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Bracewell too. He'd have played before Clark. Clark, Watson and obviously Mathie, Nielson and Jeffrey were not first team players then and how many of those players were out of position that did play? I was there and cant remember where Beardsley played or Jeffrey, but clearly neither up front. Craic was we'd done the hard bit and by the replay they had the injuries, but won.

Nah Mike Jeffrey and Alan Nielson were mainstays

Injury depleted Keegan side went to Manchester and played well in this comp. So you never know. Alan Nielson setting up Mike Jeffrey for our goal depleted.

I don't understand stadium acoustics admittedly but you hear how roofs help and yet when there was a completely open Gallowgate and half demolished open Leazes the atmoshpere was fine. The same lay-outs of stadiums have alternately been jumping and subdued. For example I've never heard it said once or thought it myself in 30years that the City Ground has a good atmosphere until the last 2seasons. Its more about who is in ground surely and its just not coming back to how it was.

Bet we go into a must win against Dortmund without Wilson, thus any forwards. Bit like it was under Dalglish except not by design.

The only money he'll allow to be reinvested into the club is whatever percentage of what they make anyway that he feels like at any given time. Doesn't even have the threat of losing Premier League participation money to motivate him which was the only reason he allowed anything above a pittance to be spent here. Their fans used to celebrate goals on the terraces like a boundary at the cricket - can only imagine the atmosphere when they realise the plan is to do the bare minumum forever.

Whatever a clubs natural weight is, then if people running it under Ashley achieve that, heads will roll because it means scope to scrimp and save and not enough corners are being cut and that there's plenty of room below that level to fail but to do so without raising suspicion that the clubs being pillaged. Quit the opposite of a plan to build or grow, its to suck the thing dry with the least amount of reinvestment from the money he's making out of it. Other clubs Derby, Reading don't even have the reputation or size constructed by previous era's to sustain the club in spite of him like we did.

Outside the bottom three and Everton they're probably the most consistently bad team in the league. Even when they win its disjointed, unimpressive and fortunate and usually against Copenhagen, Wolves, Brentford at home. On Ten Hag this. Not even fluking a few good performances by this point takes some doing. Ole would have blagged at least a couple.

West Ham - dead Man United - dead, okay its to be expected but it is against City. Its more just the way it is and has been for a long time in the UK now except for the odd crest of a wave thing like Forest last season where its typically one of the worst places.

Deflected late equaliser odds?

Provided the same people grovel at his feet for what he's achieved in the bigger picture that's fine

Which were the others in this non-existent cavalcade?

I'd personally make changes at full-back but am chill that its the last energy from them for a week. They wont be playing at Old Trafford.

Could draw all three games and go through.

its a Bruce team plus Trippier, Bruno and Gordon. How dare they not batter Dortmund.

We didn't even have a full bench tonight. Before Isak, Murphy.

Changed the complexion of our season with the injuries/suspensions today. Shithousery is going to be required rather than flying at teams.

You need to watch some other clubs games more.

He's done nothing tonight but sometimes you take that from your goalscorer - he's in bad game territory now.

Specifically the online fans that so quickly moan about the team and players going on as if they'd do the exact opposite if they were actually there.

Like Andy Gray's Boot Room never got canned.

Think they're attacking way more desperately than we expected. I thought they were bluffing myself about 'must win' but they're playing like that's the case.

Doesn't take much does it.

Banging a drum constantly helps.

Not sure what we can do off the bench except Murphys legs for Miggy now. Tonali is more of a subbed than sub for effect but if were looking for more control than impact could be just the ticket