McDog

They were in great form earlier in the year, now not so much.

versus "was never charged"

My tactical knowledge relegates me to the role of bystander in the discussion, I can still have an uninformed opinion which would be to either throw Joe on the right wing or drop Willock.

He’s been fun to watch. Can’t wait to see him with Bruno.

He said in 2016 there were players who didn’t care if they got relegated. Sounds like Howe has some proper team spirit going.

I liked this quote from Shelvey. "This city and this football club need us to stay in the Premier League so they can progress in the summer and beyond those years. We want to do that, and we want to be a part of that, so we're not going to just toss it off and say, 'we'll let them get relegated, it don't matter, they're going to get rid of us anyway'. That ain't the process."

True that.

I'm offended, it's the Peoples Front of Judea.

My god that was a funny movie. Sorry to derail but in the 1970's in America watching Monty Python on a tiny black and white TV in my basement was a treat. Back to your relevant programming.

In an unrelated note, I used to be able to recite damn near the whole movie more or less word for word. I know I know, be nice.

I don't think so. Shelvey played well again. Tripps was the obvious selection to me at least. I guess we'll see.

Wood wasn't horrible, wish he would have passed off the ball instead of blasting it over the bar. I'm not sure what the answer is other than Bruno to beef up the attack.

Lurch....LOL....

I haven't seen enough of the guy tbf. I assume starts next week.

ASM does that 99% of the time to be honest.

This is terrible. He is the real captain of the team. I trust Eddie to make it work to be honest. The man is such a player and a presence.

I thought it was a no brainer to start him but as always, you lot can be glad I'm not making the decisions. 5 unbeaten, Eddie does know his business.

Dubravka - 7 Trippier - 8 Krafth - 6.5 Schar - 8 Burn - 9 Manquillo - 7.5 Dummett - 6 Joelinton - 7 Shelvey - 8 Willock - 7.5 ASM - 6.5 Wood - 6.5 Fraser - 7.5

I have a novel thing called insurance. To be fair, if we had national health like England I'd retire in two years.

I know lots were disappointed with Targett and Burn coming in but they are both really great additions.

Well done! Every win is so important now.

Cleaver, wait until extra time to bring on your best player.

Card fest.

Apparently he doesn't rate.

Jonjo special.