Unbelievable

We've seen many of our players and managers go missing in a relegation battle, but we haven't seen many of them subsequently form an integral part of an all conquering midfield and score goals for fun for club and country. Also, I'd snap your hands of for a midfield player scoring 11 goals for us right now if that's what people consider going missing in a relegation battle.

You lot are off your rocker if you wouldn't take Wijnaldum on loan. He's been pretty consistently one of the best midfield players in Europe, has experience of the the league and even the club and gets you goals from midfield. I'd feel a lot better about our prospects for the next half season with the likes of Trippier and him in.

Pffff, boy versus men

I know, I know, Liverpool away, City at home… Games are running out and ultimately, in our position we will need to be able to grind out a surprise result here or there. So far (even under Howe) we’re not exactly beating those around us with conviction either. I think we can all see that we have improved in general play, but our downfall is still the same: we are tragically bad at defending, absolutely chronic. We’re going to need one hell of a January transfer window and a fair slice of luck to stay up. out only saving grace is how bad some of the other teams in the division are doing. 8/10

What a club we are man

VAR will look at this of course

Penalties get given for fouls in the box where the ball is not with the fouled player all the fucking time. Absolutely ridiculous decision.

This game is completely rigged man

As if VAR is going to even look at a foul against us

WTF ref, WTF!!!

Hayden

Game over

Any outfield player does that, jumping in knee first into the back of an opposition player, anywhere on the pitch and that's a foul.

Foul by Ederson that

Joelinton is a beast in midfield

Mayday! Mayday!

He has a point though. Why would any prospective, ambitious new buyer of a football club bother with a PL one when these anti-competitive restrictions don't apply elsewhere? At the very least this will diminish the potential value of all the clubs as it puts an artificial ceiling to what can be achieved, in theory at least, unless and until our lawyers have made mince meat of it.

Hang on, Man U have a Geordie called Shola in their squad?

Dream hit that

Urgh, let’s never mention that cunt’s name in our owners’ thread again.

Oh dear

Same lad who did Saka's knee a few minutes earlier wasn't it?

That too. I hope the FA retrospectively pull him up on that and give him a five match ban or something.

He retracts because he hurts himself. A face is not the most even surface to plant your foot as it turns out

The opposition keeper in my son's match at the weekend let one in worse than the one in your gif. I have it on video on my phone. Shame I suck at video editing