Cf

The man sacked his DOF after a couple of months. Not inconceivable the new manager goes the same way.

I think any sacking is a while off, and obviously dependent on no turn around in form which could easily happen. But they've got an absolute idiot in charge who has no idea how to run a club. It could easily turn messy.

Amorim to me just feels like potentially the right man, but at the wrong time. I get that managers have a way they want to play but so far it seems like he's on a hiding to nothing. Surely you have to implement a system to maximise performances from the players you've got. In the medium to long term by all means build towards something different but in the here and now the priority has to be with the hand you've been dealt. There's obviously deeper issues at the club that need sorting out, but I don't see this ending well. It's such a shit show there though that he'll get to walk away without any real damage to his reputation and with a nice payoff too.

That's as clear a red as you'll see.

Prob added 2 mins for that penalty VAR check they made up whilst the game was still going on.

8 minutes

Not sure that's anywhere near enough these days, especially if it's a complete rebuilding job. Obvs they'll be allowed to spend whatever they want/need though.

4-0 4-0 3-0 Taking us backwards imo.

Emery spent most of the game complaining to the fourth official.

Oh yeah, for sure. I'm not suggesting he doesn't walk into basically any other team. Just you have to wonder sometimes how much being in a better team elevates certain players.

I've sometimes wondered about Haaland that if you take him out of the most dominant team in the league if he'd be quite the same player.

The fuck am I watching here.

Quick, get that flag up just in case anything comes of that cross. Credit to the lino in our game btw for letting play go on long enough for our first goal yesterday.

Forster was awful there.

Can't have a team breaking against Liverpool if the ref has a chance to stop play.

Apart from Pope/Botman I think that's our strongest team.

It's one thing the owners seemed quite grounded about on that documentary. They acknowledged that the CL qualification was way ahead of schedule.

So if we take those 6 out you expect us to win the league or fire our manager?

Sure, but that's not the point i'm making. If we've got 6 teams who "should" finish in the top 6 then that leaves little for everyone else. We're not the only team in the PL with ambitions. Multiple clubs can do a good job, but they can't all take 7th. I'm not saying Howe and the hierarchy are above criticism but I find blanket statements like "7th or sacked" incredibly simplistic and a road to ruin.

Ban.

So for those saying Howe should be sacked if we finish below 8th, presumably the same would be said for Emery at this point. So assuming the "big 6" take the 6 spots you're saying either one of Howe or Emery should be sacked at the end of the season? Sounds a bit ridiculous to me.

We're pretty much half way through the season and are equal on points with Spurs, 1pt ahead of Man Utd, and 2pts behind Villa. Seems like we're competing with them to me.

Also given we've basically been on city's side when it comes to PSR stuff so we think they're more likely to "do us a favour" when it comes to transfer fees? Or nothing in that?

Feels like we'd be the ones holding all the cards here given how city's season is going. It would hurt to lose Bruno but given how Tonali seems to be making the position his I don't think we can turn down silly money plus maybe a player or two.

I was in genuine suspense when he walked up the stairs. Was convinced something was going to go wrong.