Smal

Think he’s probably playing injured tbh. Won 1/11 duels tonight and he looked very scared of contact.

Isak’s been really poor

Gordon has been terrible tonight like.

Ref bottled it

A great feature against Man U was Isak dropping deep to help us in build up but we’ve had none of that today so far. We seem to deliberately be keeping him on the last line for some reason.

how on earth is that a foul man

where the fuck did they get this ref from, man

Need more from Gordon and Isak here

Calvert-Lewin is playing Schar really well

Schar’s struggling a bit in this so far.

these are just hacking at us and the refs letting them get away with it

that’s a yellow all day

I'm pretty sure it was two of these tied together - https://hiplok.com/product/zlok1/ ie: https://static.standard.co.uk/2022/03/17/21/newFile-1.jpg?width=2400&auto=webp&quality=75 if you zoom in the clasp etc. is all the same as the lock above. I remember thinking at the time the shop I work in sells those . He was having to try way too hard for it to be just a zip tie!

so funny, man . World's biggest bolt cutters to cut a tiny bicycle lock.

nobody really gives Steven Gerrard enough credit for laying the foundations for Emery to thrive.

given he can’t keep a job this is probably him going for the right wing grift/Laurence Fox path. Ignore him.

he's winning a lot and he's losing a lot. think a lot of teams deliberately try to test him.

Also this is fun: 5ft 8" and the 5th best aerial percentage in the league

unpopular opinion but I don't think Palhinha is good enough on the ball to play for a top team.

mildly interesting stat whilst browsing some fbref: Trippier (111) has attempted the most crosses in the premier league this season by quite a distance: But NUFC (205) have attempted the 2nd fewest crosses in the league:

If Dubs is anything like any of the other guys who've stepped in for injuries then he'll have a point to prove and he'll be better than we've ever seen him before.

Bruno only plays as a DM when we have possession in our first third of the pitch anyway. When the other team has the ball in settled possession and we go into our flat 4-5-1 shape Bruno is the one that presses the central opposition players most aggressively whilst the two other CMs are ready to cover runners or wide players. It's really unorthodox but seems to work and if we continue with it there's absolutely no need for a DM at this stage. Just need players with enough athleticism to cover for Bruno's lack of it either side of him in this setup. Look at where Bruno is compared to Miley and Joelinton for their goal kick which leads to the goal for instance: Our out of possession shape is pretty fluid. The ball eventually breaks for Bruno who creates the goal from a #10 position whilst Miley and Joelinton sit behind as a pivot: The next step for the midfield is getting some more technical quality in there without losing the athleticism, which will cost hundreds of billions. Tonali is supposed to fit that mould. Maybe we don't need to spend more there at all and should just develop Miley and Anderson instead? Would rather we spent big on a RW and GK next, but no idea who.

yeah. Other teams will be able to offer him a contract for a free transfer in about a month’s time. What’s going on?

Hakimi is the only one with a shout, I think

Man Reds’ pass map is so funny, man. They have absolutely no structure about them at all. Ten Hag is fucking useless.