Smal

we’ve had Lorraine Kelly doing analysis and Sam Matterface is still somehow their lead commentator with Mark Pougatch in the studio They are embarrassingly shit at this and have been as long as I can remember.

Also... you don't just sell your best prospect to Liverpool - a direct competitor - for £40m. That's nuts. If you're selling to clubs like Liverpool it needs to be for £80m+, else you're just accepting your level is being their feeder club.

this really does make it sound like Trippier is gone.

Trafford is young/home grown and Burnley have just been relegated. These opportunistic signings are becoming a trademark for us. Like Hall and Tino we are buying potential here.

right wing is a clear problem position for us. If he’s that good then he needs to play - fuck selling him when it’d cost £60m to sign a top player there anyway.

been a bit like watching us this season to be honest . Same massive gap between defence and midfield.

Mainoo been a waste of a shirt.

dangerous but wasteful

good to see Tripps back shouting at people and leading. Not seen it for 6 months+

I don’t get why Eddie always wears clothes that are two sizes too small for him . Wear something looser lad, it’ll be more flattering than looking like you’re breathing in for every photo.

we'd be better off taking a points deduction than selling him for £70m

Grealish was really good when he came on the other night. Bit worried for AG's spot in the squad tbh. That injury came at a terrible time for him.

Stuck £30 in the meter. Hopefully this goes towards making up for 13 years of shit patter.

FtblJoe is full of shit, sadly

chief stat padder at it again

There is no balance to this team. Put Guehi left back and Trips right back and you get a semblance of it back.

St James’ is looking absolutely beautiful in that light tonight

I’m hoping it’s Guehi left back and Trips right back. Fear for Trips if he’s having to play left back.

howe out

please all i want is a joselu winner

Last season our centre backs were much more proactive than they were this season. A big part of that was because Dubravka is the opposite of Pope in terms of coming off his line, but there was actually a notable improvement and reduction in the gap when Burn started playing at LCB because he defended so aggressively and helped to fill the gap. Botman was extremely poor when he returned after being dominant prior to his injury; and Schar is not getting younger and had many more poor performances this season than he did last (not necessarily all his fault though).

Feel like he’d have to play the LCM role in our system, and Joelinton is a better fit there for us imo. We really ought to be going all out for Olise imo - he’s exactly what we need and are missing.

honestly never expected him to sign. Always felt a team in Europe would come in for him. We are always going to get used by agents at the stage we’re at.

it did also tell me I was the fairest of them all, so could be bullshit.