Mattoon

Villa looked quite dominating for most of the game but Man u just kept numbers back and squashed any threat. Villa's decision making and final ball were poor, bit of a smash and grab but that's how they play these days.

Schadenfreude

Hewtom and Hewmility?

This was a canny(o) read:

It's a huge dilemma for Howe, we lack bite in midfield and 3/4 of the team are so one paced our lines are easily broken, it also doesn't help that our last line of defence in Pope is out of the picture too. Burn is the whipping boy but he lacks any real protection so is the easy target, Livra obviously the better LB but can't do the job that's asked of Burn. If we change shape to allow better protection we'll lose that intensity and ability to win the ball higher up the pitch and probably struggle to score entirely, keep it as it is and we will continue to ship goals but potentially still win with our attacking threat. Looking at who's out you can see how it should and will work when we have bodies available but somehow we've managed to frankenstein our way to 7th regardless, so should he really change anything? It's not pretty, it's not easy to watch and it's tough on the old heart but we're in and around the mix and we're not tumbling down the table ?‍♂️

This is horrific, something needs changing now

Can't be having Crap Bruno spending 80 minutes in there for his petulance, can we?

I'm with you on this one @Heron it's common etiquette for me, I definitely see it as lacking manners.

He's a weak link in that back 4 and he's being targeted now, when you've got pacy wingers he stands no chance. Hopefully he starts on the bench from now on, Livramento is by far the better defender and doesn't deserve to be on the bench.

Pretty pathetic showing today, I have switched it off

Bruno off his game so far today

Hopefully we can beat Liverpool in the FA Cup final as a nice little goodbye present for Kliperty

We are BACK baby!!!

When you don't really notice him it's because he's doing the dirty, unglamorous work he's supposed to do. He's been good.

Kamara able to foul with impunity for 40 minutes and finally gets a yellow, dirty bastard should be off.

Did someone mention a bumming of some sorts?

Oi oiiiii!!!!

Get innnnn!!!!

Defending really well here, working the ball up the pitch well too, just need that final ball.

Potato, potaato

On paper, yes, we get rogered tonight, but football isn't played on paper.

Nul points

0-3 Howe's fully refreshed mags ftw