Pilko

Good to see our old party piece of wafting every set piece straight to the keeper back in action today.

Someone tell Bearded Harold Bishop to calm the fuck down.

Geddddin!!!!!

Shite from Botman.

Fuck off, what kind of marking is that?

I think Kelly plays tomorrow and Botman gets a cameo (85th minute onwards). Agree with most who say Botman probably plays against Bromley.

Williamson managed to get Embleton (former Sunlin) from Blackpool to Carlisle, hell of a signing at League 2 level that tbf. Lord knows they need it. Whelan from Gateshead also gone to Carlisle. Heed always seem to get picked apart the minute they're doing well, players or management team

...but you must say, he steams a good ham.

Lewk Oh-n Goal

Absolute bastard this as I had him 33/1 to be the division's top scorer and he was within 2 goals of the leader. Heed always gets picked apart with players and managers, hopefully it won't derail them too much. Wonder if we could send them Parkinson or someone to help out.

Another goal today for Joe White at MK Dons. Seems to be doing well there.

Given the age he's at, the next contract he signs will likely be the last decent length one. So I wouldn't be surprised if he sits tight til the summer when there'll be more options and likely more lucrative signing on fees knocking about. He's been a very good contributor to the club, particularly in the 4th place season and in scoring our first CL goal of the era, so I hope he gets a couple of nice cameos before the season is out and goes on his way, as we do need to get someone better.

Rooney gone, official. Basically all of us said it at the start of the season, mental appointment and he's left them bottom of the league. Surely after Birmingham and now this that's his managerial career done?

Genuinely surprised that Ange hasn't figured out the obvious way to fix everything that's going wrong yet. No matter what's going badly for you in the world, if you go and have a good chat with Susan Kennedy everything will immediately be fine again.

They're absolutely pissing goals for fun at the minute and have barely got a fit centre half. We should be scoring 2 or 3 here as a minimum and hopefully that's enough to win.

David Craig coined a great new word when he was interviewing Alsoran after the match - "frustratement" which I assume is a mix of frustration and embarrassment. Suits Man U perfectly.

Since he came in we've really tightened up the shots on target we've allowed: Leicester: 1 shot on target Brentford cup: 3 shots on target (1 goal) Ipswich: 2 shots on target Villa: 1 shot on target Man U: 1 shot on target We've only conceded 8 shots on target in 5 games. Take out the Wissa tap in for Brentford and that's 7 shots on target, of which I can only remember a good one on one save vs Brentford when he came rushing out being anything above what you'd call "routine" or certainly where if he lets it in we're calling it an error. Arguably the Smozdics one vs Ipswich is better than routine, actually, on reflection. His handling, work with his feet and general demeanour has been much better than some of the clown shoes showings from last season but let's not get too carried away with him just yet. The defence have been superb and have thankfully given him not too much work to do beyond the ordinary.

The one two with Bruno in the build up to the second goal, Casemiro may as well have been one of those training ground markers you play around. We look so fluid with him in there, the first time passes he plays and control of the tempo. He's showing his quality now.

We've had enough arguments about Viking on this forum for one day

We've really sharpened up defensively and probably at a good time without Pope. I'm a massive critic of Dubravka but he's looked a bit better handling-wise and thankfully barely had a serious save to make all month. Tonali just makes us look so fluid across the pitch and if he'd slotted that chance away today it's possibly NUFC goal of the decade. Hope we can keep this good form going as long as possible, one or two additions in January and really make the most of the inconsistent league table to try and nail top 4.

Said it in another thread but I think it was that, 100%. You could pick any side there and win 9/10 times other than against Porto or Benfica.

They're absolutely chod and Amorim doesn't look like the answer, early days or not.

I thought it was the sort of thing he'd have got away with in Portugal playing anyone other than Porto or Benfica because they'll have been so much better than nearly everyone and it wouldn't have mattered, but incredibly naive to do it in the Premier League and against a side with our midfield and current form.

Man U are truly fucking pitiful. We were excellent there, a proper away job. Did they even have a shot on target? Ruben Alsoran will tek them down at this rate. Not a single player in that side worthy of a mention.