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There was several moments where Bruno got the ball deeper and Tonali was right behind Isak as well. They both interchanged really well.

People kind of forgot he was a prospect and not a world-beater.

If there's any legs in this project over the next 5 years then we should keep Isak, make him our highest paid player ever and build the team around him. For all the PSR chat we're very close to having an excellent first team.

Who are the genuine top 6?

There's no possibility he leaves before the end of the season anyway, so no need to worry. See what the second part of the season brings.

Yeah, we haven't really had a chance to develop a proper range I guess. We didn't have anything while Castore was doing the retail.

Very tough game but maybe that fact gives Howe a chance to tell them to do what they did to Liverpool.

I think he's aware but just prefers to use it as a decoy so he can come inside.

Feels like the top 4 is locked in for this season, possible exception of Chelsea if something goes wrong there. Every other position up for grabs.

Salah was very clever as well though, he started coming more central because he knew they were desperate for a goal.

Interesting. Part of the problem is that nobody knows what is considered when calculating added time. Or are there rules about it? Like, if you haven’t been booked for time wasting than presumably you haven’t wasted any time. I don’t really know exactly what gets added on.

I find it really hard to assess our squad, it has such extremes of good and poor. We can certainly put out a team that looks incredibly strong when everything is clicking. Especially with a player or two in Jan.

How could Europe be out of the window by January?

Maybe but this is a different question to whether we should sell him. PS we will be challenging.

Joelinton did a similar ridiculous piece of control attacking the Leazes.

Scores a few offside goals at the Gallowgate.

Where will we finish in the league if we lose Isak and invest the money?

I was thinking of Tino, Hall and Gordon.

I’m not clear exactly when the time ticked over to 95. Was it before our counter started?

Ironically those England players (and Joelinton) got their caps because Howe had them playing so well.

Surely it’s clear and obvious if the video shows a foul and the referee missed it. That’s a massive error that changes a game. This is the part of the VAR guidelines that make no sense. If it’s a penalty, give a penalty. That’s the only way it should work.

Aye, that one annoyed me a lot

The first goal was impossible to save, the ball went over the opposite shoulder he expected because of the deflection. Commentary said great finish but there was a lot of luck involved.

VAR are losing their shit over when to intervene and when not IMO. There’s absolutely no justification for not acting on the VVD hit on Gordon. Are they saying the referee saw it and decided it was fine? Or maybe they thought it was a yellow? Same with the penalty, are they saying it’s not a major error that the referee missed a foul in the box? How can that be the case? Makes no sense.

Yeah, he talks a lot about how bad his lifestyle used to be when he was a younger player.