Holden McGroin

Shit. this is a pen.

Second yellow if he dived.

Perfect game for Maxi to show his worth.

Their tactics are good. Seem to be set up to combat us. Unlike Brendan Rodgers Leicester who just played into our hands.

That contract is worth over £44m over 8.5 years. Thats now guaranteed even if he goes off the boil or gets a bad injury. Think he'll fine.

They've managed us well tbh. wouldn't say there has been any glaring misses or wonder saves going on.

Atmosphere sounds well flat. Think this is going to be a moment of magic in a tight game that wins it (from either team).

6 foot 4. We are creating a team of monsters. Edit: Just watched a YouTube video on him. He is fucking huge and little peasants just bounce off him.

Trossard would be decent signing btw. Could cover both flanks and possibly a number 8 as well.

id be tempted to buy a new right sided CB (as well as a full back cover and a midfielde) in the window. We are a Schar injury away from Lascelles playing.

I noticed a company called Boxt that do monthly payments with no up front cost of a new boiler. Get servicing and parts lobbed in as well over the term. Not delved too much into it as don't have any boiler issues at mo but might we worth a look. Edit: Just noticed Strawbz mentioned them as well.

Can anyone get me a couple of tickets for St Marys in Semi?

He is Dec sized.

We had Shelvey, Targett and Krafth missing as well remember. Might have been a different story if they were all playing.

Ideally we'd have enough cover in to give Anderson some loan experience in the championship. He certainly has something about him. The way he receives the ball defensively then immediately transition it to attack is a rarity. reckon with a bit of luck he'd have a couple of goals on his record as well.

Aye, he is a nugget and has no more transfer insight than you or me.

You can always rely on Villa to embarrass themselves to the point our defeat at Sheff Wed doesn't look bad. Takes the shade off us. Well done lads.

They will probably get them next round as PL opposition will be no match for the mighty mackems.

In terms of the manner of the defeat. Im not downbeat at all. If you think the amount of times we've gone down without a whimper in a piss-poor performance over the past 15 years then losing is more palatable when the team gives everything but is unlucky. On another day we win the 6-3.

It would be amusing if they decided the winner of FA Cup would go into Champions League. It would be taken seriously then.

Aye Fraser is the superior player to Murphy. I wonder if the length of Murphys contract has anything to do with it. eg Trying to make a player out of him or putting him in the shop window. I think we are stuck with him for 4 years or we part pay his wages elsewhere. No PL club will pick him up. I'd also be surprised a championship club does as well. Fair play to the lad though. Works hard and has a good contract so nothing against him.

On another day we win this comfortably. Im not concerned. Perversely, I would rather lose this one than a PL game. My major concern would be If you take Trippier or Bruno out of the team we lack the class. My other area of concern is where the goals are going to come from. If the Almiron run was just a purple patch we'll need to find goals from other outlets. Makes the Maddison pursuit all the more important for me.

Wood is not upto standard. Howe knows this more than anyone but there were other players who missed big chances. On reflection we missed 5 absolute sitters: 2 x Isak 1 x Murphy (that lob was simple) 1 x Anderson 1 x Wood On another day we would have won that comfortably. Manquillo played well Murphy would be a decent player in league 1. Would probably struggle in a Championship team. Same for Wood.

I'd go with something like this: --------Dubravka\Darlow Manquillo-Lascelles-Botman-Burn Anderson-Longstaff-Joelinton Fraser-----------------Maxi ------------Wood

That could be the other thing. 🙂