OTF

Special ref making more special calls.

Yep, having an actual striker creates space for the in behind players like Woltemade, Tonali etc so it really kills your goal scoring not having someone spearheading the attack.

The Livramento long throw is the new Mike Williamson at the back post. We're playing the long game.

Commentary saying that the referee has been fair. FAIRLY SHIT more like it.

The last time we won here was under Steve Bruce, so the problem is clearly tactics, as in having them.

Howe is going to have to rereinvent Joelinton as a striker.

Happy for it to finish like that.

Good tackle

Because in Germany it's a penalty.

Sadly Miley has not impressed, not been terrible, but more than a couple of mistakes.

You could tell when he went down that Woltemade knew it was a penalty. This ref is terrible.

Willock should be repurposed as a creative midfielder, he's always finding new ways to turn over possession.

It should be a penalty for anyone, every day of the week. Bizarre.

In what fucking world is a super clear shirt pull in the middle of the box on a guy in possession of the ball not a penalty? Insufficient contact for him going down, absolute horse shit. If that was a bar that was enforced most fouls would not be given.

Better from Hall, this is the only way for him to get his match sharpness.

Clutching at his hip earlier when he was forced to do something other than watch the game.

Woltemade and Murphy working well together.

Ray Naldo sent off for the mackems.

Absolutely useless, clear fucking foul.

We need to channel Bournemouth's propensity to shoot.

They certainly think so, though don't think the young one is ready.

Willock stealing a living. Turns it over and just watching not marking anyone.

And we've now got squad players who are better than Mike Ashley's purple players. I do expect it will be a 5 3 1 1, but there's also a chance that he plays Thiaw in a DM role, or in a roaming defender role man marking Semenya. Bournemouth made us look very ordinary last we played them away so even with a load of changes Eddie will not allow the same to happen twice.

The only thing is that Willock has provided next to nothing in the last year, but with Ramsey injured I guess there wasn't a lot a choice if he wanted fresh legs.

I'm still in disbelief about Konate as the last man before the keeper two hands shoving Barnes in the back whilst on a yellow card and getting not even a foul given. In fact Bruno got a yellow card for complaining. We may as well have been handed a formal letter from the league stating "You're not welcome here."