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Nick...

Bruno!

Pen given

Even a draw wouldn't do it for me. We simply had to win today.

Add our LB to that. Maybe we've got our game plan back to front.

Fastest I've seen him run was being subbed off.

Gentle reminder that this is after spending £250m last summer.

It would be entirely expected at this point, wouldn't it? We're awful.

It's almost as if we buy players for their athleticism more than their ability with a ball.

Wolte for Willock

Like for like changes - Elanga for Murphy, Wolte for Wissa?

We have dropped 18 points in the PL after scoring first.

Absolutely sod all from Trippier, Murphy, Tonali, Wissa. Changes at HT, surely.

And tbf this should've been the second pen to them.

He's got his arms out in front of the goal. It's clearly a pen.

Wissa jogging around really annoying me

We don't seem to have a clue what to do with the ball. Again.

Wissa has to score today (for us), right? Every time we face one of our former players, or ones that 'got away', they seem to score. Just once, it'd be nice for it to be the other way around.

Some can go with a bad one.

Can we afford one?

This is the problem when you pay ridiculous fees just to get PL proven players. They need to perform very quickly or it's been a waste. People saying that Wissa/Elanga/Ramsey will come good, they just need time and love. I mean FFS, if we were needing to wait the best part of a season for them to impact the starting XI, why not buy smart, unproven players, and if it doesn't work out, you've still got money and a January window to explore other options. It's not rocket science.

I miss our mean streak. When we'd get angry, get fired up, and shithouse our way through a match. Far too often (PSG notwithstanding), one negative moment will lead to a complete collapse. I'm sick of it.

Just keep thinking of the league cup win. And Isak knackered. It's how I'm dealing with it all.

I can't stand to lose to this lot again man. Hate the lot of them.