Matt1892

Jesus.

Something of nothing that foul for the yellow card.

Jackson!?

How are Chelsea making this so difficult for themselves?!?

Here is the video.

If we are talking short term loan deals then it would be Mahrez, Kante and Firmino.

It’s been a good weekend for us.

We have dropped 7 points from winning positions this season so far. We only dropped 11 points from winning positions in all of last season. Seeing games out was one of our strong points.

Danny Murphy’s analysis on match of the day was really good, it is at the 2:30 mark on the YouTube video below. He talks about how we stopped Arsenal by doubling up on their wide players, with the second man dropping off in to the space so they can’t knock it beyond the first player and run in to that space. He says this is something that would have been worked on in training and meant Martinelli and Saka had no option but to pass it to someone who is less than a threat. Putting out the blueprint on how to shut Arsenal down.

This makes a really good point, that Arteta’s reaction is to cause a distraction and to put the pressure on the officials and to take it off their back line for what was awful defending for the goal. It will also galvanise the club and supporters to think they have been robbed rather than losing a close game where they failed to create any real goal scoring opportunities.

That is how the fixtures have fallen, they have only played three teams that finished in the top ten last season so far and have Forest next. They are very good at beating the teams you would expect them to beat, which is half the battle with getting a Champions League place.

I thought it was a good call bringing Livramento on instead of Hall, there are certain games where Hall would be preferred for his attacking ability but today was not one of them. Keeping it as solid at the back as possible was the priority.

We have now played six of the eight other clubs that finished in the top nine last season, such a tough start for us but we are still up there.

Youssouf Fofana is out of contract too, although Transfermarkt say there is the option of an extra year but there are conflicting reports on that.

You would expect any ban to run concurrently; however, the main issue will be the time it takes the FA to carry out their investigation, as Toney was charged in November 2022 I think but wasn’t banned until May 2023 so seven months later. Tonali’s investigation should be much shorter as it would have taken place in a short window, you would also hope common sense would come in to play and any ban already served would be taken in to account.

He hasn’t got a clue. It came with shorts too but no socks which isn’t an issue at all.

The shirt arrived sometime earlier this week when we were away, he’s really happy with it and the fit. I ordered an XL boys and it is slightly bigger than the castore shirts.

Buy a right sided forward that can play up top too. Mahrez on loan with an option to buy.?

Like I said, it’s a legitimate concern when you follow the logical steps. The FA were always going to investigate as if he is a gambling addict then you do not stop when you move house.

Romain Faivre was on loan at Lorient for the second half of last season from Lyon, Bournemouth signed him in the summer and loaned him to Lorient for the season with an option to buy at the end of it. Us signing Neves on loan with an option to buy isn’t any worse.

We were linked with Gabri Veiga yesterday too.

BBC Sport has asked AC Milan whether they knew about the charges facing Tonali back in July and is awaiting a response. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67313204 I’m not expecting them to say “of course, why do you think we sold him?”

I don’t think Emery would ever get a bigger job offer than the Man Utd one and while they are in a difficult position at the moment it won’t take a great deal to turn that around, they are only 2 points behind us.

I didn’t see any of the game last night due to being out of the country but what a fantastic result! How did Willock play?