Wolfcastle

Very very generous. Dixon was prolific. Hojlunds more like Lee Dixon in that regard

Think this looks worse because at least those two can be entertaingly bad.

The day cant come soon enough. If this is the 'competitiveness' were to expect indefinitely.

Whether the thinking is players start games with a 5 rating and it goes up or down from there or start with a 0 and it goes up from there pending performance, only the subs reached 5 ratings for me.

He's par for the course. Were not getting to the echelon were top4 and winning things is likely under these new rules under anyone. That's the point of the rules. All we can do is what the manager has done - get to the occasional cup final, cup runs and occasional qualification for the champions league - all by out performing teams with advantages over us. Anybody else would have to do at least that.

In the games since winning a semi-final on this and the last three occasions we've won 2 in 17 *one of those was a dick around against Chelsea the other Barnsley (which we cheated to win)

Man City and Liverpool are much, much better teams than us. Were bound to lose most of the time to them. Aside from that though the performance was legit terrible on our part. There's probably a few other teams we should be losing to regularly (Arsenal) but we dont

Legit thought you were describing the team initially

In a long line of exclusively bad performances there (in the league) that might be the worst. Didn't expect that even though was all but 100% certain we'd lose.

Lose that and were out the champions league for me.

Last three times

Would still most definitely take a draw. Dont think it will come down to it in the end but its effectively a 6pointer at the moment.

The way we were going was just fine for me and in a necessity is the mother of invention way it was working better than a Man City/Blackburn splurge. A big signing 40-75m ala Tonali or Bruno every year, supplemented by bits of smart business like Pope and Burn and some youngsters was fine. Its absurd that even that slow, smart build was prohibited

Cue ESL craic emerging in the new few days.

Don't think it will. They'll go back to pre new financial rules clobbering them norm of upper-mid one year lower-mid the next

Grass-ton Villa.

See Man United fetched up at home for a change

Dont know if future player or someone to flip a few years down the line for sweet PSR collateral

There's about the same number of better draws than that as there are worse draws, for us. its the rest of the draw that makes for an overall melancholic outcome

Osula would have teed a team mate up with that

Spurs v Man United next week feels like a wooden spoon match

Not Man United at home. Last time they were shit had them at home in the 5th - they won the cup and the rest is history

Their best chance of CL next season is via finishing in the top 4. Might prioritise us.

Oxymoronically a lesser player but one who is reliably available would be an improvement.

Burn and Tino were more a concern tonight than Targett and Krafth.