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This one should be close. Both teams are without Nick Pope, both teams are without Joelinton. As long as we play the same back 4 as in the league cup (Livramento, Lascelles, Dummett, Targett) we’ll be fine.

Isn’t it worth keeping them around for european squads, as they are homegrown?

Well done lads. 3 goals, clean sheet, just what the doctor ordered. Looking forward to match of the day tonight. Tino given up proving he’s the best left back in the squad, now he’s going after the right back spot. If he can take a corner, Tripps might be in trouble!

Doesn’t bode well for today’s game 🙁 Does that chart include Tonali and Toney as well?

A home draw, please

Fucking hell, what a relief. Fair play, they won, which is all that really matters, right? 🫤 Best bits (apart from the goal & Dubs) were Schar’s handball and Lascelles’ rugby tackle. Comical stuff. Everything else was dog shit.

Gordons corners good at the end there. He can do everything that kid.

Now I understand why tripps always takes the corners…

Fuck. It’s like someone’s told them they have to win the cup. They looked more nervous after the goal than before.

Gordon!!

This is a tough watch. Reminds me of that cup game we lost against Sheffield Wednesday 🙁

Nice to see some changes at the back. Karius looked ok in the league cup final as far as I recall. Whatever happens, will be interesting to see how the balance of the team looks with Tino in. Bench looks a lot tastier too, might even see a 60th minute sub 😮

Didn’t realise JDT was managing them. That’s a blast from the past.

Trippier, balls of steel, backheeling it in his own box…

Woo, a sub!

Wish we had some subs we could bring on 🙁

Burn! Miley next please…

Great finish by Murphy. Granted, he was miles offside, but a couple of seasons ago that would have been straight at the keeper, or out for a throw in

Dixon saying he has no clue. Finally something we can all agree with.

Correct call by var for once!

Every January, one or two of our star players will have 18 months left on their contract, and will be looking for a better deal - and the club will weigh up offering what they want, or taking the cash and buying someone else. That’s just the price of progress - we now have players that aren’t shit where we could get a good fee, and people in the boardroom who know what they’re doing. Obviously, I want him to stay. But if he does go, good luck to him. Although of course without the influence of Howe he might just revert to the version of Joelinton who kicked the ball into his own face.

So frustrating. Like so many games this season, if we have three premier league quality players to bring on after 60 minutes, we probably win that game rather than lose it. Still, if we can get past Fulham in the cup, then get some players back fit for the later rounds, it could still be an exciting season…

Going to be a tough second half, they look lethal on the break. Need Howe to pull something special out of the locker (i.e. Murphy)

Need to tighten this up a bit, Pope can’t make saves like that all night

Haha, yeah, when I saw the ref going to his pocket I was dreading he was going to show a red. I assume Howe slipped him half a valium at half time, just to keep him on the level.