Ketsbaia

Inspiring leader Fabricio Coloccini

When a link has Robbie Keane and tarmac, you don't expect it to go the way it did......

Positive. So hopefully just the 6 months.

He'll be pulling his shorts up in anger

February? Fuck, didn't think it'd be that bad. Was hoping for a few weeks.

63pts thanks to Pereyra, Mane and Robertson

Don't think we'll win but we really need to.

Van Dijk & Ederson = 13pts Robertson & Mendy = 26pts Goddamit

Would be an impressive self-destruction

The last minute switch from Robertson to Van Dijk paid off :lol:

I'll never forgive myself for benching Wan-Bissaka. He only comes in if either Salah, Mane, Aguero or Arnautovic don't play. Which obviously won't happen

Be disappointed to lose this, we've been dominating the second half.

Yeah, he's definitely going on the list. Really disappointed in him.

Rafa's class, like. He has one year to crank the pressure on Ashley, then his words after leaving can do even more damage. Keegan would've quit about 3 times per week, if he was here.

Great start. Very small-scale today but hopefully, one day, it'll get to Ashley.

Pickford, Rui Patricio Robertson, Walker, Trippier, Young, Tomkins De Bruyne, Mane, Sigurdsson, Maddison, Pereyra Lacazette, Jesus, Mitrovic Love it, although the first two strikers are a rotation risk.

So we either need a takeover or Rafa to keep publically shaming Ashley during his long goodbye. In reality, we'll end up with Allardyce or Moyes who'll obviously get given £70-80m to spend

Dumb idea to start the earlier-closing transfer windows in a World Cup year. An even dumber idea to turn a net profit when you have the same money pot as everyone else

I suppose you could say Lascelles, Shelvey, Kenedy, Ayoze, Dubravka and Rondon is a good base - that plus Rafa should see us just about survive. But is that all we are?

Depending on numbers, maybe we can do a draft tonight?

Not a clue who this guy is. Quite a few big money signings this summer (that'd smash our record) just feel..... meh. Nothing.

Agree with everything except the last bit. Don't see how we're in trouble like unless you think Benitez is going to leave because of lack of transfers. Our only #10 is Ayoze, the defence falls apart without Lascelles and Shelvey/Diame hit a purple patch but can't keep it up for another season. Our first XI is good enough to stay up but our threadbare squad means we're close to trouble - even with Rafa.

We need so much tomorrow and - not only will we fall short - we'll get nothing. We're in so much trouble.

We tried though, to be fair.

Sooo...... are we doing this again?