Matt1892

Well done Dubs.

Good tackle Longstaff.

Tino is so good.

Great save from Dubs with the first attempt.

Blimey.

Bruno is an idiot at times.

Good movement from Gordon for that.

That’s because Liverpool poach other clubs 16 year olds and pass them off as being developed with them.

We just had a shot!

Dubs man of the match for us so far.

We are letting them dictate the pace of the game.

Blackburn are really poor, we should win this even more comfortable than we beat Sunderland .

A manager can prefer players with Premier League experience and still sign players who have never played here. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. There is also no issue with the above.

The way to solve it would be to have an aligned transfer and wage cap for all Premier League clubs, that you can go up to by either turnover or owner proof of funds. Which could be along the lines of £200 million net spend on transfers and a £350 million wage bill per season.

I would be surprised if we let him leave before the summer window closes.

I don’t think anyone in here doesn’t want Howe to turn around our current form, whilst also calling it out for what at best is a period of inconsistency, which follows a period of being consistently poor due to a mixture of schedule and injuries.

The FA will charge him if he has bet on football matches in the time between joining us and his ban, presuming he stopped at that point. You would expect them to be sympathetic at the point of dishing out a punishment, much like they did with Toffolo at Forest.

The difference being lower half Premier League teams target Burn as the weak link and have success in doing so, with both Semenyo and Ogbene running rings around him. Livramento was thrown in against Arsenal who battered us in every area of the pitch. I don’t think Livramento is the answer at left back long term, that should have been sorted last summer when the club failed to adequately recruit for the position. He should be first choice for the rest of the season though.

It is becoming standard for us the play scared away against the likes of Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal, leaving Isak (or Wilson) to feed off scrapes. I admire teams that go to these places and have a go, even if they lose comprehensively. I think there is a good chance he will be away in the summer if the right offer comes along, I wouldn’t really blame him either.

The issue isn’t playing 4-3-3, as many of the top team play with this formation. The issue with our 4-3-3 is the shape of the midfield, which is set up to go almost man for man against the traditional midfield shape of the other clubs and we are coming off second best, whilst leaving Isak isolated.

Not at all, which is why there was more of an acceptance of the situation at the time compared to now. You might have interpreted it as me referring to it as an excuse but you would be wrong.

Wolves is looking like a must win, potentially we could be in the bottom half if we don’t beat them.

Nobody is saying we were not struggling with fatigue.

When they play well together it is usually with Joelinton wide left. Either of them will add better balance to the side as Miley isn’t naturally suited to the left side, but they wouldn’t play in the centre together unless we had no other options.

Joelinton and Willock cannot play in midfield together, as neither of them can fill the right sided midfield position and it makes us unbalanced. It is why we missed Longstaff so much at the end of last season.