Diego Simeone really would be the dream appointment for us. It sounds mad, but if he came to England after Atleti, I could only see two clubs suiting him - one of which would be us. #nufc

Not surprised at how many seem to want Jose, but there’s more reasons against him than for him these days. His actions when Vini Jr was racially abused by one of his players should be a stark reminder of why he’d be very bad for us. Can’t have a bloke like that managing us. #nufc

They definitely do. And I don’t really know why he excites me, just a feeling.

Don’t have a choice really. Have to hope for a decent appointment. None of the names I’ve seen spoken about excite me outside of Poch and even he feels dated.

Probably be the name I’ve read that excites me most.

Again today.

1-0 in first half. 0-2 in second half. 5 shots in the first, 2 in the second. 4 shots conceded / 7 shots conceded. Won the xG in the first half. Got smashed in it in the second. Same problems. #nufc

I agree with the twitter poster. He seems wise 😂 Howe will go on to have success again, but it won’t be with us. All good things come to an end.

Yesterday, that keeper wasn’t tested enough. He’d have thrown one in if we gave him the chance.

Games just become chaotic, like we pretty much create/concede the same quality of chances in second halves, whereas in first halves we have control.

Premier League first halves/second halves #nufc:

Goals scored - 20 / 24
Goals conceded - 16 / 30
Shots - 180 / 229
Shots against - 169 / 201
xG - 23.57 / 28.57
xG conceded - 15.99 / 30.92

Only had one midweek off since August outside of an international break and that was caused by Christmas Day.

Absolutely games gone that the kick off is 5.45 this evening. Fine for Qarabag, but not for Barca. #nufc

I’m not saying I’d like to see it as a fan, but ultimately it’s true. Eddie could lose his job this summer. If we’d exited the cups early, we’d probably be 7-10 points better off in the league. Squad isn’t good enough yet.

As much as I admire Eddie’s approach in the cups, it’s probably going to be his downfall. We’d have been better served by binning off both domestic cups. #nufc

Dan Burn’s switches of play were a thing of beauty last night. Must have done it half a dozen times and a couple with his weaker foot. #nufc

Think it’s too early to write him off myself. I think he’ll be much better next season as a striker.

The Woltemade debate is bizarre. Aye, he’s not a midfielder. Doubt anyone believes he is, but he’s doing a job for the team while Miley/Bruno are out. He won’t be starting games there when they’re back. Nearly got a lovely assist tonight. He’s doing okay in a role that doesn’t suit him. #nufc

This 4-2-3-1 isn’t looking half bad. Liked it against Bournemouth, Villa and now against Qarabag. #nufc

The not winning without Bruno stat is a lot less concerning when you look how many of those games Tonali played in. He’s the one we’ll want to fill the gap and Saturday showed he can, at least for a short period. #nufc

I don’t watch as much European football as I used to, but impressed by Alisson Santos for Napoli tonight. Changed the game from the bench and hadn’t heard of him before. Seems they took him from Sporting’s bench in January. Good recruitment.

It’s not the percentage play, but we’ve got enough evidence that we can’t create a lot of chances ourselves. Even if you get a nick behind, we’re much better from set pieces.

Given our issues generating shots and how good we are at pressing/winning loose balls, we should shoot more from range.

Hopefully it’s gone now.

Just use Tonali instead of him. Then rotate the other four in the two slots either side. Could use Woltemade too when required in a ten.

Bruno injury is a blow, but ‘the don’t win without him’ narrative isn’t as bad when you look into context. Won some cup games without him against good teams. He’s only not played in four league games over the last three seasons, all tricky games. We’ll be worse, but we’ll still win games. #nufc

Excited to watch the Premier League equivalent of watching two drunks fight over a kebab tonight. #nufc

Couldn’t even fake a limp.

This game has gone as badly as it could have gone. It is becoming difficult to defend this lot and have any hope of improvement. #nufc

This isn’t the winning machine it was a few years ago. I’ve seen them fall apart a few times in the last couple of weeks. If we score the first goal, it’ll definitely rattle them. At the same time, it’ll probably rattle us too 😂

Aye it’s a tricky one. I think we have to score the first goal. I’d go strong and then if city score the first goal, make changes at half time.