Tiresias

Somehow more convinced we'll get screwed by ref or they'll suddenly become good or something by our form compared to theirs

Are any staff members even left?

in one way its cheating in another way its selling off their future for immediate gain. All these bits they've sold off they wont have as revenue when the next guy is president. Were I a barca fan i'd be sick.

Anyone wanting mourinho is madness. I did ponder his future after i think the west ham result. I wondered if he had taken us as far as he could and if the squad would regain the spark and if a new manager could be brought in to get his feet under the table before a summer rebuild caused by us maybe having to move on some of our 'purples' and give them a chance to build it in their image. I wasnt even blaming howe too much he was badly let down in the summer and i just thought we'd stayed still in the summer and that was going to lead to regression. I thought with Staverley gone his biggest ally was gone and so Howe may feel being pushed out a bit and maybe we have to bring in a coach who can work in the new system. However no obvious 'upgrade' of a coach is or was available (certainly not Mou) regardless and its clear the players are still completely on board, so I am very glad to see we are back to playing as we want. The loss of defensive solidity and our lack of goals was concerning. I was also thinking that qualifying for europe was looking pretty unlikely and that would guide the thinking of the owners, however it seems incompetence elsewhere has left us still very much in the mix

Ever amazed that on our first transfer window under the new owners, while bottom of the league staverley howe and nixon in a room phoning people manically to get some players to save us from the drop we managed to land this guy? It's ridiculous!

In fairness i think managing those high earners out the squad is financially prudent, they have way too many players on wages that make them impossible to move on considering their performance level

Yeah writing off amorim is foolish. It's a mess will take time. I do have suspicion of managers whom are wedded to a single formation, aren't you just giving yourself a shelf life?

Yes he clearly rolls his ankle because he changes direction to land on schar, nonsense that that proves was accident

Looking at the rules interestingly, intent only comes in when striking with the arms or hand. The ref can say that was excessive force in stamping doesnt matter if he meant it or not, am i reading that right?

i think he slipped trying to leave a bit on with left foot, kind of minor bit of shithousery get away with 9 times out of 10. He rolls his foot though and the other boot comes down makes it look worse, however fail to see how it's still not a red???

Absolutely i get that as an argument for the right boot but he clearly moves the left leg to land on him, you see that all the time so maybe unlucky to be the one done for it but is intent that important anyway, either his feet were in control then clear red, or out of control and stamping on someone potentially causing injury. Feel like we're all being gaslit that players dont try and leave one in on an opponent all the time

wondering that, guess league leaders and goals but hardly that interesting

Funny how calmer a finisher he is when he's not a striker.

It's also worth pointing out that Howe's style isn't possession focused, high press and aggression comes at a cost of misplaced passes and the types of players howe wants and we have arent metronomes. I have advocated bringing in players to enable us to play more likek that purely as a plan b, and arguably the players if coached to do so could be less risky but I think it's a conscious choice. The players just need to be fit and hunt in packs to get it back, if we're short like we were at start of season we give the ball away and dont win it back

I know they check them all, but doing a var check on that offside?

I can't resist, cos they like surrendering?

JOOOOELINTON

Yeah, its weird when 'unnaturally bigger' counts for some things not others. It's ahrsh to rule ou twhen basically its all in natural position and knew nothing

NEver a foul that

How did he miss that!

Brunos pass is ridiculous

Genuinely one of the most upsettingly dreadful attacking move i've ever seen, reminded me of the bruce days

The charges hanging over is the thing, getting someone quality long term deal may be tough but i imagine they'd get someone dependable in to 'steady the ship' and try and lure an exciting young coach who has nothing too much to lose if they get relegated by the charges in the summer

excellent midfield, though tielemans always seemed to have massive off games against us

Pep out