STM

Tonali and Bruno have been good. Loads been shocking.

If we somehow win this...

Burn needs hooked.

That's outstanding football by Bournemouth.

Lost our composure because of their press. It's time to get it back.

Keeper done a Dubravka

Phew. Now batter them.

Does Joelinton ever work on his finishing? Sandro been our only player so far.

Joelinton wants to fuck off with the fouls. These are the games where you want players like Gordon to be counted. Barely touched the ball.

Bit of a problem because these can counter.

Really like Iraola. Totally not a cunt.

I hope hes given a nice send off tommorow afternoon.

The closer it gets, the more confident I am. Bournemouth won't sit in a low block, they are missing some key players and despite them being a good side, they surely just run out of steam here. I don't feel like there will be any complacency from our boys, they will know this is a tough game and I think they will be at it from minute 1. I'm going to go entirely against the grain and predict that we hammer them 4-0.

I hate to be debbie downer but in Eddie's press conference, not only did he hint that we wouldn't sign anyone this January but also that the summer wouldn't be a big one.

A great point about physicality. I think Howe is looking for a Space Jam Monstars approach to his recruitment. Yes they have to be good technically, but can they go 90 minutes at Arsenal, can they press for long periods, can they help defend set pieces. I'm not saying it's essential but it's undoubtedly part of our recruitment focus.

Looks like Botman then. I do wonder if we might make a tweek, perhaps Trippier for Tino and Tino back for Southampton.

While project players like McAtee is exactly where we should be looking, there are a couple of issues. 1. He's wanting to leave city for first team football, which we can't offer, is he just swapping benches? 2. January might not make sense from our point of view. We will need someone who would be good to go and knowing Howe and knowing where McAtee is at, he isn't getting near our starting line up at current. If we sold Longstaff, I could see us signing someone like him but for me, I think he'd prefer a bigger downward step at somewhere where he knows he's the main man. Somewhere like West Ham under Potter would make a lot of sense to me, as they transition into a ball playing side.

Honestly, I give up.

Might get a move to a bigger club at this rate.

Southampton can't defend at all. We will batter them.

Well that confirms it. They are truly back.

It honestly doesn't matter if Man United win. There's nothing really "win" about this if you are a man united fan.

Now get beat off Southampton at home.

Seen enough. Dibling will do for me.