Erikse

Apparently they had to play him in midfield due to injuries. Perfect replacement for Schär confirmed!

1 point behind 3rd going into the internationals. Would like to not have internationals with our current form, hopefully we can keep it going after the break.

His lack of strength really shows sometimes, but he easily makes up for it with all the other qualities he has. Building muscle would probably be a net negative imo, as it could hurt the things that makes him so good.

2 of our goals came after he was subbed on. Wouldn't say that this game proves that we are better of without him.. Whether he would have made us better as a starter over someone else today is a different question.

I didn't see enough replays of that. Fair enough.

Could Burn have had 2 yellows? Missed that.

Missed that one. Got a clip of that? I didn't miss the elbow on Livra from Yates (no free kick), Yates going studs into the knee (no free kick?), giving a faulty corner leading to their goal, giving free kick against Burn for taking the ball etc. Coincidentally, as far as I know, he made 0 mistakes to our benefit. They even wanted to find a way to take our equalizer away from some weird reason.

I feel like he should've started (due to the opposition), but can't really say with confidence that it was a bad decision after that result and performance.

His first assist for us today!

Imagine if Yates got that yellow for the elbow on Livra and couldn't keep fouling us like this..

Second time a wrong decision happens, and once again it's against us. Getting used to this shit at this point.

I honestly didn't think they were good against us at all, but they are probably even worse now.

I can see Pep doing it just to make a statement if he's not happy with something.

I wonder what happened there. Did they get benched from dropping stinkers?

If he can handle being on the bench for the first 6 months, then yes!

They're not even passing the eye test. Ever since Rodri got injured the problems has been mounting. Now they have even more injuries. They are playing Pusey and Walker at CB..

Brentford is currently the highest scoring team (alongside Spurs), but has the most conceded aswell. Edit: missed Wolves, 27 conceded.

Went for Isak, hope I didn't curse him now.

I miss that 4th place season so much man. The fact that we were huge underdogs just made it so much better, like you couldn't believe it. So much joy in one season. And we were even hammering some teams in the process. Memories for a lifetime, nomatter what happens in the future.

Jackson vs Isak is really tough. Have a feeling Jackson can outscore Isak this weekend, but he's on 4 yellows. Jackson has very good fixtures after Arsenal aswell, though. For context, I already have Palmer.

Has he been a real success in a club since winning the league with Chelsea 14/15? Won the Europa League with Man Utd. Apart from that, not much of notice in the last 9 years I believe.

How about Tonali at right back?

Just buy norwegian players, some of them are good, but they will still never qualify for any big tournament to play during the summer.

https://www.givemesport.com/1821601-man-utd-alex-fergusons-reaction-when-two-players-went-out-partying-after-man-city-loss/ On the topic of how it used to be etc. Ferguson used to be absolutely ruthless when it came to these things.