Chaser

Not sure if id give Murphy a start like, think he's better as legs when the other side is tiring. If he had any end product in the final third, he would be in the starting 11. Eddie needs to drop Callum, this is getting daft as he's not showing any change in fortune or fitness. 3 goals scored in the league in 2023 is a horrendous stat and we need to sort that out ASAP.

Isak and Willock definitely showed plenty of energy and attacking threat up until they sucker punched us. Willock to start in Joelintons slot next game. Would probably chance Maxi with Targett as Maxi also looked keen to threaten.

Can tell the form has dipped as all the inbreds have appeared when their season is just about over.

I've turned the commentary off yet again, insufferable much like the last few games on Sky. When will these channels have unbiased commentary?

Do you have to have inter-relations with your close family or be able to look in 2 completely different directions at once to be able to interpret Scouse, Mackem or indeed Scouse Mackem?

Hopefully your mam is going to want to use the telephone soon.

Need to get a grip of this in midfield. They're relentless when in counter, and relentless in the press. Both of our full backs getting pulled everywhere.

Far too pedestrian

Needs to r-amp up his performances if he wants to get back in the side. Glad Eddie's switched him out.

Man Utd get another fixture in the book. Was hoping they'd get taken to ET.

Couldn't agree more about that last paragraph. A mate of mine is a red and he is one of the worst for entitled arrogance. Ever since they started picking up results with ETH, I've had to endure his "Utd are still the greatest club in the world" shite. I'm still praying they are going through a purple patch before reverting to previous form. Anyway back on about us, I've calmed down since last night and can see that these players gave it everything out there and that's all we can ask. We didn't have the quality to break them down much like the game at Liverpool where we dominated but didn't have the killer instinct. Wilson's lack of form is punishing us now, hopefully Isak can get some games in his place but I'm not sure whether Eddie seems him as a striker or not. Isak with 2 of Gordon/Maxi/Willock/Almiron playing off him keeps the intensity up and maybe they can find their scoring boots again. Targett coming back might give BDB a rest and a chance to rotate a couple in defence. 15 games to enjoy now. Let's hope it's a Euro spot at the end of it.

I don't get all this idea of us being at the start and there's more to come so it doesn't matter, if we have that mentality then we will continue to lose finals. We could have said that 20 years ago and look where it got us. Man Utd were dogshit at the start of the season, they've got 2 players who make them tick at present and both scored today. They did little for much of the game as their plan was to sit in and stop us playing in the final third with the early lead. Rashford is running purple at the minute and unfortunately all our hot streaks have dried up. Whether that's fatigue, nerves, over thinking stuff I don't know but we need to find what got us free scoring and feeling invincible again. We were there on merit and we shouldn't just have this plucky loser mentality.

Need to give this league thing a good crack now. No distractions, no excuses.

I don't think Karius put a foot wrong. No chance against the free kick and no chance agains the OG. He made some good saves when they were clearly told to test him from distance.

Don't think you can paint it any other way than they took their chances and we didn't take ours. Every miss or save today sums up our success at scoring at Wembley.

Im absolutely gutted.

They're just flooding their area everytime we come forward. It's been a game plan thats thwarted us in the last few games and it's working for them. That's why we've had so much possession because we struggle with it being so tight in the final third.

I know we're trying to work it into a clear opportunity but theres been quite a few times where we would have been better having a pop, especially with bodies in the box. Maxi has had the opportunity a couple of times for an early cross but has chosen to go inside instead.

As soon as it went to VAR I knew there was only going to be one outcome, he could have been waving in clear space and they would have found an angle and bodypart to play off. It's become farcical. They write the narrative.

I almost felt like crying when that 2nd one went in, only the 9yr old sat next to me stopped me. This feels like a curse. Every time these fuckers, every time the same result. They've managed to nullify our threat from wide forcing us through the middle but Wilson and Miggy look a bit disconnected from the midfield. Man Utd haven't threatened much in open play so we can only hope rather than anything else that we spring 2 goals on them 2nd half.

This isn't looking great for Schar

C'mon boys!

Well our fans have already beaten theirs just on spectacle..

He looks nervous to me, but that could just be my nerves.