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The clothing brand?

Not watching thankfully. Sounds like another awful away performance?

Never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

The people making up the ACL rumours are weird. Why would the club get the knee x-ray’d and MRI’d. Then get him to see a specialist. All which would be able to identify that he had ruptured or severely damaged his ACL. To then tell everyone it is something else, he’ll be back soon and then just keep pushing the return date back until spring/summer next year? Not really sure what the club gain from doing that?!

He didn’t last long starting for Forest, either. He was their 3rd choice keeper when we signed him.

Bruno - he is basically the heartbeat of the team. Don’t need to say much more than that. Mr Newcastle. Trippier - felt like the first big name to start it all off. Felt like a real coup. I’m sure he played a part in raising standards, helping manage games from on and even off the pitch. Tonali - even with his off field issues, missing all that time and then taking a bit of time to find his groove. He has been instrumental since moving into the ‘6’. He is genuinely world class now and I don’t think we have many players that are in that truly elite bracket like he is. Honourable mentions to Tino and Botman. The latter missing out because of his injury problems. FUCK. How have I forgotten Burn. Yeah. This is too hard.

I’m with you. It’s done my head in for the last 2-3 years.

Ekitike not count? Thought he had 3-4 goals already?

There didn’t seem to be any love lost with Anderson, either. Although Joelinton is just like that with most players, I guess.

I still find it fascinating that he has never been sent off for us. The bloke plays like it’s a footballing version of The Running Man, every week and like he has genuine disdain for the players he comes up against. Oh and the refs. He despises refs

I love the little fake he does like he's going to pass it back to Pope. Only to then step back, drop his shoulder and come away with the ball. He's not quick at all, but he buys time and space on the ball with how intelligent he is.

Read it in a Trump voice in my head

Nah. There is a replay on the official insta account that shows how poor his dive is, IMO. Not that I care. It's a great strike and I'm glad he didn't get much spring in his dive and it looped over him

I think Pope saves it, TBH. For all that he makes some awkward, unconventional looking stops. He is usually good at keeping the ball out the net.

Sels made some great stops yesterday. But he should have saved Bruno’s shot, no? Seemed to collapse under it, we all know Bruno doesn’t hit the ball particularly hard and it was nowhere near the corner.

I was a fully paid up member of the Willock fan club for a long while. But I don’t think he will turn it around for us now. He should still get our support of course and I can’t really comment on the body language stuff. As he’s always been a bit like that IMO. Looking a bit huffy or down a lot of the time. I don’t think people should be forgetting how good he was under Bruce with his goals and then the decent spells under Howe. But he has genuinely had a good game for us in…… how many months? Years?! Birmingham away, perhaps? I certainly can’t remember any consistent performances or times where he was unlucky not to be playing. He has fallen further down the pecking order. It seems as if Howe is challenging him or openly criticising him in a roundabout way in press conferences. He doesn’t seem to be trusted with minutes off the bench. When’s he going to play? Domestic cups if we get an easier looking game? If two CM’s are injured at the same time for ages? I just can’t see him getting consistent minutes. Bit reductive to use the saying ‘you’re only as good as your last game.’ But there is some truth in the general gist of it. He hasn’t been good for a long time.

You really enjoy being smug about stuff nobody has any recollection of on here, don’t you?

I thought he was going to be a pea roller, wait for the keeper to go type of penalty taker. I was wrong

I wonder if he gets bored of being the best player on the pitch?

Just to probably echo everyone else. Was he bought to play with Isak? Because he looks lost in this system. A lot of good stuff. But the end product is almost always lacking and his touch and appreciation of what is going on is usually poor. I think he can be very good for us. But we looked a lot better with Murphy on the right. And Barnes left, TBF.

Great result in the end. Well deserved. Thiaw, Botman, Bruno, Woltemade. All top class. Tonali my MOTM (again). Never in doubt…..

They’ve got in behind him a few times with ease. Same as midweek where they did it twice in quick succession. He doesn’t really offer an attacking threat and in the build up on the ball. He looks uncomfortable receiving passes out wide. I feel like I’m digging Burn out. But it’s more the system and decision to play him there.

What a dreadful game of football. After the first 10. It felt like we’d batter them. Since then, it’s been woeful and they’ve probably had the better openings. Not another 0-0 FFS

Elanga is so dangerous. Whilst also being totally ineffective. Not sure what the analogy is. A gun with no bullets? Something like that.

Started well. Been our usual toothless selves since.