Tiresias

they are so good on the break. We need to keep the ball for longer when we get the ball, and not just zoom up and give it back to them quickly.draw them out a bit.

ffs longstaff just wanting to fall over there

lads it turns out last season's semi finalists ac milan might be quite good. Yes we are struggling but this wasn't going to be a walkover lol

yeah just too impatient when we have the ball and a bit lost without it, if they beat the first line of press they have free run at the defense.

just passing through our midfield too easily

Pope's keeping us in this

ooof they are cutting us apart at the moment. we are going to concede imminently if we don't sort this out

well done pope lucky not to be punished

my everton mate was openly wishing for the club to fold at weekend just to have it over with. Doesn't help that Everton is actually his second team and his main one is Morecambe that lurch from one financial disaster to the next and are forever on verge of dropping out the football league

Attack isn't functioning quite yet but there are good elements. Still confident it will click.

That'll do, wins a win and all that

Easy

Honestly think Moyes would have been good for him but yes. Potter would be rubbish imo, you dont have time as an international manager to institute how Brighton play, and you can't really afford to tinker endlessly with players which is what he got stuck doing at chelsea.

Yeah I think Southgate has run his course, starting to make some baffling decisions more out of stubboness than anything else. He likes Maguire because none of the other defenders are a physical unit to threaten at set pieces and in defense but at a point he's not good enough so you have to adapt. Maguire deserves space to rebuild his confidence out of the limelight, he was mad not to go to west ham and if it costs him ever getting a good premier league move and ending up like phil jones then that's to be honest entirely on him now. I still think Southgate has transformed England hugely and deserves to leave on his own terms, he deserves not to be hounded out if he really wants to have one last go at the Euros, but hope he can be talked out of it. Equally if there was an option he could be kept around for the vibes, he clearly is well respected by the players. He really could do with a proper modern thinker doing the tactics though. I fucking hate his persistence with a double fucking pivot. (i hate it not cos of terminology I just think it's negative and outdated now)

Divide and rule populism in government and press since brexit has done a lot of damage

Horrible hope he recovers well

Not going to go overboard, we overperformed last season and it will take time to build to where 4th at least is the norm. We are a proper DM and a creative attacking midfielder short but still happy with the window.

Bruno not working. Midfield needs rearranging, maybe give Miley a go if he's as good as hyped.

I see not watching it in case me watching it jinxed us isn't working

Southampton are an utter utter shambles

Southampton defence is terrible

FFS Southampton lol

FFS you know what i was right to close this place at end of game, I should stay away for a few more days though. Just...ffs. Hope this is a joke.

We needed a right back who can come in if Trippier is injured now. Players develop at different speeds, Livramento is good enough to start now by all accounts. His age is a good thing, plenty of time to develop and his value can go up. I don't understand if you agree Ashby isn't good enough to start now then complaining about spending £40m on a high quality young centre back? That's how much these players cost if not actually less?

We were poor. Very disappointed not to win that, I wouldn't have been so pissed had they just played better than us but that felt like we were played like a fiddle by Klopp, let us have posession for most teh second half then upped the intensity and our players lost their heads and composure. We should have scored more goals and then sloppy at the end. With Brighton next if that is a loss then has to be an overall negative start to the season unfortunately. We will bounce back and recover of course. I will avoid all football related stuff for a bit though.