Holden McGroin

Despite Eddie just saying “sitting back doesn’t suit us” it definitely does and I think that’s what we’ll do today. i suspect it will be like Spurs at home this season. Hopefully they don’t get as many chances as Spurs did.

Trippier not even on the bench. Or Miley.

The Mrs has just asked if we can start wrapping presents tonight. I’m not sure I’d prefer that or watching a backs against the wall 0-2 defeat.

We need one of the stats lads to step up here but I thought it was the other way around.

live footage

She has shot to my number 1. Ruth Wilson is finally demoted.

nah. He is a goal machine with the service. We’ve been awful going forward this season. If he played for a top 4 team he’d be smashing them in. his injury record is a worry for me though. Made of glass.

Aye. Gemmils one match thread of the season starts and ends here.

West Ham getting absolutely tonked at home. Just goes to show how bad that result was during the week.

it’s a big attempt to go back to 22-23 which probably isn’t a great idea but the RW is a massive problem

Almiron must be gone in a few weeks. He might be a crap finisher but he links up play well. I’d lob Trippier and him back in next game. They have a good understanding.

we’ll play on the counter which seems to suit us against the big teams at home. I still fancy Liverpool to beat us though. The decline in the team worries me. Howe is probably the best manager we’ve had since Robson so I’ll be gutted if he can’t get the team going.

Mid table team lads. We need a RW so bad.

nailed on defeat now.

One of the so called accountants might to have to put me right here but surely it will hurt our ability to buy players if we have a massive wage bill ?

Jesus. He better up his game for that amount.

Im guessing both will be out. Howe loves a mind game.

I assume that's Rotorua (but potentially could be a lot of places in NZ). Permanent eggy fart smells as soon as you venture outside.

Give over man. 3 good games in a row and you'll be DM'ing Tuchel with glowing reports.

Trippier being injured/out of form/past his best can’t be ignored either. He is critical in calming the defence, retaining possession and creating chances. im not sure we’ll see him at those levels again and Tino is a different full back completely. All cut and thrust.

it’s an easy assumption to make and largely fairly true. The 22-23 season we could suffocate and smash teams. 23-24 was largely a write off because of the injuries (although we had some great memories). We seemed free scoring most of last season. 24-25 - struggling to score and not as mean defensively as the 22-23 season. we thought we’d evolve in 23-24 to be a more possession based team as we seemed to struggle the season before with 3 games a week. it just hasn’t happened. We need a few better technical players in the team. I’m not sure why Tonali can’t seem to displace Longstaff. That seemed an inevitable evolution. Having said that I’ve said he won’t work out since day 1. Very few Italians make it in the PL.

If Big Dan was playing we’d have won that or at least come away with a 0-0. Kelly was poor but he’d need a run of games before we should fully judge. BDB was awful when he first went back to CB but is now a lynchpin.

Uh-oh. If you say Minteh and Anderson in the same post this guy appears

The RW is a massive problem and has been for over a year now.

Why is it being reported we have to sell in January before we buy? Didn't we put in a £65m bid for Guehi in the summer?