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That should have been a Rangers penalty, surely.

Wish you could watch the match with just crowd noise and no commentary. Edit. Or to be precise, no co-commentary.

Trippier brings back a Keegan memory for me. I knew Keegan was a class act, but I didn't truly realise how good he was until we signed him. Same for Trippier. Both top, top class players, who for me, exceeded my expectations.

Where are all these stars of the future young lads we've been signing recently. We look pretty poor.

An absolute masterclass of how not to play against 10 men with a 1-0 lead.

Howe's tactics and subs have been absolutely SHITE. He needs to take full responsibilty for this car crash of tactical ineptness.

Howe's tactics and subs have been absolutely and totally SHITE.

Guimaraes is having a torrid 2023. Apart from the odd thing, he really is a shadow of his 2022 form. Just looks like he's permanently running in treacle.

Left back has to be the priority for me. From what I've seen of Lacselles lately, it looks as though Howe's coaching has improved him. He seems more comfortable on the ball and his passing is better. For the moment I'd be fine with him and Burn as cover. I really rated Cucurella when he was at Brighton, but he's nowhere near as quick as I first thought. Probably wouldn't say no, but I'd prefer Tierney out of the two of them for his pace.

Maddison dive earns the freekick and they score from it. Same old.

I've never really been a Targett fan. He's just an average footballer with slightly less than average pace so he will never be good enough for a top eight team. Contrast him with Trippier who although not particularly quick, more than makes up for that with his high technical ability and speed of mind.

Keeping Burn as left side cover, Targett needs upgrading urgently. We need someone with athleticism, pace and an abilty to overlap. Target, unforunately, doesn't really have any of those attributes. For me, left back should be our current number one priority.

Still not convinced he'll make the grade with us, but early days and it would be great to be proved wrong.

Really not bothered. Decent player, but I just couldn't see how he would fit into our team and work ethos.

Get Anderson off, total waste of space and get ASM or Gordon on. Please.

WTF has happened to ASM. An absolute shadow of the player we signed.

Stonewall. This has got ridiculous and needs investigation.

He's carrying an injury, but my worry is that he's been found out now. Teams know how to nullify him. His lack of pace/athleticism has always been a concern of mine. We need a pacey dynamic midfielder to compliment him. Easier said than done, but Declan Rice would be my choice.

Salah was offside when the ball was played across to van Dijk before he headed it, that's how Salah was so far ahead of the defender. Surely VAR should have looked at that?

No Targett - is he injured?

Totally outclassed for the whole game. For the whole of the 90 minutes, every single one of their players was better than everyone single one of our players. I don't think that's happened before under Howe. But hey ho, lessons need to be learn't then we forget about it and move on.

Can't read it, it keeps coming up with a screen about subscription after a few seconds. Anyone got a solution? Ta.

I may have missed it, but do we know for sure that Karius is definitely playing, rather than Gillespie?

Yep, absolutely and I will. Very early days.

I think my expectation level was far too high, but he looks miles away from what I was expecting. Never mind, he's very young and has plenty of time on his side.