Ayatollah Hermione

Jorginho is a total helmet, it seems but him coming in to sit deep over Shelvey is a pretty great upgrade. Frees up Bruno to shine further up too

Mind, we shouldn’t forget that Bruce made such a terrible impression that, even though the owners knew the selection process would take a good while, they’d rather entrust the job to a bloke who couldn’t hack it at Luton because he was an actual coach than rely on the bloke with 25 years managerial experience Didn’t he come in “early” the day after the takeover which transpired was about 10AM. Howe is on his 6th cup of coffee and 3rd shit by then

Leeds will go hell for leather and we’ll just pick them off at will. Think of the Southampton game when fraudy Ralph tried to “get at us” and got his P45 the following morning. As for Arsenal, they’re in the title race ffs, I was taking the piss this run of games is a fucker for them but they’re beating the shite they need to and that keeps you up there. Look at us

Should we put you down for a draw?

I don’t even think Arsenal are in the title race

Us signing a right back is probably dependant on when Krafth is fit. Could see us getting that young kid from West Ham and having Krafth as cover. Especially after his form last season

You’d think a midfielder will be made a priority with Shelvey injured again. Especially since he was never a long-term answer anyway. That would be on top of Maddison if I was running things. Someone with a good range of passing who can sit deep ala the Shelv-Dog

Howe’s interview is class. He gets asked if we’re in the title race and says something along the lines of “we’re not thinking about that, one game at a time” and within two questions, he fires off with “this team can do anything and I want the fans to dream” The mask slightly slipped there and I love it tbh

That’s how you’ve ended up with twins

Plus, Moyes seems to have a strange ability to pull results out despite all odds. Luckily, that skill deserted him in Wearside

I assumed we were last top at Xmas after we did Leeds and Arsenal away in the 01/02 season. Sure 02/03 was a later charge since we started poorly

Lol, it’s only Boxing Day. Sorry, Kevin. There’s a new king in town

Can anyone crunch the numbers and figure this out? Surely that’s got to be our highest ever? A lot of Robson’s games seemed to be 3-2 thrillers and I’m sure Keegan come close but I surely can’t be sure

Even the first XI would have been fairly fearsome 2/3 seasons ago but it has the feel of a Masters team now. Even Alexander-Arnold feels like he’s peaked and he’s about 22

I see that we’ve now caught 15 teams on off days. What a coincidence that is

He was decent in that game but, if I’m honest, I think him not playing today was precisely because Leeds are the kind of team he’ll love playing. I agree that he’ll probably be away in the summer but I can see him swinging a few games in our favour against more open sides before he does. Mustn’t forget that he was clearly the MOTM against Man City in August when he had those kinds of spaces to operate in.

Jokes on you since you’ll miss West Ham giving our title charge a boost

Merry fucking Christmas

Arsenal loss sees us 4 points off top ffs

That’s either a goodbye for Ritchie or a pisstaking sub at the level of when we brought Perch on at 3-0 up against Man Utd

Incredible to see, man. Bruno is being fairly quiet but when he gets the ball, he’s routinely taking the piss. Even Wood is winning the battles with the centre halves

Wondering how he’s going to get into the team in a few weeks

laughing at the rest of the league having to deal with us after we’ve signed another 2/3 good players next month

Bruno and Miggy have a great connection, like. Feels like Miggy has been waiting for a player like Bruno to turn up since he signed