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Based on what we’ve seen so far you’d expect a very convincing win for Arsenal but maybe Man U will raise their game against them

1-0, and I’ll be happy with it. Couldn’t care less who scores

Great goal for palace

It was a slagging off, I’m well out of the kids bracket now

Jordan Ayew’s reading of where to pass and his ability to weight a pass is disgusting

Kind of want Fabio Silva to develop into a decent player out of pure pity for how awful he generally looks. Not sure I’ve seen many worse forwards in the air

I’m watching on my phone so I couldn’t see the zoom in clearly but it looks like he steps on the toes of the player. If he does, then it’s a pen

Should be a pen for Palace

So Ekitike rejected a move to Frankfurt was it? And he’s now likely to be an outcast at PSG unless Saudi Arabia comes in for him in the next few days. Hard to look past him being a complete fucking imbecile at this point

Can only speak for myself but I don’t really drink and the idea of going to a Geordie bar abroad to listen to some pumping dance music while watching a match where everyone looks like they’re having a terrible time isn’t for me

Doesn’t get much more grim

Sure, that’s fair. I was thinking about the starting 11

I agree with all that and still think he was our best player yesterday

Don’t even think the defence was the biggest issue yesterday, it was the fact our midfield offered absolutely zero protection and they played through us at will. Yes Trippier and Burn had poor games but so did everyone

That Brighton away fixture was probably just about the worst possible, along with maybe Villa away, after our loss to Liverpool. The team needs a win in any form at the moment. Then we can progress to a runaway win and at that point the confidence will come back. I do think we’ll be massively up for it against Milan though but it’ll be a ridiculously difficult game away to them

There’s not really a clearer sign of his confidence being low than that clearance to the Brighton player yesterday while he was well outside of his area. He’s obviously not got a clear head. Love Pope and think he’ll find his way back to his best with us but he’s going to need a lot of help from Howe and co

Aye, my desire for him to start is all based on pre-season and his own desperation to prove himself alongside occasional bright moments when he’s played for us. Today, there wasn’t anything to take from his time on the pitch sadly. Don’t blame him though

Thought he was our best player today, just needs to be more clinical. If you could morph his general ability with Wilson’s finishing you’d have a striker to rival Haaland

Had a shaky game defensively and no impact going forwards. Expect things to improve a lot against Brentford

Great keeper in his own box as long as he’s not having to control the ball with his feet or distribute cleanly with his feet. Hasn’t been anywhere near as commanding at claiming crosses/corners so far this season which is a fairly big concern considering that’s amongst the best aspects of his game alongside shotstopping. Him leaving his box would be a good thing if he didn’t look absolutely terrified every time he does it

Thought he was one of our better performers on the day, especially when you consider he’s not match fit

I believe we will too but perhaps only with changes to the starting 11

I agree but I’d like to see him making immediate changes for the Brentford game. Would be nice to see him reacting quickly to the issues we’ve seen with our team lacking energy, drive etc. Gordon has been great this season so far, Isak has looked good aside from some snatched finishing. However, the midfield generally has been overran in every game apart from Villa. Will be interesting to see what he does next

For fuck’s sake. I absolutely fucking hate hamstring injuries

Something’s not right with Joelinton. I believe Bruno should be playing further forward. Tonali is class but he doesn’t really allow for Bruno to move further forward unless the long term plan is for them to interchange positionally game by game or in-game