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Atsu was magnificent today like. Really enjoyed his performance. Lascelles returning has clearly been a huge boost in the dressing room too. Onwards we go.

Brilliant. Can watch Match of the Day later

I think it's right to keep attacking tbh, if we sit back Carroll will murder us.

Some player is Masuaku.

Get the Chancellor on for big fuckin Mo Diame, the boss man. Give the king a rest.

Weather the storm for 5 minutes and we'll be sound

Atsu MOTM. Lovely.

I didn't but that's quality. Love Atsu

Manuel Elliot. Justice done there, comfortably outside of the box. Refs are forever shite.

Get in Mo, always rated that lad me

Pretty good from what I've seen, looked slightly the more likely in a fairly scrappy game. We have got into good positions around their box more than we usually do. Goals here for us.

Ahhhh man, has to hit the target there Gayle. Perfect pull back from Ritchie.

Very nice hold up play from Gayle & a good effort from Ritchie. More of that please.

Can someone PM me a river please, having a mare.

Saivet + Diame could be the answer. The midfield answer to the double Demba. (or not)

Yes, absolutely

Uninspired by the team, but I still hold hope that they can grind out a result with hard work & following the managers instructions closely. Hoping Saivet will be fired up, and I'm looking for a faultless display from Lascelles & Clark to get some confidence back in the defence.

Aye :lol:

Bring Luiz in and stick him up front imo. 15 goal man.

Yeah, I've got lots of respect for Bilbao as a place & as a club. Their stadium is fantastic and they have, and often have had, a very talented set of players too, which is all the more admirable given their strict transfer policy.

Would make sense with him being from Pamplona & with Bilbao's transfer policy (if still Basque Country specific for their players). Just as easy could be papers creating a story for these same reasons.

He was excellent tonight, best I've seen of him in a City shirt. Was magnificent for Monaco but playing for City requires a bit more and I feel he's starting to settle into it now. Could be a massive player for them for years to come.

I don't think there's a problem with Shelvey. He needs players in front of him with a bit more confidence making better runs & more often. We are very static up top, both Joselu & Gayle are guilty of that, so we can't expect Shelvey to find the killer ball when it's simply not there to be played. Put him in a team with better attackers and he assists plenty, put him in a squad void of confidence like ours and it's asking too much of one player unfortunately. With that considered, he should be one of the last players we should be looking to move on.

Be interesting to see what they do with the transfer window right around the corner. Need to move now if they are going to try something new. Wonder if he'll still be in charge for when they come to SJP. (13th Jan) Probably not knowing our luck with the 'new manager bounce', we always seem to get stung by it.

Can't really knock that. Effort was there in abundance, sadly the quality for the most part is not. Merino was excellent, mind. His best game for us since coming back.