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I was half joking about "you lot", also I take your point about hardly anyone is asking for him to be sacked. It's the stuff above that gets me riled up. Pressing the red button at the first signs of problems.

It takes a fucking Man United fan to be the voice of reason. You lot should be ashamed. Thankfully, it's a moron minority.

Aye, so embarrassing.

Burns lack of pace against Elanga is our problem.

Miley been MOM so far. He's fucking class.

Miley with the difference again.

Longstaff invisible. Not using Isak enough. Gordon looks miles off the pace. Trippier and Bruno looking good.

40/1. Stick a quid on.

Forests best chance is frustrating us and trying to knock our shaky confidence. If they give us a first half goal, we will fuck them up.

If I was a forest fan I'd be fuming. Amazon absolutely botting us pre match.

Trips, Schar, Botman, Burn, has been our staple back 4 for 18 months, its absolutely fine. Livramento is a better footballer than Burn, sure, he's younger than Trippier, sure,but he's he played alot of games now and it's fine that he's brought out and put back in from time to time. This is why we have a squad. As soon as there's a knock, he will step back in.

We have a squad. It's really no big issue. Livramento will be crucial stepping in at both full back positions.

Livramento for Burn, I can understand the argument and its something I can see happening soonish but Burn is about as reliable as you can get in Howes eyes. Trippier is better than Livramento, just having a rough time. If we get the reap Trips back, nobody will complain.

Joelinton, Livramento and Wilson on the bench. Feels so long since we've had actual options. To think with 30 minutes on the clock we could actually change the game for a positive. Also Botman and Schar will unleash Trippier back to his best.

Totally agree. Edit: Although Howe has made fewer mistakes in 2 years than even someone like SBR did in 4/5 years he was here and he's rightly a god. They are also mistakes made because of his own success. There's definitely an irony to; "could have made better decisions whilst playing in the CL!" That will be the CL that Eddie himself launched us into. "I'm not sure he should have played Trippier over Livramento", is another criticism (possibly a fair one) but 2 years ago we were playing Krafth and Murphy at RB. These are first world problems and I for one am enjoying every minute of them.

Don't need to log in. Been permanently logged in for 18 years. Although you actually posted before me. If being a superfan is supporting our best manager in 20 years through a tricky spell, then yes I'm a superfan. The reactions to a few defeats on here is embarrassing.

I don't see why a manager should have to pander to a fanbase by telling white lies.

Spot on. His hands have been tied for weeks and the whole team is now suffering. I'm sure there are individual moments where he wishes he done things slightly different but he's had very little choice. The vast majority of fans understand the wider context. Some can't grasp it.

we won't forget

Merry Xmas Eddie. Pleased we have someone as intelligent, articulate and dignified as you in charge, instead of the reactionary numpties on here. Looking forward to the new year when we can return to these pages and laugh at the idiots who doubted you when we hired you and still doubt you now. Eddie Howes Black and White Army.

Feel like we improved massively with Isak and Botman on. They couldn't deal with Isak. Get Livramento on for Burn too. Wish he'd kept Miley instead of Longstaff.

Could be a master stroke this.

Passing has been cowardly. Keep the fucking ball.

Really easy to forget that Trippier is actually a much better player than Livramento. I love Tino and his potential is crazy but let's not get ahead of ourselves, Trippier was arguably the best right back in Europe a couple of weeks ago. I can understand the desire to keep playing Tino.... but steady on a bit. If Trippier can get through this rough patch...

I've been back and forth over this but I think now is the right time to give Tino a rest. Burn has looked good when he's stepped in and he's about as reliable as you can get. Trippier has made horrific mistakes but I think he needs to get back on the saddle, rather than being dropped. We are weaker without him. Livramento is the future and will almost certainly have an impact from the bench.