Tuchel??

Will leave you with Dan's post-match comment to me on Whatsapp that absolutely killed me.

"all this talk of Arsenal having no strikers and we rock up to the Etihad without none to show them how it's done"

We had no fit CBs for most of the season & were playing midfielders & League Two / Championship level players there. Henderson missed the run in, Thiago out half the season, Jota out for month... We couldn’t pick the same XI twice in a row all season. In the circumstances we did well to finish 3rd.

One long term injury? We had every single centre back out for half the season and most of the rest of the squad…

We finished 3rd in 2021

Yeah, MOTD was basically just the Bournemouth highlights and the attempts to make the penalty controversial are pathetic. It’s a clear penalty and Cook didn’t even protest which says it all.

Stunned? It’s more surprising when United win these days.

Idiots. He was a kid when he was with us. Will never understand it.

We weren’t at our best, but we were by no means poor. Bournemouth are just a really difficult side to play. They’ve already beaten Arsenal, City, Newcastle, Forest, Spurs and United and drawn with Chelsea.

He does start regularly for us

That would be nice

If they ditched the play off round and just had the top 16 qualify, then this new format would be great.
They won’t because it means less money spinning games and some of the big clubs going out early.

Can’t believe they made him captain. Thick as mince. An embarrassment off the pitch and is running away as soon as things get tough on the pitch.

I’d rather play them in the last 16 than the semis or the final

Utter morons 🤮

Brentford fans were singing it before Darwin scored and Liverpool fans sung it back to them after he scored. Same thing happened in the League Cup game against Southampton.

I thought he was fine. Mbuemo will cause any fullback problems.

0-1 is not the end of the world, form is more of a concern. Need to get back to our best quickly.

Jones being kicked in the box is a penalty as well.
I think we’ve missed Szoboszlai’s legs in midfield the last couple of games and Jones’ form has dipped. Thought we should have seen some of Elliott today.

Another lacklustre performance which is a bit of a concern, but we didn’t deserve to lose. Some laughable officiating again.
Just ludicrous we were defending with ten men when their goal went in because their goalscorer injured Tsimikas and should have been sent off.

How the fuck was that lad even still on the pitch, let alone score a goal?

Best bit was Kostas was still off the pitch receiving treatment when he scored because of the tackle he should of been sent off for!!

Fuming!

Anyway, UP THE REDS

Has to. Performances like that will cost us the title.

Sadly Trent just didn’t look arsed. Anyone can have a stinker, but they can at least put in 100% effort.

Right, let’s see how many layers I can fit under my coat for the trip to Anfield 🥶

I agree we need to wait until the end of the season to properly judge, but so far he couldn’t have done much better.

What you’ve said is exactly why Slot’s job is being undersold. The narrative is Arsenal and City have been poor and Liverpool have been lucky with injuries, red cards & refereeing decisions (not true). When in reality 2.5 PPG, 6/6 in the UCL & LC semi finals is excellent regardless of other teams.

Arsenal have exactly the same number of points after 20 games as they had last season with a better goals difference.
Liverpool would also be 2 clear of City with 2 games in hand. I actually thought City would drop off, just not to the extent they have.

Really hope the game is on. Obviously safety has to come first, but we could really do with getting points on the board and avoiding a fixture pileup.

No one was saying we had the best starting XI and were favourites for the title before a ball was kicked. Loads even had us finishing outside the top 4. No one thought Gravenberch was the answer at DM when the club failed to bring in the midfielder Slot wanted. A lot of revisionism going on.

No, he is not. It’s the fans who decide who our legends are, and he is certainly not one.