Smal

That was so good. Only worry is Bruno can’t be far from a second yellow here.

Wilson is a yard short this season so far. Should be on the end of that.

Still think we should just pay the extra for Maddison and be done with it . He’ll be in the team for years, sod the effect on future spending. Give them Dubs too.

Trippier beaten way too easily.

Wilson really should be getting on the end of that cross.

Lots of clever players who seem to be able to anticipate everything. Just lack cutting edge.

Was always going to be so. It's 30-odd degrees.

We weren't especially good at all but I still think we've been the better team

Bruno playing like he's half asleep today. Brighton are much better than Nottingham Forest.

Schar gets a head injury every game, like.

Just... Why??

Burn would actually be a pretty decent option at left back for us imo. The way we seem to want to play is with Trippier really high and the left back often tucking in to make a back 3 to compensate for it.

Don’t think we have to sign anyone just because Shelvey is missing. Sean Longstaff can play as the deepest of the three and it’ll just mean Anderson gets more minutes.

No need to play Bruno further forward at all imo. He is putting out what would be good offensive numbers for a number 10 but from a DM position. He's just insanely good there.

Will be tough, this. Totally different game to Saturday.

Interesting analysis. I do agree that Willock maybe can't offer much when we have the ball against a low block. He barely got on the ball, really. Bruno had nearly twice as many touches. Willock's main strength on Saturday was his defensive actions and counter press. Completed the most tackles (4/4, including 3 in the opposition third) and had the highest % of successful pressures. He's obviously good at pressing high up the pitch which we've clearly been focusing on.

Yeah. Even the keeper ffs

As soon as you start playing higher up the field against City that goal is pretty much always going to be on now for Haaland isn’t it. Depressing.

This is cool. You don’t see 80%+ field tilt very often at all. It does kind of show we need another more clinical forward with end product though, because we had the ball in their third virtually all game but the xG is only 1.28.

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He was their best player.

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I feel like a younger Shaun Ryder looked like that somehow

I like Miggy, but if we could get a more clinical version of him who still makes those runs in behind they’d probably get 15+ goals a season in this side.

Every time I watch him I’m still waiting for the mask to slip and him to go back to being shit but it just doesn’t happen. He’s brilliant and every bit a £40m midfielder.