TheBrownBottle

Anyone who has had that happen to them knows you can't run it off - even if there is no ligament or bone damage. It isn't just the agony, you lose strength in that ankle until it recovers. Running about on it just aggravates it further. It is one of the very, very few bad calls Howe has made - the lad should have been taken off the pitch.

I imagine having to pay a world class fee for a good player is putting teams off

Yes, the paying of $1bn to Bein for piracy a couple of days before the takeover had nothing to do with it. The Premier League really, really, really cared about separation. The fact that the separation issue was put up by the Premier League as it was a means of blocking the takeover due to piracy was mere coincidence.

Dire Straits ?

Agreed. Even the penalty was odd - to me the initial claim re Burn’s tugging was more of a pen than the Trippier one a few seconds later.

So glad the NUFC Mitrovic showed up for that pen

Get in

Wor turn to shithouse now

Fukkkkkkinn yeeeeees

You can’t play the ball twice. Straightforward violation

Hahaha good owld Misstrovic

Bizarre call that. Trippier having a stinker

Diop having some game mind

Trippier’s just out of form. We’ve got no-one to swap him out for.

Wilson unfortunately has looked well off the pace for a few games now

Yes, I agree - but we don’t know what Howe’s budget is. While a DM always looked like an area that needed a better player, if Howe doesn’t have a huge amount to spend, then he may have needed to direct the funds elsewhere

Bruno’s injury to me shows why Howe is correct to wait in terms of transfers. We can all see that the squad has huge limitations - best to wait and see if any first teamers need to be covered

Every side who are not in the Sky Six are going to do this at SJP going forwards. We’ve got to get used to it - and it does highlight that we’ve still got a fair way to go squad-wise.

That’s Longstaff’s best one yet

Yes; but we won’t be signing Maddison

I’m amazed Bruno made it to half time. I did exactly that roll on the ankle years ago and even at my shite level (worst Sunday footballer you’ll ever see) you can’t just shake that off. It’s not just the pain; the strength completely goes in that foot. The worry is ligament damage or even a small bone fracture or break - astonishing to me that further damage was risked by the coaching staff.

I’m becoming convinced that Bruno has more than one set of eyes

Glad to see WF saluting the gaffer

Tough game this, but still confident. HTL

NB I’m not suggesting that this is likely to end up in court