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Howay man

Wood should have done better with that header, best opportunity all match. Thought the ref was reaching for a red there

Man mountain game after game after game

Fuck’s sake Murphy

Better side by a distance, they’re dangerous running in behind us but we’ve won the midfield battle somehow. Can’t see Shelvey playing the 90 here, need Bruno on to control things from 65 mins

Willock massively deserves that for this game and his recent performances, fucking lovely little flick

Murphy finally showing something with that run

Krafth showing he’s just as useless going forward

Dan Burn is so good at reading play

Fuck me, Murphy is so weak

Murphy’s been ineffective, Krafth very poor, Joelinton and Willock have both been class

Such a joke considering how hard we’ve worked all half

Willock’s been our best player

Souness is a bitter, twisted angry man but at least he’s not fake as fuck

Ah apologies, fair play

Eh? Pardew talked us down incessantly

Some wanker going on about how we played good football under him. He was an absolute fucking snake from day one, will do anything to ingratiate himself for some cash or recognition

I’ve got some faint memory of that too, hopefully someone can dig it out

Pretty sure it was the_guv wasn’t it?

Which player is going to be inspired by Bruce to become better? They’re looking at a guy who’s gone to seed who has no ambition other than to stay on the gravy train for as long as possible. With Howe, he’s setting a model for everyone in the club to follow. It’s amazing how simply someone with those standards can change the tone of the environment. It’s not just that he’s better in every facet of the game than Bruce and the PFM counterparts but he genuinely loves the job and wants to be the best he can be. Who else can you say that about? Only the top guys like Rafa, Guardiola etc. Howe’s attitude is the best thing about him, it’s positive and it’s flowing through the whole team now

Your card’s marked son

I’d love to see Hayden’s heat map of time spent on his arse as opposed to on his feet

Oof, I love it when they refer back to times where they were ‘top dogs’

@Conjoit’s not a hill I’m willing to die on as I checked out of watching our games under Bruce but I don’t remember games where he defended very poorly under Rafa

I think stealing a living is a bit harsh. I don’t think there’s a single fan that will argue he’s a quality footballer. He’s genuinely awful on the ball but positionally in defence he’s generally always been good, it feels like it’s dropped off a bit this season. His hoofing of the ball is appalling but he’s been symptomatic of who we’ve been as a club for 14 years, looking to achieve the bare minimum. However, he always gives everything, loves the club and has almost never put in a really poor defensive performance. Yes, he needs to go but I don’t think he’s stolen a living as a footballer even though he can’t kick a football