconds and that's with the cameras at the ground

Please deliver a better corner this time.

I don't think it's fatigue, I think we aren't coping with how quickly they are pressing us.

Testing some temperaments under pressure.

How? We've barely been playing 15 mins.

Beating us at our own game so far. We would have been told to expect this, execution is lacking.

Bruno getting caught repeatedly so far.

Some of our players possession play is going to get tested today. Already Burn and Livra giving the ball away under pressure before that goal.

Well that was coming.

What a save Dubs.

Expecting a hard game but I think we'll be ready, and will come out on top at the end of the day.

Yeah we went to a 5-5-0 formation against Arsenal and basically just shut up shop, but in that game we did it effectively even given the amount of subs we made. I thought we looked a bit sloppy against Wolves, that's all.

Fair point, but you would have thought our defending should be better with fresh players on, it was mostly attacking players who were taken off. I think Howe would have wanted us to keep the clean sheet, and it was kind of lucky that we did.

Quite interesting, because if Wolves had better finishing, we could easily have conceded a couple of goals against Wolves. A flawless defensive performance it was not.

Price will have gone up after last night, he's making the headlines and being talked of as a future England keeper now.

Eddie wouldn't though, Osula only gets on the pitch for the last 10 mins if the game is already won. If Isak gets injured, the reality is it would be Gordon up front. How would you feel about that?

One of those where you get the feeling Howe really likes him since the links have been persistent for a long time now. Given Eddie's success with the transfer policies I'd be happy to go with his judgement no bother.

He has, but Tonali's recovery pace as the deeper midfielder has made such a differences to our defending. And our results.

Great post.

I mean it was pretty much said we weren't going to be making any signings this window a couple of months back so I barely even bother checking in here with any real excitement. I do think we'll buy in the summer though, but a lot depends on where we finish this season.

It's bullshit IMO. Pretty sure this started off at £11m which we were all agog at, right now it's £10m and that's based on a story by Craig Hope, there's no reason to believe that any bid IS actually that much or has been accepted. It will probably turn out they've bid half of that and are trying to persuade him to accept wages of £300/week.

I thought the opposite of both players. They gave the ball away generally because they were trying off the cuff stuff like dummies and feints to throw the defenders. You do lose the ball more, but when it comes off it destroys defences.

Difficult game this. Feels like we are not quite at the same level as a couple of weeks ago, and they are a very difficult prospect under Iraola. Get the feeling it might end up being a ping pong match and the side that takes their chances wins. Which will be us hopefully.

This basically. I suppose it just comes down to whether you want to compete at the top regularly or put more value on tradition.

Agree, the whole point of getting Mitchell on board was to unearth the next Mbuemo, not pay top dollar once he's been discovered. That said, if his contract running down means his price is on a downward trend, then there could be business to be done. I have a feeling there'll be too much competition though.