Matt1892

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?

We should be going all out to tie him down to a contract extension, give him a 2 year deal on a bumper wage.

I disagree, we were out on our feet at one point and crying out for fresh legs. The thing for me is that if we knew we had three games in a week so why not freshen it up throughout that period? You could have had Livramento start against Palace and Targett start today.

I think there is a general acceptance that the extra fixtures and the difficulty of them would have an impact. However, you mitigate that by rotating the players you do have to best keep people fresh whilst putting a team out capable of beating the opposition. If you still refuse to rotate Trippier and Burn despite the schedule and spending a small fortune on 2 young players to fill those positions in the future, then you are inevitably going to end up with leggy performances like what they put in today and people will question that.

On the one hand you want Trippier on for his leadership but he keeps giving the ball away.

Harsh free kick.

I think we have controlled the game well for most of it, we have just been sloppy when clearing it and everything has bounced off Wilson. It wasn’t a penalty for me and if the ref hadn’t given it then VAR would never have called him over to look at it.

That isn’t a penalty either.

That isn’t a penalty.

We have been the better team since the goal.

How many passes has Trippier played straight to the opposition?

Pope didn’t do a lot wrong there, once he realised he couldn’t get it he dropped back to face up play. Trippier was the one that got beat to the ball.