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This has to be the dullest derby in the world.

We have a decent selection of wingers all of a sudden. Gone are the days of Shola on the right or Gouffran on the left. Rafa's revolutionary idea of playing wingers in wide areas seems to be paying off - players that can actually take someone on, cross or dribble. Would like to see more of Murphy before the end of the season.

There's a clip of him doing the rounds on Twitter, right at the moment when the referee blew for full time - Rafa casually takes off his glasses and places them in his breast pocket. I don't know, it seems like a ridiculously trivial moment but it's also kinda telling. It's like he meticulously prepared for today, got the job done down to a tee and then just casually takes off his glasses after an honest day of work where everything precisely went how it was supposed to go No bells and whistles, no fistpumping, nothing left to chance. Just solid fucking professionalism and preparation. We're so lucky to have him.

Mick McCarthy is apparently leaving Ipswich at the end of the season. If there is a god, Mick becomes a pundit.

Also kinda makes you wonder if more quality can be plucked from the Championship for relatively little money...?

I think this just goes to show what a shrewd bit of business buying him was. Lascelles and Darlow arrived for a combined sum of seven million if I recall, I'm not sure who's responsible for scouting and/or signing them, especially as this was such a surprising signing at the time, but fucking kudos.

Btw. Would you take any of these Old Firm players? Tierney I would maybe have. Really not sold on Dembele. The rest is Championship standard at best.

This is fucking brilliant!

There it fucking is hahahah

Have Gayle and Ayozé ever met before? Where is the communication? Or understanding? Idiots.

Southampton are shite but we're just so toothless up front.

Haven't we kind of accepted that anyway, over nearly 100 years of the rule being in place? It's not the fans that have made this introduction necessary, it's the money in the game. A wrong offside call is no longer an unfortunate bit of sporting luck and something to moan about in the pub, it's the potential to lose the glorious riches of the Premier League. This. It's just a manifestation of how football has become so horribly monetized. Also think there's a level of self-entitlement about it. Just steers football away from being fun and further towards being first and foremost a business. Just dull.

I like him. We shouldn't be relying on him as our first choice left back for years to come but he's a very solid back up.

My heart

Floated set penis lol

We actually look quite good and Dubravka looks class.

I gradually think worse of Colo as Lascelles progresses. What a shithouse captain and leader he was.

I'm hanging on to the hope that Lascelles was brought off as a precaution. At least he wasn't stretchered off. Maybe the gameplan was to keep him on until we got a goal? After all jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

We were in this right until the 90th minute, not many teams can say that about their performance against City. Can't believe some boners on here have slagged off Benítez for his approach tonight.

Wasn't able to see the match but checked the score after 10 mins and pretty much accepted relegation the little cunt I am. Hopefully we turned a corner here and will be able to build on that with a few additions next month. God bless.

The backline also look like they have zero confidence in Darlow. Merino needs to gather his head and realize he's part of a midfield two.

Joselu you absolute legend. New it from the get go you were world class and a goal machine.

We should be in for Walcott maybe for a loan deal. Could use some pace and PL experience and he's getting no playing time with a World Cup coming up. Was surprised to see he scored 19 goals last season so he's far from finished, also pretty bizarre to think he's only a year older than Joselu.

Sort of anticipating this time round Pardew won't be getting his usual 'purple patch' and will lead WBA straight towards relegation. No one cares about WBA either way, such a nothing club. Would appreciate both him and the club fading into obscurity.

So we have a single striker who at least does seem to understand the general concept of a goal and he can't even make it to the bench.