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Was an unreal free kick to be fair. I said goal to the Mrs. as soon as we made the foul. Really pisses me off how many unnecessary free kicks we give around the box. It's every single game and it just invites pressure, especially when you have set piece experts on the other team.

I'm not worried about the long term personally. We just badly needed someone who can run in midfield and maybe get forward more than the other useless tossers and he's proved just that in 1 game. If he can help keep us up then it's been worth it. It's all about survival and praying we get taken over. Everything else is irrelevant. If we don't, will it really make any difference if we have this lad or not long term if Bruce stays on?

I agree on the fitness thing pre covid. Would be harsh to say anything at the moment maybe. But yeah you could argue its because he's so explosive that he runs his tank to empty with some of his runs etc. I'd argue the point, that yet again this is a negative against our "chummy" manager. Who has allowed him to get away with not improving his cardio because he doesn't want to risk pissing him off because he knows he needs him so much. The whole squad bar Almiron are pretty poor I'd say in terms of overall fitness and this has been an obvious decline since Bruce took over.

Red for me. One on one with keeper, would have been in complete control of the ball and just to compound the fact, had already scored from the exact same position first half so how could it not be a goal scoring opportunity.

For a long time he looked a better cb than lb. Was pathetic in that Sheffield game at lwb but again that's down the the buffoon in charge.

All the shit after doesn't happen if he puts that away. Massive moment

I've just remembered he didn't even come on as a sub when we were down to 10eb vs Sheffield Utd ? the guy is worth 2 players when down to 10. Another example of Bruce's utter incompetency. Massive performance from the lad. Been on form since that Leeds goal.

If it wasn't for defensive injuries I'd hope Willock would have been in for him anyway today. Good riddence. Hope don't have to see him disgrace the shirt ever again.

Lost 2 of our best players for awhile potentially

Why do we even bother

Fuck off shelvey

The way Almiron is playing. Probs could have put fraser on instead of joelinton. ASM is gonna break down at some point. Hopefully we can hang on 2nd half. Was looking very ominous before that 3rd goal

Disagree with that. There's basically nothing in it. Maybe fans are generally far more checked out and apathetic now than they were back during Pardew. But there approach to tactics are identical. Not least there use of media to control the narrative. But I don't know how many ridiculous interviews Bruce needs to do where he openly criticises the the fans for the penny to drop with some that he's just as much of a cunt.

? Good one. The Everton game set the reset button on the pressure cooker. It will take us dropping into the bottom 3 for any heat to get on Bruce again.

Forgetting he's the better keeper if nothing else but just to freshen up the team and try something different. Because the run we've been on is shocking. We saw at Everton a change of (manager) formation, tactics plus players in from the cold like Manquillo can push you towards better results. Plus Darlow could have done a lot better with some of the goals since Dubs has been fit. Thinking arsenal and villa games.

Congratulations. He's nee jonjo though.

This thread is the pits. I keep checking because I'm desperate for any significant update on the takeover. But then just end up hating myself for reading all the silly squabbles in here. I should probably wait until there is a title change.

How many were pens? ?

Feels like a shit night for football. So many depressing decisions. On top of us losing once again ofcourse

Safe to say we're relying on the others being shit rather than getting ourselves out of trouble. If we won tonight I'd have said even with the weird Bruce/Jones double act we would have probably been fairly comfortable. But not now. We can't win 1 game every 10.

Prefer old man Ritchie there til the end of the season. Can't run anymore but atleast he can hit a ball in anger

That offside against Adams is rank to be fair. Martial is a diving cunt aswell

I mean even with 10 men surely it shouldn't be too hard to just park the bus and keep the score down and move on to the next one. Especially after losing 9 previously. They will still beat us comfortably mind.

I'll accept that loss if he was sacked now but he won't be.

Still shit. Can't cross a ball