The Bonk

I don’t think he will, would have far better options, including Bournemouth, if he gets them into Europe.

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@Nine VAR lines looked about 2 yards, maybe slightly less. Tino lets off throws his arm up slightly and yells at Schar to let the ball go, hence him being so open, tidy finish regardless.

“Yesth, me lord”

that’s it.

Good to know he’s still alive, hopefully he plays with even flow and will be a better man when he scores.

Haha guess I'm being stubborn.

Fair and admittedly, over time this might be the better approach for a more competitive CL.

Couldn't agree more. Other than money, I don't get what the outcome is other than to water down the stakes that were at play in the old format.

This all could have happened theoretically in the old format, @KaKa.

Sometimes those minnows were capable of upsets, which is what I, as a neutral want to see. It just feels over saturated to me now and prolonged.

Enshitification at it's finest. The new format absolutely sucked the life out of the group stages in favour of squeezing money out of viewership. I guess from a revenue perspective for the clubs involved, it's a positive?

Wolves should possibly go down, can't defend to save their lives.

You can’t, but he’s not selling it fully, whether that’s because of english being a second language or him not being convincing enough. I feel for the guy, he’s been brought in at the wrong time and these players all have no fight in them collectively.

Watching this makes have genuine empathy for wag smashing John Terry.

Just in case you haven’t seen it.

Yup, which is what most managers seem to do and makes sense, trust what brings you success, while tweaking and fine tuning where possible. We could have been pumped worse completely deviating from our plan.

Wasted little time in shooting and placed the ball perfectly each time. He had an amazing game and generally does against us.

What I am struggling with is we knew they would do exactly what they did and couldn’t escape it. Especially the first half. Eddie will sort it as he’s proven since joining.

We’re going to have to sell a big player this spring if we want to spend and add better depth beyond our other starters. I am hoping that’s what the scouting and data will be used for. Villa, Bournemouth, Spurs to a lesser extent have had to shift players to strengthen overall and we’re no different. Who that player is will be interesting….Bruno, Isak, Gordon?

Yup, comms I had mentioned Botman's groin or hammy had tightened or something and Schar's nose was as red as a stoplight. Too bad Krafth is still out and Eddie has no faith in Kelly it would seem. (at least in high pressure games like today)

Schar comes on and gifts it right to Bournemouth. Poor Eddie, man.

last time we saw him give a post match presser like this, we went on a winning run. Class as always, we'll be better next weekend down south, no doubt in my mind.

Hate that it had to be Bournemouth giving us a hiding. Onto the next one, Eddie!

We won’t, this squad is ride or die until May.