Ronaldo

IF we finish around 10th or lower this season and have a poor start next season he’ll be gone. I don’t think it’ll happen, because I’ve got faith. But make no mistake, a lot of money has been spent on a team that have finished 12th and 11th last couple of seasons and if there’s no tangible return on that investment they’ll just look elsewhere. Mediocrity won’t be accepted.

I think he’ll be back as permanent IF it all goes tits up with Howe roughly this time next season.

He’s 30. It’s his weakness. He’s a very good goalkeeper otherwise.

Good job it’s not even a remote possibility then. Absurd hypothesis.

True though. Hope he doesn’t relapse.

You could certainly argue the fans created a lot of negativity prior to and after his appointment. Hardly what the club needed overall. The Liverpool connection was obviously a factor, so why shouldn’t he mention it?

Agree with him. He needs to be partnered with a (proper) DM and a playmaker to see him thrive, long term.

I don’t think there’s much of a defence for playing Burn over Botman against Bournemouth mind.

Either that, or we need to get better at breaking teams down. I know which is easier to achieve. Bottom line, we need a goal at home to beat a side who blatantly will go down and we have Longstaff, Wood and Murphy to bring on. It’s absolutely embarrassing and needs to be addressed in the next window.

Burn was fine, but Botman is obviously a better partner for Schar - who’s currently by a bit of a distance our best CB.

I’ve always hated the idea of wide players who ‘work hard’ - and we’ve spent 15+ years accumulating that type of rubbish with two notable exceptions. Unpredictability is everything and, as you say, we need another like ASM.

Yeah I don't get that either. Odd one.

Booing is too much but spending over £200m on improvements to literally look like a Championship outfit is baffling. The Almirons, Joelintons, Frasers etc just can't be relied upon in any context to produce when we need them to. And that's before you even look at the embarrassing dross that came off the bench.

Definitely one of those players who contributes far more with good players around him. I don’t see him being here much longer, but he’s obviously a better option than Longstaff.

Dinosaur fraud? Eerie.

It’s because we didn’t give a fuck, and rightfully so.

Great side, but yeah Bellamy is an automatic choice.

Fuck off.

100%. We'd just lost to Marseilles and the atmosphere was toxic. Penalty missed and the negativity was off the charts.

Looks more like Obama.

Some atrocious calls there. See my reaction on p.13 for some good old-fashioned British common sense.

Bit hostile, but I agree. The disparity is pretty obvious. Sels aside (who was shit) I think we’ve given keepers an easy ride over the past decade, and understandably so under the circumstances. Dubravka is a decent keeper who was never going to be good enough to see us to the next level.

Wish he’d be less soft, that’s all. Nobody is doing us any favours, and I’d have liked to see him confront the referee about that ridiculous VAR decision.

Struggles without Bruno.

Our bench is mid-table Championship standard. Really to need to be ruthless and acquire a bit of depth next couple years of windows.