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Honestly what the fuck are we doing here, look timid, weak and no ideas

Other games going for us as well mostly, need to turn this into a win somehow.

These are in decent form but we are fucking ourselves over. What the fuck is wrong with us, Leeds haven't been that good and we have gifted them 2 goals.

Think Slot will be next and then probably Anne Frank.

There squad, same as Liverpool is pretty bang average once 1 or 2 are taken out - Man U Bruno from wish, Liverpool Salah. He wanted Watkins and they probably should have signed him, Sesko is no better than Holland.

Weird sacking manager when 3 points off 4th considering last season where they ended up. Doesn't matter which manager they put in they need a transfer strategy and manager aligned. They will probably go for Glasner, Silva or Iraola but can't see that working either because of how they are setup. I hope Bruce offers his services. Good thing for us is that them and Chelsea could be a right state for rest of season.

I think it makes sense to keep him where he is, get more game time and confidence into him, gone his defensive side of the game and then when moves back into midfield will be ready. Also given injury issues with Hall/Livra then rotating them 2 on left best option.

Once he gets going he can move and get away from danger, then doesn't over do it like some players and finds the next pass. Has the attributes to be top class by looks of it and only 19

Felt like he was back today, and kept ball well when needed to.

Phenomenal performance, so smooth with the ball and just glides. He always finds a pass and aware of positions he takes up, just shouldn't be dropped.

And Murphy isn't fit to play at this level anymore

Wtf are we doing, no composure or thinking. Miley and Thiaw best players

Also how fucking switched on is Miley, either foot, never loses the ball and find ls man everytime

Murphy has been shocking, just had to think there

That's a hand ball, hand in unnatural position so how does it matter if comes off his foot first.

He will help us claw out way back into games, got us purring in the 2nd half

I get what he says about plan b and that have many plans and all in the execution and not wanting players to think there's a way out and for them to improve and think that's him thinking the long game rather than like fans short term wins, however when it's clearly not working game after game then changing / tweaking to get the results earlier has to happen. I also don't think it was a onslaught, but was significant pressure and that game could have gone anyway by end, we should have more control about us and struggle to regain momentum/control when lose it and almost panic every situation so would question if the plan a includes how we wrestle back control as looks a bit haphazard. That's an observation from watching all the games and I hope Howe gets that run of form and consistency and transitions the team onto something else, I think it's fair to raise concerns as we are half a season in and look a shadow of the team that finished 4th a few seasons back.

Still think there will be a point they go on a run of losing games and drop or once they are confirmed safe lose a lot of form.

Xhaka has been worth every penny for them, such a good midfielder and quality. The rest are bang average footballers but he elevates them

Just shows that pressing in packs and aggression against teams like City rattles them to fuck. Sunderland played better than I thought they would given City form

Well we now have Palace, Leeds, Wolves and Villa with 3 of those at home, should be aiming for min 9 points/hopefully 10 from that and that likely puts us in the top 6 but need to build momentum and try and stop leaking goals/more consistency in attack. We also have Bournemouth in cup, Man City and PSV sandwiched between those so will depend how much that takes out of us. Beating Palace and Leeds would take some pressure off, especially as at home. We only have 2 away games in Jan with Wolves and then PSG at end of month.

Papered over the cracks as nearly threw that away yet again, the style, tactics and formation of this team isn't working in this league anymore and we just labour through games. We won't build the consistency we need to compete for top 6 until Howe can sort that out and we get quicker at moving the ball quickly into space, we take far too long and it shows when we break with pace or move quicker how easily we open teams up. That midfield was utterly fucking horrible to watch today.

Do we practice shooting at all in training, fuck me man

As usual Howe watching it unfold without changing it, The way we setup, positions take up etc means we are always under pressure in that midfield. It's too easy for any opposition

Fuck me, so predictable how we turn up 2nd half, lost all shape, ability to play and any control we had. What does Howe say to these players at half time, it's a fucking joke now