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Bit rusty at the start but after that a professional performance. Great to see Osula get his first goal, and one for Miley too. And plenty of first XI players got a rest. I remember us getting spanked at home by Birmingham in the cup, in (checks) 2007. Revenge for that please - but will need to play a stronger side!

Bring Gordon & Bruno back off now, wrap em in bubble wrap 🙂

There it is, nice one Osula, great strike!!!

Better from Osula, making a nuisance of himself

Gordon!!! Well done lad, good pen

Pen? Who takes it?

Better in that last 15 minutes, passed the ball around a bit quicker and a few gaps opened. Much better than trying to force it through the middle, it’s too congested there.

Cracking hit. He should teach Bruno how to hit them from there.

Miley!!!

Ffs

It’s so nice to have the option of resting a full 1st XI for a cup game against lower league opposition, and that not mean that Jamal Lewis is in the side. Would love to see Miley & Osula get a full game. Plus the PSR keeper, he suddenly becomes important if Dubravka is off.

Great defensive performance at the end. But if we play 5-5-0 from the start of the second leg I’m gonna need some strong medication to get me through it!

Switched to a back 3? Eddie doesn’t do that very often…

Seen one goal on Sky and one on ITV now. Is this game on any other channels?

Gordon!!!!

Ice man!!! I literally just turned on the tv 😂

Will be interesting to see how they manage it, unless the Saudis come to their rescue. They don’t have many players I’d be happy us spending 30+ million on.

It’s completely bonkers that in this age of PSR a club would appoint a manager who can only play one system, seemingly on the understanding that they’ll buy him a whole load of new players in the first transfer window. Maybe they’ve got loads of PSR headroom, I wouldn’t know, but still seems like a bizarre way to run a football club. Anyway, nice to be going into this one with so many players on top form. Great chance to beat these on their own patch, haven’t done it in the league for ages.

I just had to rewatch the highlights to check I hadn’t dreamt Murphy’s backheel assist for Isak’s third goal. Beautifully cheeky bit of skill. Btw if Salah had done that it would be headline news…

Lol, whamageddon at the end there

Tonali!!! Brilliant corner

That’s more like it lads 👍 Goals from Murphy, a goal from midfield, and a clean sheet from Dubravka. Wouldn’t have bet on any of that before kickoff, but all great to see!

All I want is a win, don’t care about the score, thanks. Actually, make it a scrappy 1-0 win, Isak scoring a stonewall penalty, so it gets put last on MotD and I can justify staying up for the whole thing on Saturday night.

Me & the other NUFC supporting fella in work have both predicted this one as 3-1. Therefore, using the wisdom of crowds, it’ll be 6-2. The hammers getting a hammering.

IIRC he skied a volley at the back post against Forest. Given the pro he seems to be, I bet he worked on that in training afterwards.