Lenny

How many subs are allowed tonight, 5?

Hasn't been a trill a minute, by the sounds of things.

Ref was having a laugh about something... no idea what, though

Ando has such a nasally, annoying laugh

When's he eligible for England then

His biggest failing is how much time he needs on the ball in critical positions of the pitch; he can both put us in the shit and short of numbers if he gets caught by an opposition press, and also miss opportunities at the attacking end. He does seem to be doing it less often in recent games though, however I'm still not sure he's mentally quick enough to eradicate it completely and feel he'll cost us over the longer run. If he can overcome it though then he'll probably be on the journey with us for a fair bit longer than you'd expect. Goes without saying that his work rate and discipline with our press is invaluable right now, though.

Barely mentioned it on motd.

That was rotten from KDB.

Quite surprising to see the Fulham 1 goal anywhere but first on the list. It's absolutely clear IMO and a contender for goal of the season. It was both utterly outrageous and totally unique. Maybe I'm over-egging it but to me it's the type of goal even a lot of great players will only score once in a career.

Quite funny seeing his reaction after his first couple vs his reaction after the last couple. Gone from surprise to doubtless in a month.

yeah I just couldn't tell for sure. I think I heard one mention of it on commentary but nowhere else.

Does Almiron's goal take a nick off the defender? I've only been able to look on my phone and every angle seems inconclusive.

VAR needs to take a look at that Arsenal goal, I think the pigeon was obscuring the keepers view from an offside position.

What about any associated training etc? Might be a combination of good grace and him having a few days off taking him away from preparation.

Yedlin is obviously not a player we'd touch but equally if still here, a player who you'd expect Howe to get a fair bit more from.

There will no doubt be other teams (for example West Ham) that have a run of form, and we will also likely have a spell of poorer results, so it's a little presumptuous to dismiss all teams that aren't currently within leap frogging distance of us. For West Ham in particular, they will likely have the same mindset as us; to be within touching distance come the world cup. If they've coughed and spluttered their way to the world cup but remain thereabouts, then they'll be a threat for the remainder of the season IMO.

Bernardo has deliberately left his leg out. Don't particularly think that's a pen.

Re: the DCL header; when I watched it back, I'm pretty certain that even if he directed it on target there's no route to goal because Botman had positioned his head in the way. He'd done done enough without winning the ball by cutting out the route.

Job done, no more no less. A forgettable win is a sign of being in a good place.

Oh maybe, unless it was Gray and they played the Bein coverage as pointed out above.

Have Amazon got Andy Gray on commentary for the Liverpool game!?

We deserve to be winning by virtue of the fact that we're showing significantly more intent to win the game than they are, but it's not been great. Our poorer players are proving just that; maybe it's because I've up since 5am but Longstaff and Murphy have been frustrating me more than usual. They both just aren't good enough over a sustained period of games and are detrimental to the way we want to play. Lush goal from Almiron following a decent move. In other news, I love how creative we are with our set pieces, and seeing repeated sequences of play that have been clearly worked on in training is fast becoming worthy of the "little things in life" thread.

Give it a rest FFS He frequently posts on the board regardless of whether we're playing the team he supports and it's hardly a cumbersome task to drop a message on a forum with your mobile

Wasn't Des Walker infamously shite for England, or have I just dreamt that up?!

Surely the sport hasn't ever had a bigger (high profile) fraud than Bruce? It's absolutely mind-blowing that anyone is prepared to give someone a job that pays such an extortionate amount of money, when a 5 minute Google would suggest it's an absolutely terrible idea. You literally need to do minimal research to come to the conclusion that he's not very good.