Mikky

They’ve done very well considering they have had quite a few fixtures and some top players missing for decent spells - if they can get another 2 or 3 quality players they are going to be some team - it’s not rocket science how they have slowly built over the years - puts our club to shame

How have 4 or 5 of them put themselves in contention if they haven’t trained all week?

Said at HT we were offensive - I found that comment offensive too We were fkn tripe start to finish

Defended well 1st half Missed ASM Big Improvement on Sheff Utd Seen a lot of improvements Just on a bad run DUST YASELEVES DOON

Paid the price for attacking

Every M Longstaff pass is literally backwards Meanwhile the tosser next to him doing nothing as per

Most excited I have been in a long time tbh - been a great build up - Bruce under severe pressure - win win situation this - just want it to unravel for Bruce - sadly Arsenal are shocking at the moment so he could sneak a 2-0 loss the twat

Never mind all that nonsense, can he do the basics? Can he show up? How far can he kick it? Can he post it and stick a foot in? Can he stand up? Be counted? These are the issues I did hear that he doesn't pass the ball or get involved, patchy at turning up too. Would not sign But what about pride? Does he show pride? Did he not score once at Pride Park - does that count? He also had his sleeves rolled up that day too as I recall

He's fucking hopeless. WTF was Alba doing for the equaliser? And Langlet for the daft foul leading to the free kick This isn’t a vintage Barca but boy is Koeman stinking the place up with his very own version of Bruceball - he still has a capable squad at his disposal

Barca are truly abysmal under Ronald Bruce - credit to Bilbao though - took out R Madrid and Barca to win this

Almost as long as our winless run under Bruce

I’ve gone for Martinez, Creswell, Cancelo, Dias - Maddison, Salah, Bruno, KDB©, Soucek - Antonio and Wilson Was tempted by bench boost but resisted and will use it in double gameweek 24 (I think)

Good to see the pressure mounting on him - let him suffer every single day from now on

KDB was the bugger - bottling his pen

Absolute prick KDB - unforgivable

I honestly don’t think Burnley are that bad in general tbh - Dyche has his critics but you can’t say he doesn’t extract every ounce from what he has available to him - they punch way above their weight

noooo snap, i literally brought them in a game week ago, so they wre in my tam for GW19 to allow for a free hit this GW. omg So is Leeds/Soton off next week then (100%?) - I have no clue what's going on at the moment

You mean Atleti with their 3 games in hand? The league is so poor this year that you think they should really win it easy from now on Re Weather - I reckon Osasuna is Spain’s equivalent of a cold windy night at Stoke - looks awful playing there in winter with the iced up pitches

Sorry who is Mimms’ mate again?

I quite liked Font’s manifesto VI.... What’s Laporta been saying? Can’t find anything on him? Will he also go for Xavi?

It’s definitely a lack of coaching, the fact no single player had improved speaks volumes - that’s why I am so pleased we had Rafa in a way - he made me understand what true coaching is, and pretty much set the bar for me which to judge other managers with

The thing that really annoys me with the club is the lack of planning (stating the absolute obvious I know) - for example this current set of players - we should be looking to finish 9th to 12th - that’s realistic - have a 40m budget every season - top it up with any sales - buy 3/4 players to improve us - do this for 2/3 years and you’ve got a squad that can look to finish 7th to 10th - maybe get a Europa League place - I mean it’s not hard - that’s how you build - it frustrates the hell out of me that a club of our size has a simple remit of finishing 17th, anything else is a bonus

They often say similar with set pieces, too. Never knew corners floated to the penalty spot were a real threat. Heard the other day “Matt Ritchie has a great set piece delivery” from one of the assistant comms (Hinchcliffe?) - I just laughed - can’t recall a decent delivery by Ritchie in 2 years - even Shearer schooled him a few years back when they both had a shootout comp - this is Shearer who had dodgy knees and ankles, plus a bad back