Mattoon

Honestly, I'm cured of this, Chelsea for me is much worse than what is being levelled at Man City, they cheated their way to financial freedom by circumventing PSR rules. Whereas Chelsea are already part of the financially free chosen teams that PSR was built to protect and yet they continue to cheat the system to fuel their greed by hoovering up every single player they can get their hands on. I hope it all collapses around them and they flounder into obscurity. /rant

I wouldn't say that, the game has had a flow and an ebb to it and we've mostly weathered it well but struggled to take our chances 2nd half.

This is so much better than watching the full international team, a lot more dynamic and exciting

Ridiculous the money "shoestring" Liverpool throw around while the richest club in world football is shopping down the ALDI middle isle for players to stick to PSR allowances.

Same, I'd take a yearly 10 point deduction from FFP breaches to keep him

225 minutes of football in group A and zero goals, how very dull

One out of 3 ain't bad!

I'd hate to see him go to the scousers but if a strong bid comes in and he wants to go then there's little point in keeping him and we could do a lot with that kind of money and I think keeping him against his will would see his performances go down the pan.

Opening day: Chelsea (H) Boxing Day: Sunderland (A) Final Game: Fulham (A)

Anyone at Soccer Aid?

Can't wait to watch them get sucked straight to the bottom like a Barrymore pool boy. The Bonnie Blue of the Premier league, getting plowed every week in front of a small audience of perverts and freaks.

Wait until they find out about the dodgy stuff the Sky 6 get up to

As fans we tend to focus on the ceiling and how high we want it to get, whereas Howe and his team also have an eye on the floor and bringing that up too, both are equally important.

Like an overbearing mother with dance kids

With the extra games this season he should get more pitch time, I know a lot of it was down to injury but he broke into the squad in our last CL campaign and if he isn't guaranteed any additional game time next season then yes maybe he does need to move on but only on a loan for me, he's too talented at 19 to just discard.

100% this, he may not have taken hundreds of millions out of the club but he prevented it from earning hundreds of millions whilst his tat emporium benefitted from the prevention. There's no denying that the Glaziers are leaches of the highest order, but at least from a fan perspective they allowed Man Utd to compete on the pitch.

You only have to look at Villa, who didn't finish in the bottom 5 by the way, but just missed out on CL football so will have to sell because they took a risk and it didn't quite pull off

In each position

Plucky little underdog Chelsea with their tiny 54 man, £2b squad, however did they do it??

Dissent moaning that Betis didn't put the ball out because Jackson hurt his pride

Well it sucks slightly that it's a revolving door around the top of the management ecostructure for one reason or another, stability seems to be a dirty word. But I'm confident that PIF are learning as they go along and at least in the short/medium term Howe seems to have the club on an even keel. I'm not saying Howe needs reeling in or is any kind of issue but to go back to what someone else was saying earlier (sorry forgot who it was now), I think he needs someone above him to challenge him and his decisions. And I say that from a management roll myself, sometimes it's hard to see the forest for the trees and it needs an outside perspective to point things out and to question things to make you process eventualities you may not have considered yourself. I'm sure now PIF have a better understanding of the remit required and are looking for the right person for that roll. I'm not overly concerned, but it would be nice to have an off season without additional drama in the fold.

It's more that mid-range of teams that we've struggled with.

Very obvious still we're reliant on a fully fit first 11, the drop off is too severe, big Joe has been an insane miss the last 2 games and we've looked toothless with Isak way off it. Something difficult about trying to enjoy failing our way to victory today, but I'm sure when the dust settles all I'll be bothered about is the Carabau Cup win and CL footy next season!

Based off that performance alone we deserved nothing, but we are where we are because we've deserved it this season. Saved on the last day by Man Utd is wild though. An end to a season beat forgotten, but fondly remembered for what happened mid-way through!