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Can’t get an unexpected win they said. Can’t win at home they said. It’s so tight in the bottom half, but we just made a lot of clubs feel uncomfortable with that. Need Liverpool and Chelsea to do what they should do.

Didn't enjoy the last 10 minutes. I think if we watched it back without the stress we’d see we were actually quite comfortable for the last 12-15 minutes (excluding added time which was excruciating).

Absolutely outstanding today.

Do we actually have a goalkeeper? That scouting report about him mentioned how he lacked confidence at one point, but was good once he settled. Bodes well if that’s the start.

Holy shirts

We look decent playing the ball out and relieving pressure.

Need to fluke a second somehow.

Kenedy is finished.

I’ll regret saying this I’m sure but Pogba has done fuck all.

He’s probably fractured his face knowing our luck.

Sanchez is relentless.

It wasn't a dive. Didn’t say it was, but he has flopped at least three times that I can remember in the last month or two.

NBC unanimously calling it a terrible decision. Gayle’s Superman dives do not help.

Gayle has clearly established a reputation with referees as a diver. Entirely his fault and will never get the benefit of the doubt.

Dubravka hasn’t had to do anything with his hands yet but early signs are promising. Gayle is such a fucking waste of space.

Really good start by us. First to every ball. Slimani instead of Gayle would be nice.

Such a terrible free kick.

This is one of the worst debates in the history of this forum. The whole premise is flawed as it's predicated on comparing players Rafa has had time to manage vs. ones he didn't. You can't actually compare anything fairly. People arguing about whether Sissoko and Wijnaldum would actually improve our current team? If your argument is they weren't motivated, whose fucking fault is that? And if you genuinely believe our current squad is better then surely you can see that Rafa deserves credit for making that happen with both hands tied behind his back? Can someone wake me up when we play again?

They couldn't have been that bad since the flow of the game changed entirely afterwards (for the better for us).

Rafa didn’t know what he was doing, so they said.

I think we might overestimate that setup against Stoke. It looked good but they were so shit that day. One of the worst performances I’ve seen by anyone all season.

Pretty confident we’re going to be fine.

He’s not good enough but certainly not going to hang him for something every defender in the league does. Plus he saved us twice at the end.

It was a clear pen Technically yes, but it happens five times a game and is never actually given.