Mattoon

Womp womp Now for the penalty shootout loss please 🙏🏻

You just know we need 2 goals on Sunday as Liverpool will have their obligatory penalty around the 67th minute. They've looked pretty ordinary tonight so far, it's just the long ball into the front 3 and play the percentages for the 2nd ball. Let's hope this tie goes the full length.

Is it too much to expect it to stay like this with extra time and penalties and maybe a few minor strains to keep out Salah and one or two others?

They have Marmadashvilli on the books now though!

Ultimately football and being a fan is down to winning things, personally couldn't care less what was better for the brand or whatever and a win on Sunday is worth 10 champions league runs to me. However, "business wise" a higher league finish and CL football is where the money is at, it will raise our profile, allow us to keep our better players and increase our chances of signing even better ones. All while increasing our bank balance. Fortunately these things aren't mutually exclusive, but the NUFC fan in me just wants to see us finally win something, selfishly and I'm unapologetic about it.

Solid C for Tino, potential to be a B and was heading in the right direction but seems to have stalled this season.

Now that was a first choice keeper performance. His insistence on sweeping will be invaluable against a Liverpool side that love a long ball over the back for Salah to run onto

I think that call and the penalty at the other end could have gone either way and VAR wouldn't have turned over either, another day we just lost that to a soft foul and a soft penalty.

Such a great defender 1v1 his timing is immaculate, his positioning is stilla bit iffy but the main issue has to be the overlap, why is he so scared to dink one into the box? Always looking to cut back and play it back infield and has slowed down a few counters that should have amounted to more. Really needs to work on his attacking game but he's still learning, I have every confidence in Howe to bring him on again. Just a little disappointed after last season he seems to have regressed slightly.

That wasn't a game for the ages, disjointed, too slow in the main, poor ball control and build up play. But we were good enough for the win, the better side, we barely got out of 2nd gear, no injuries or suspensions and it never felt like we were truly in danger of conceding. Now let's hope PSG take Liverpool to ET, a really long, gruelling night and a deflating penalty shootout loss please.

Bruuuuunnnnooooooo

Honestly reading the forum during a game you'd think we were Derby 07/08 we've been a little disjointed but it's not horrific, I'd still say we're favourites here.

Think we've been the better side tbf, not moving the ball quick enough though and trying to get the ball in the perfect position for a shot. Pick up the tempo and take the early shot and we'll win this. West Ham have defended well when they've needed to but they've been poor overall, this game is there to be won.

Great tenacity by big Joe there to win that back that high

I'm still swaying towards a 2-2 but could see it landing either way 3-2 or 4-2