jackyboy

Agree with Supertoon on this one. I'm a bundle of nerves already

Why on earth would Isak leave us to go to Arsenal. It's not much of a step up and in a couple of years it may be a step down

Rooney will have to go back as a model for page 3 of the Exchange and Mart

I can't see any way that this will be an easy game. Be great if we win but so long as we don't lose I'll feel okay

I think that Amad is their biggest danger.

I think he's already a member of our first team and proved his class whenever he had to step up. No way will he benefit from being loaned out to a lower division team

Much better with the ball at his feet. Probably because he used to be an outfield player so he's comfortable with the ball

Rodri was such an important player to them and everything revolved around him. Without him they just seem rudderless and all confidence has gone out of the window

Maybe he'll come back here having learned a big lesson

Every time big Joe goes down under a tackle he seems to be holding his left shoulder and that's been happening the last 2 or 3 games.

I've always been a fervent supporter of Howe and still am but I really worry about his position here. I just can't see PIF standing by and watch us going backwards because that wasn't the plan. We were hampered last season due to a massive injury list but that can't be used as an excuse now.

It's not always about who you want but more about who is available so you can't always get new players in the order that you want

Hall and Tino were the pick of the bunch. 3 players deserved no more than 4.5.

Bruno has been generally very poor since becoming captain. Eddie made a big mistake making him captain IMO and needs to take it off him but how that will go down I have no Idea. On present form we would be better selling him for big money which is such a shame. The armband has changed the way he plays and he needs to revert

That Arsenal set piece coach makes a hell of a difference. The players are so well organised, blocking the opposition space to run into etc

I think that Hall is a really good player and is improving all the time. Kelly doesn't impress me at all , he picks the ball up in his own half with acres of space ahead of him but doesn't attempt to move forward into it preferring to go square or backwards

Played really well today, made some great runs

Because of Tonali playing in the deeper role it is allowing Bruno to get further forward. Best 45 minutes for us this season

I think it was a mistake making Bruno captain. He spends more time trying to be a leader than he does influencing the game. He used to pick out some great passes but now he's just like a workhorse.

Bruno seems to have become more of a workhorse in midfield. He used to pick out some beautiful passes but that's not happening

If their relationship is not right and the owners regard EH as highly as us then perhaps Mitchell might get pushed out. No loss at the moment because he doesn't seem to have done anything

Has anyone else noticed what looks like a cyst or something on the side of Dan Burns face?

Performing in training is very different to playing in a match. I remember a lot of years ago George Graham was talking about Ameobi. He said that when you watch him in training he's incredible but he doesn't seem able to take it into a match

The departure of Amanda and Ghod' have left a huge void in the club for me. They were as important as any of the players in the resurrection of our club. For me it's not been the same since they left. It's like they took all of the emotion, motivation and enthusiasm away with them

Football is constantly evolving in the way it is played, Pep being the master. I think that Eddie will have looked back on last season and is looking for a different way to get results. I feel confident that he will succeed