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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.

Welcome to the Premier League Nottingham Forest Absolutely ruined them.

ASM has been great. He's doing it, man. The team thing. Nice.

Big Jo winning the ball back leading to a goal. I will never get tired of this.

Wilson really off it today. He's had plenty of service and just never quite been there.

Beautiful goal from a beautiful man.

Dan Burn with the recovery pace there. Nice.

That pass from Bruno to Almiron, man

Steve Bruce played Big Jo as a number 9 target man

Maxi's looked sharp.

Not sure why Miggy didn't just tap that in with his right

Joelinton still good then.

Pressing like fuck and they can't handle it.