Holmesy

I can’t see anyone in the CL worrying too much about either Man Utd or Galatasaray. They’re both shite!

That draw is full of shite and we get Man Utd away ? What a fucking season!

Shame really, I was hoping he was closer to replacing Burn in the starting lineup up he doesn’t look first team ready yet.

Eddie doesn’t know how to play against Liverpool. I’d rather we avoided them

Haaland asking for Isak’s shirt! He knows!

There’s been loads of stuff on podcasts and other football media stuff recently about just how much it affects a player when his home life isn’t settled. He’s young, brand new to the country, the league, the club, the climate and his teammates. He gets a totally free pass from me for a long time yet. He’s clearly totally class, we’ve already seen that but it might just take a while for us to see it consistently.

That’s what it got like with Pep’s Barcelona - they went from everybody being amazed by them to being bored to tears. It’s obviously highly effective football but it’s hardly entertaining

I know Man City are the best team in Europe but we gave them a game last season. This approach is wank and completely inexcusable. It’s the kind of shit you’d expect from a newly promoted team. We’re at home FFS! People have paid to go and watch this tosh

You're telling me you haven't seen anything concerning about the way we've been playing this season? The point is great but we had one shot on target the entire game and were lucky not to get battered. I'd love to be simple enough that I can just ignore the way we played and go 'wow, a draw away to Milan!' but there have been alarm bells ringing since the City game. Last season's Newcastle would've had a realistic chance of winning that game last night but we're a million miles away from that level. Calling people whinging vaginas because they have working eyes and more than 50 brain cells says more about you than it does them pal

I'm not suggesting the only way he can score is if we bang loads of balls in the box but it wouldn't hurt. In Gordon, Barnes and Almiron we've got 3 wingers who cut inside and try to score themselves. Murphy is the only one likely to put a cross in but he's not very good. Last night he couldn't get any service from midfield either because Bruno was being man marked. Just a very good defensive job by Milan last night, but there is a bigger worry about the lack of service to Isak even when we're playing lesser teams.

No room for sentiment if we aim to compete for top honours. I think we’ll see very quickly how much more dynamic we can be as a team when he’s replaced by a proper full back.

Exactly this! Almost every other team plays with two fullbacks that defend AND attack. This apparent rule that we can only have one is absurd. If that’s the only way out system works, serious questions should be asked of the coaching team

Burn at this level is every bit as scary as I expected. I hoped for the best, but he’s having a very poor game

That Jackson fella is terrible!

I don’t think their job is being made any easier by all of these bullshit directives being brought in, but common sense and accountability seems to have gone out the window completely. When you’ve got defenders defending with their hands behind their backs and people getting elbowed in the face with minimal punishment, when you have a video replay system you could utilise to study the incident, the game is fucked! This is what happens when the game is governed by people who have never played or managed it. I think the ref today got most of the big calls right tbf. Most, not all

We just don’t look very dangerous! We swarmed all over teams last season but it feels a bit workmanlike at the moment. Good to see Bruno back to somewhere near his best and I’m looking forward to seeing Barnes and Gordon play when Tonali is in the middle. Overall though, we need to improve by about 100% if we’re going to have another top 4/6 season

I was taking the piss to be honest mate. The commentator must’ve said the same thing 7-8 times. God knows who it is but they should be reviewing his contract as we speak

Lads, do you think this came off Mbeumo’s head and then onto his hand?

The Southgate effect!

He’s used to playing first team football, now finds himself on the bench and feels like he has to make a major contribution every time he comes on. Totally understandable but it doesn’t have to be a goal, an assist can be just as important. That shit decision of his not to pass the ball to Wilson felt like him trying to be the match winner and it cost us big time. Just a shit decision that he hopefully doesn’t repeat

I know we’re not suppose to criticise the manager on here but I think he has to take a lot of the blame for this. We came out after half time with no drive, no aggression, no determination to finish the game off and nothing of his demeanour on the touch line suggested he wasn’t happy with the approach. We’ve just gifted Liverpool 3 points they didn’t deserve because we were cowards. Really shit from Howe!

40 minutes of knocking it around the back 4, doing fuck all and now we’re on the back foot. Small time attitude to a huge opportunity

Our approach to this second half has been a fucking joke. Just go for the throat ffs! That was always on the fucking cards

Fair play to Man City, they’ve been class. But when we’ve had the ball we’ve been absolutely wank.

Think I’d rather see Anderson than Longstaff tbh.