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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.

Great to see Tonali and Bruno both have an excellent game, after all those silly suggestions that they can’t play together. Bruno I thought was superbly disciplined last night. Played one over ambitious pass near the start but was flawless from then on.

Have it! He defends, he scores goals, a team of 11 Schars would be unstoppable!

Reward for being brave with the high press

Miggy miggy miggy!!!!

Brilliant result. Didn’t give that starting 11 any chance of keeping a clean sheet. Shows what I know. Kept them at arm’s length for most of the match. Livramento defended Grealish perfectly. Get close to him in the final third, don’t get greedy and give away the foul, and he’ll just stop and pass it sideways. At least the draw means it should be on TV again!

Last time Howe made this many changes we lost to Wednesday in the cup. Squad is a lot better now, but against Man City? I’ll watch this til their first goal goes in

Must be our new motto for this season. ”NUFC: occasionally smashing teams is our identity” I can live with that.