Lush Vlad

Bloody hell.

Saka has bottled that. Ignore the keeper and chucking your leg into him and take the shot.

Kiwior is having a mare.

Carnage. Flukey goals, great goals, shit defending. The lot.

Yeah but apart from that. What has he ever done for us…..

It might be misplaced anger. But I know a fair few match going Arsenal fans who say their ticketing system has been awful for years and some blame Silverstone.

Mount better than Fernandes I've heard it all now. That's like saying Willock is better than our Bruno.

Brilliant news if true, this. I think he would be hard to replace, as what he brings is so unique. He can cover out wide and play in that hybrid role, as well. We miss him so much at the minute. Hope it gets confirmed soon. As there's been a couple of false starts with this already.

Said it in another thread regarding the Barnes winner against West Ham. But the Fletch commentary was good that night and I do like how he gets caught up in the moment and the emotion. He is an annoying wafflebag. But he has become synonymous with CL games because of BT/TNT. So it was nice hearing him get all excited as every goal went in.

SkyBet are also part of Flutter. Betfair Sportsbook and Paddy Power’s prices are usually more aligned. But you do get different prices across all three for the horses. So don’t know why this would be any different here.

I dunno. We weren’t always seeing more of the ball last season, were we? The more he gets on the ball, the worse he looks. He was always good off the ball. But he is lacking that agility with this injury and seems to be lacking aggression because of it. That’s before even factoring in his limitations. I think Joelinton, Willock (not in his current state) suit the setup as it is. Maybe Anderson and Miley in time could suit this midfield and also evolve and develop if and when the style does. Tonali, you’d like to think so. Not expecting a total change round in system or anything. But some players that are a bit better and more comfortable in possession would be nice. I just don’t see the point in keeping someone like that around if we can cash in and look to grow with better players.

But he is still extremely limited on the ball and has resorted to slowing our play down by playing it safe all the while, or worse. Just holding onto it and then diving. Which usually sets the other team away on a counter. He is definitely off form and playing injured, granted. But he’s hardly the sort of player you want to be bringing on in a game and if Howe is serious about wanting more control and possession. We can’t have Longstaff getting many minutes in midfield. He’s a Howe favourite and he clearly knows more than us. But I always feel like managers have their blind spots with players vs what the fans see and it has gotten a bit toxic with Longstaff. If there are any serious offers of £10m or more. I’d hope they’d look to move him on. He’s a poor footballer IMO.

Van de Ven being back fit is massive for them, mind. He basically covers their entire back line when they all fuck off up the pitch. He's ridiculously fast and agile for a big man. Bit off topic. But it would be a worry that he's already getting hamstring injuries when he relies on such explosive pace. He's only young, isn't he?

I did think he might be benched again. As the options from the bench currently are so limited, that we'd almost have to be finishing with the same 11 if he started, so bad are our subs. Possibly only really 1 change you can make, 2 if Willock is suddenly fit to play, at best. Otherwise it would mean massively reducing the quality of the players on the pitch by bringing anyone on. I also think Howe really sees Gordon as the starter on the left and I don't think he has started a game on the right this season? But it feels like needs must at the minute and we've not really had anyone decent to play on the right all season, regardless. I hope I'm wrong, mind. A slow start against Spurs and we're fucked. I can't see them being as wasteful as Fulham. It would be nice to go with what is our best available XI from the off. It's not really that hard to choose at present. It's a pool of 12-13 players

He was lively and much better than a half fit Willock. Could even argue that enforced change swung the game a bit more in our favour. Something I’ve noticed from him yesterday and in a lot of his games. It looks like he quite often wants too many touches. I mean. It’s hard to fault him when he’s trying to beat players and make things happen. But it feels like he’s having an extra touch or two in areas where he should be moving the ball on again and then losing it when we’re in a good position. It’s pretty frustrating. I suppose it doesn’t help when he was regularly up against Paulinha. He must have been dispossessed by him 7-8 times.

Great result for us that 2-2 at Bramall Lane. Shame Man U didn’t lose. But I just assumed Chelsea would win. So it’s ended up better than I expected.

Not wrong here. Saw my Grandma turn into a different person with Alzheimers. Typical Geordie. Tough as old boots she was. Hung on for something daft like 10-11 years. RIP Joe.

Chris Woodwork

How’s he missed that

I know it was a good deal at the time and he was basically terrible for us the whole year he was here. But if Forest stay up. Wood is worth far more than £10-15m or whatever the fee was. Some turnaround from him.

Chris Wood. Get him in the team of the year.

The bloke has a hex over refs, I swear. Only 5 yellows this season He seems to put in 2-3 yellow card offences every game I see him.

Fucking Liverpool. So wasteful. Man U have had about 3 shots and scored 2 Useless cunts.

That 3rd Rangers goal. Woooooooof.

FYP.