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Can recall him being absolutely outstanding when we faced them in the San Siro.

Butt and Smith are two of the worst in my lifetime, without question. Butt had a mild redemption for a year or so but would've struggled to get into the Craggy Island team by the time he left. Smith - I was thinking about this the other day - I'm sure we used to debate on here that his contract must have demanded he play no matter what. Keegan persisting with him at CF for weeks defied belief.

Gave up on 8.

Where does he rank among your worst signings?

Still hoping for a Europa adventure. Especially now the CL losers don't enter.

Well put. Brighton dropping yet more points - things you love to see.

It would be obscenely draconian to scrub it off even without the deflection but as you say, the deflection makes it an outright error from the VAR. Fucking shite. Bin off the farcical offside application and we've got five at Ipswich n'all.

I instantly thought it was a red and my view hasn't changed at any point; but if you want any further evidence of the intent then just look at his reaction as he's being dragged towards the tunnel. It was pure petulance and embarrassment as opposed to the dismay you see from players who genuinely feel they've been hard done by. I couldn't believe the analysis on MotD tbh. Those instances have always, always been a red card. It reminded me of Shelvey seeing red for walking on Alli's foot in our first game back in the PL with Rafa.

The ones where they spend ages and ages and ages just to not make a decision - thus confirming that the officials are competent enough in the first place - are where its undue imposition is really rammed home. Adds fuck all but a delay and chipping away at the glorious spontaneity of the game.

This is my argument re the Tonali situation. (@Shak) Flaws aside, I still want to give him the benefit of the doubt; he's probably always recognised that Tonali might be worth playing. I wouldnt bet against him just having waited for the right moment to unleash him in his favoured - but sensitive - position. He'd looked pretty rusty for me up until two or three weeks ago and the role of the number 6 in our set up is too crucial to fuck about with, unless he was absolutely sure. Seems plausible that he was just waiting for him to be firing on all cylinders before putting him in there.

Sorry to be a miserable prick on a great day but my lass got me the away shirt for Christmas. Worn for a few hours today and the badge has already come unstuck at the corner. Kits are such a joke these days.

Good grief Man Utd are absolutely shit.

Given how brilliantly he's playing now I think there's probably an argument that he's been managed exactly as he needed to be.

once again I'm seeking an explanation for why our xG wasn't at least three.

Dunno how people dare. Original title had 20:00 PM as well ffs. Anyway, surely we're bouncing into this. Probably wouldn't take a point if you offered it.

Where you standing on Ange now? (Apologies if you've covered elsewhere)

Mentioned in the match thread but I just love how he inspires us to punish mistakes, especially at SJP. That Liverpool memory will linger forever but generally his teams capitalise on opponent fuckups so well. I think we win that game even with 11 but we bloody spanked them there. Without VAR it's 4-0 and the true hammering we were due. He's not perfect and who knows where his NUFC story goes but I will love big wins under him as long as he's allowed to deliver them. Plenty like that have come before today and plenty more will come after; I've no doubt about it. We win the cup this year.

Can't be bothered discussing his timeline at NUFC seeing as he's been exceptional for basically all of it regardless of where he's played; just enjoying this current flourish. How good has he been these last few games, man? Infuriated that they took that goal off him.

Very nice to see him and playing well.

It's been a red as long as I've been watching football.

Dubravka - 7 Trippier - 7 Schar - 7 Burn - 7 Hall - 7 Bruno - 8 Tonali - 8 Joelinton - 8 Murphy - 6 Isak - 8 Gordon - 8 Emphatic performance. Absolutely fucking love Eddie Howe's team of punishers. When we smell blood we can be fucking lethal.

Disallowing that Bruno goal, man. VAR such a great addition to the sport.

That was immensely satisfying.

Fucking love how we always seem to punish these fuckers.

Good performance and well with the lead but the longer we go without a second, the more encouraged they'll get. Bit nervous. Hilarious how shite Murphy has been.