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As great as he is at the back, I absolutely love having a CB with such good dribbling technique and close control, when he ran into the box and set Joelinton free with a perfectly weighted pass it was basically our best chance in the game. He’s fantastic

Shit for the fans as it means we don’t know what stories to trust but ultimately it might be helpful to have loads of talk going round to help with our negotiations, who knows. Would love to see negotiations played out, I know it would almost never happen but would be great to see everything that goes into a complete transfer so that we actually understand it all

You could argue that Wilson is stronger and can physically dominate defenders better with his hold-up play but Isak doesn’t need to do that as his technique means he can find space anyway

Danny Drinkwater?

4. I heard he spent all his pocket money on those flying saucer pick n mix sweets when there were tons of fizzy cola bottles available. Can’t be trusted with his decision making and will never make it at the top level

For me, I don’t think he needs to completely buy into the same system as all the other players, yes, he should press but I don’t think he needs to track back like others do as we can play a counter attack style by leaving him up the pitch. The main thing that needs to change is his decision making and linking up with teammates effectively like you say. He played a lovely through ball today which is the type of ball you never see him play and instead of trying to beat two players he made the decision to pass. I’m happy for him still to go for a few mazy dribbles every game, doesn’t matter if they don’t come off as they can be very dangerous and pull defenders out of position but it’s just about him weighing up things more and choosing a good option to go to a teammate when they’re making a run or are free and in a better position than him

What’s the quality of our sewers like compared with Merseyside? Hopefully they’re not up to scratch and that’s enough to deter him if there is interest

Why were there only four mins added on? There should have been four alone for Zaha’s time on the floor and the two mins it took him to leave the pitch

Mudryk looked a nightmare today, clearly going to be class. Chelsea are a bunch of fucking dickheads

Completely disagree, he set Willock free with a fantastic pass early in the first half. He did his usual job of mopping up numerous times by tracking back. He got into some good positions and didn’t strike the ball cleanly, not great but it shows he’s got more confidence now and while I don’t think he’ll ever be a completely natural finisher I do think he’ll improve. His general passing is really accurate

I think our corners are at their best when we try something different but we can’t do that more than once a game really. Our stock corners seem to be coming to nothing most of the time which is odd given how tall so many of our players are, but it has to be said that when we do get our head on the ball we are so poor at getting pace and direction on it

I absolutely love him

Think this is a fair assessment. Can’t be underestimated how much those solid players and the system they play in have meant we are where we are and they can contribute creatively in patches but no one else is consistently delivering creatively other than Bruno so we desperately need creative player(s)

The only thing teams have found out is that we’re class and they need to concede territory and the ball in order to shut up shop. Their approach means that they’re kept to a long range effort or two each match with the hope of maybe getting free late on in the second half for a proper chance

Good to see from him to be honest, shows his confidence is up

Don’t think he did anything wrong today despite a few critical comments in the match thread. He was his usual self with work rate and linking play. He had a couple of strikes on his left from distance which were a bit off and he finally had an effort on his right that was his best chance but at least he got something on it. I’d like us to have another option on the right, more pace and more technical ability to dribble at people and leave them for dead but I love Miggy and he remains vital for us

Definitely an option, I don’t see Willock in centre midfield but I think it’s worth another run in the middle for him

Actually came on and made a difference again. He did the simple thing right, making the run and then threading a decent ball across goal. I’ve given Murphy a lot of shit but fair play to him for using 15 mins of game time in the last two games to make a difference

One of the best saves made by an NUFC keeper in years, when was the last save that was as good as that?

He’s deserving of more time on the pitch, I really like Willock but he’s not an out and out winger. He does keep creating excellent opportunities on the left so I don’t know what’s best. I want them both on the pitch

Willock, Jow and Longstaff all have the potential to play decent passes, Longstaff’s actually got a nice array of passing whereas Jow and Willock are better with short passing. Willock’s crossing always seems to lack something. Just wish they were more reliable at times going forward. Think that’s the main thing missing for us, Bruno can be relied upon to deliver slide rule passes that create chances every match but who else can be relied upon to set up assists consistently? Trippier and then it drops off from there

Don’t think it’s anything more than most teams playing a low block and we’re not being clinical with chances and when our wide players do get space either they’re not releasing the ball quick enough or they’re not being given options to release it quick enough

We’re crying out for a creative midfielder and a winger still

Sick to fucking death of palace. Thought ASM looked really good when he came on and Isak too. Should have made the changes earlier. No real issue with anyone’s performance today, they defended very well. However, Wilson shouldn’t be starting over Isak based on today’s showing

Frighteningly amazing save