Shak

That was the chance. Poor strike.

Yeah. All the way in on the Saudi's breakaway golf league, apparently.

He actually did better than I expected

Hopefully Milner is taken for a CAT scan. Was a scary scene earlier.

ASM has turned into a bit of a donkey, it seems.

God a spawny late goal to nick a 1-1 here would be delightful.

That's incredible defending by Targett.

She corrected herself on next replay tbf when she saw the contact.

Just straight up cheating there.

Damn zeebs

Forces us to play Bruno too deep and he's the only one I can see actually producing something to get through them.

That's what I'd do

I mean I think the ref has been good tbh, is letting it flow when he can. Most of the outrage on here seems to be about theoretical decisions that people think he'd give in certain situations that haven't happened in this game

Jota visibly relieved that didn't turn into a real fight. Joe would just end him

Aye, they're so we'll drilled. Really highlights the need for quality in our front three, hard to see any of them picking a pass.

Would like to see a switch of Willock and Joelinton, think we could do with Joe's physical presence.

Fucking pass from Shelvey there Can see the player he could have become at moments and it's a real shame.

Never a foul tbh, nice of them to play on when there's a guy injured though.

Ball to the far post was so fucking on, poor from Keita luckily.

The only reason not to get Targett would be if he wants to play with wing backs. All the links in January were with very attack minded full backs so I do wonder if that's Howe's long term vision. The link to Lodi this week definitely raises the question. Think you're getting the most out of Trippier as a wing back so I can see the logic. Allows a bit of versatility too as you can go to a flat back four and play an extra player further up the pitch when chasing games or you just want to go out and attack.

Seeing the Lodi link and remembering that Digne was supposedly our first choice at LB in January, I do wonder if eventually Howe sees us playing three at the back. Might be the hesitancy on Targett, he's been pretty solid on the ball since joining but I don't know if he has enough about him to play wing back. Trippier and Lodi would be a very interesting wing back duo.

Looked like a kid trying to get away from a shot by one of the bigger boys.

Poor Mike just going about his day