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Selling his house... but moving to Darras Road, apparently.

Barnes has a very good goals and assists output - he's more than just a finisher. Very fair to say he's a final third player though imo.

You mean they didn't recruit well enough in summer '22 and rather than having a manager be a magician who could make it work they needed another couple of windows to get what they needed? They went from 92 points in 21/22 to 67 in 22/23 despite spending massively on a striker, like.

I think Klopp is one of the best but he finished below us with some genuinely elite players at his disposal, like, and he's had plenty of of troughs in his managerial career. Not a given that he'd have replicated it. TAA was getting routinely rinsed last season until he was moved into his wanky midfield hybrid role for the last quarter of the campaign. Would've been interesting to see the outcry about that on here had it been us. Actually, Liverpool last year are a good comparison to us now. Dodgy defensive performances, slow as midfield, many comments that they'd lost their energy,

That age for an average season ticket holder is very common - even for a club with a strong 'youth' brand like CPFC they've got the challenge of an ageing ST base. You'll see more digital 'Fandom' products coming to PL clubs over the next year or two, awarding points for all kinds of behaviours.

I actually think this'll be a good game 3-1 us. Isak first career hat-trick.

That tracking back in ET was insane. What a class act he's been this season.

It happens canny infrequently/randomly so I wonder if it's just a decoy vehicle to keep folks guessing rather than being a genuine tactical plan. Probably helps save Tripps' legs a bit too.

However we've done it, that was still a massive potential banana skin after the weekend. Huge respect for the pen takers and Dubs. It's unbearable to watch shootouts, I can't imagine what it's like taking one.

To be fair to the lad, he has made it count in our biggest moments this season.

It's lush to watch him run at pace in a midfield position at least.

His main strength is his stamina so it made sense imo considering other load management we're having to do with Miley/Willock/Anderson. I'm hoping it means he doesn't start on the weekend, like, because Wolves will be all over sneaking the ball off him and breaking rapidly.

How d'you know I'm a he? EH?

I didn't say that they weren't motivated. I said there was a lack of responsibility from quite a few which felt gutless to me. Nowt to do with effort, all to do with, imo, very poor application of the basics of football when you're the superior quality side by a distance. There's an angle to say Howe manages confidence; fair but we have a lot of seasoned pros where, imo, big accountability lies in this type of game to just get their job done.

I think we wanted to manage the game a bit but it just resulted in uber safe rubbish and then you start to get sloppy for counters. The amount of times we had good runners timing excellent dashes and chose to ignore them and pass backwards was infuriating.

Great penna, lad. Kinda telling we sent him up over Longstaff

He'll be up and down while he builds himself up. He's missed a lot of football.

He sent out a team more than capable of smashing Blackburn and some of them put in genuinely spineless performances, like. You can go on about coaching blah blah blah but we're a significantly better side than them, players have to take responsibility in those scenarios. You can't have players pulling out of 50/50s, playing blind balls around corners or absolute hospital passes, relentlessly passing the ball backwards when you're 1v1. These are not things that have been synonymous with Howe for the vast majority of his tenure.

Thank Christ. A genuine low point on many fronts but FUCK IT. YES.

Great pen.

Honestly sick of th sight of Longstaff. Same shit every fucking game.

An absolutely disgraceful performance from quite a few players imo. Gutless, safe shite.

Barnes and Miley should be on early in the next half.

The amount of times someone has made a run and we've failed to attempt a pass, man. Too safe.