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Bah what a chance. Great football.

Some of Tino's best games have been on the left so hopefully this gives him a boost performance wise.

Nice one. Nervous, like. Dearly hope it's not an "eee we're just so snowed under with the cup final n everything" performance. As for Puke; anyone turning up expecting us to win is a moron. They've already beaten us here this season.

He's only hinted at being an A so far for me. Needs to be consistently brilliant though.

Last train back to York is at 8pm. All ~3hr buses besides that. @BlazeT44 is there a general itinerary?

It's going to be very annoying if Villa end up bucking the trend on signing expensive players who are taking a step down.

Am I being whooshed here...?

I won't spoil it. 14:05 on the presser. Someone get that bloke some help, man.

Aye Gol is done on here, like.

I wish Magdad had been here during those dark times to reassure me that the takeover would happen. I'd have been so much more chilled and not had everyone concerned about my Special Educational Needs and associated transport arrangements. What an intelligent guy.

I only heard him mention it the once so it's a shame he's peddling it. Him and Chris Sutton is the most jarring combo ever. The latter is just another 'pundit' playing a character.

Was worried it might be Rory Smith based on what you were describing. He's absolutely brilliant, the best voice in the podcast game, but his takes on PSR are miles off and - yeah - who he supports really comes through on that particular topic.

It'll just be me

@BlazeT44

Unbeaten in 13 in fairness to the fat slug. Ten draws.

I won't be satisfied until he calls us "total shite" like the great motivator and realist Steve Bruce.

Well that ain't happening.

Thought he was brilliant in the Arsenal home leg but his performances have definitely dipped a bit. I thought it would happen sooner tbh; was worried he might burn out a bit after playing football constantly since he signed. He has these dips though, then picks up again. It wasn't that long ago that we were all crowing about how he'd been unleashed thanks to Sandro, whose drop-off recently has definitely been more stark. Hope that spell of his wasn't a flash in the pan; still has an awful lot to prove here.

Too right. The first thing to blame should always be PSR. It's grimly predictable that our season could, yet again, hinge on the goalkeeper. We identified that as an area to upgrade but we couldn't.

It's just being real. The priority at that point is to not let the game get away from you. We were actually doing a pretty good job of that for an hour, having lots of the ball, defending pretty strongly, and keeping them in their own half for short spells. They obviously didn't mind that either because, if you're them, you probably expect to get a chance. Maybe we could've gambled on a Barnes or Osula at that point, but being conservative - with a view to a possible late show - was a perfectly sensible approach too. Then we gave the ball away and let them score and the heads dropped/meek surrender/disgrace [delete as applicable].

It's a pretty meaningless stat in the context of the game. As soon as the first goal goes in it's all about just staying in the game as long as possible. Maybe we should've surrendered possession with some hopeful digs from range just to avoid the zero against SOT.

What?

Agree with that!

We losing our minds over a 2-0 after all, then? Could give a shit, frankly. If Isak's in the side or if we don't randomly gift them that second goal out of nowhere, we might steal a goal - if not a point. Game ended at 0-2. Everyone knew it.

Usual suspects desperate to criticise at any opportunity. Very little wrong from the manager's point of view tonight. Liverpool's subs/our lack of didn't make Tonali give it away in a dangerous position.