Miercoles

Agree that past results don't matter much. It's a fact that the referee will be rough at Old Trafford though. To win we'll need to be up by two going into the unlimited stoppage time.

That was a hell of a save too.

Did he come off for injury? I was wrangling my two year old so didn't really see why he came off...

Jesus christ

Love this answer, putting it right back on the premier league with their bullshit test. If you've ever listened to the football finance podcast you'll know they've let a horde of absolute scoundrels through that test so I love that he's obliquely calling that out and basically telling the people complaining to get fucked, all in the nicest way possible

okay that one got me

It's wild that this dude is the only source of any footage for our women's team.

Could certainly be game by game as well, depending on the opposition. Love having the options, and love even more that we have someone who's not an idiot making these decisions

Yeah same here, WTF followed by "well, Eddie knows what he's doing so let's wait and see..." Also maybe belongs in the Burn thread but I have been really impressed with him at LB, obviously he has been immense at CB but he really does a job at LB as well, seems 100% rock solid and he's tidy with the ball. If he doesn't get forward that's not really the worst thing in the world as it gives us some balance, with ASM being so attack minded and Trippier constantly getting forward from RB it's not terrible to have a more defensive minded player on the left. Overall I think Targett starts ahead of him at but I have no issues at all when I see Burn run out on the left.

I remember a period under pardew when we couldn't keep possession on a throw in to save our lives...

Better than Liverpool.

Yeah he is so good. I got so used to watching us play center forwards who aren't center forwards that I almost forgot what it looks like! I think that was a trickier chance than it looked, had to go for the corner to get around the traffic, should have scored though yeah. His curler looked real fucking close too, could easily have had a hat trick already.

Not that fucking long ago we looked worse with a man advantage. Also what the fuck kind of name for a stadium is craven cottage, does that make more sense in English English? For me it might as well be "Cowardly Cabin" what the hell man.

Remember when we used to struggle against 10 players?

Fucking needed a game like this! For the record they're lucky to have ten men on the field, I thought Mbabu on Willock could easily have been a red also, it's a bit less intentional-looking but he ends up flying in and scissoring his fucking ankle.

Beautiful goal, Bruno and Migoal definitely have some great chemistry.

I'd forgotten how much I love watching Wilson just make himself an absolute nuisance for the opposition keeper. Leno seems to be taking it better than most but it still cracks me up to see Wilson give him a little shoulder barge as he gets ready to throw the ball out

Kind of like the idea of a blacked out kit as a protest.

Can't wait for "he was really good before all the injuries" Good God this team has ruined me.

Ahh yeah, that was a good one. Thank you, Rob Green.

Yup and I don't feel like ours this year are really out of the ordinary. Or in previous years really, I think we just feel it more because we never have any depth. Under the fat fuck it was always get 11 barely serviceable players and give it a go, so one injury was really a crisis in those times, and we're not even a year on from there so it's no surprise we're still fragile. We basically have one position now where we could absorb an injury, CB, and that's better than last year when it was fucking zero.

I feel like people are forgetting that we have been fucked by injuries every season for years now.

It all looks so.... damp.

Had no idea this was a thing until I saw that dork on Welcome to Wrexham. Is this common around the UK? Because, uhhh, yikes.

Can we get Isak a fucking touch please.