Howay

Hope Colback is taken off at the half. Red card waiting to happen tbh.

He was desperate for that to be a foul on Ward.

Christ what a total bellend Colback is, can't even run without fouling people

Aye the finish was brilliant. Calm as you like.

Not sure what Ward is complaining about he never had the ball tbh, he just parried it into his stomach imo.

Quality by the big man

Colback is really shit

Aye the stamp was horrible. Incredibly lucky Zlatan's head was off the floor or it could have been really grim.

Just need to keep holding for now, this lot are going to be fucking paggered playing and pressing like this.

Colback trying to give a free kick away in a dangerous area with a pointless handball there. He really is a fucking disaster.

Get in there. About fucking time we got a soft pen tbh, the amount of times we've had people take contact in the box and get fuck all for it yet it's always given against us

Anita showing his brilliant defensive work there

Diame did score a wonder goal tbf

:lol:Fantastic nickname for them that.

:lol: Think that would make it slightly easier than playing Colback tbf.

I'm starting to think Rafa is just trying to make it a challenge for himself. "I got a side promoted that had Jack Colback, Vernon Anita, and Paul Dummett playing regularly, I also won the CL playing shite like Traore"

My issue with that is I've never saw anything from Anita to say he's better defensively than Yedlin. The fact the bloke offers no threat whatsoever seems to be the only reason he's said to be more defensive. Utter fucking clogger both sides of the ball like wor Jack. Really praying this is the last season at NUFC for both those frauds.

Yeah, I'm happy enough to think it's a rest but there is doubt as Anita was clearly his preferred option before he fortunately got injured. Honestly man seeing his fat arse and Colbacks stupid hair in the same side is shite even though we're doing really well.

We've broke Brighton tbh. After our leveler their threat was over, the Willys are waving now.

Unless Yedlin is tired I've no idea how Anita walks back into the side. It's one of the most baffling preferences Benitez has, Anita's no better defensively than Yedlin and he's no threat whatsoever on the attack.

That are already massively underfunded to begin with .

Only took him 1000 extra playing minutes in all.

Stop bringing facts and logic in ewerk, this is the post-truth age ffs.

I know they're there for money and they'll be rightly chuffed with the money they're getting but on some level surely it'll feel utterly fucking shite playing in an empty stadium after playing in packed ones in Europe, South America, Africa, etc like they've been doing up to this point.

When Rafa made the announcement about Gayle, he had to pause as there was an audible sound of unzipping as people prepared to get their willys out ready to wave. To be fair I'd be hesitant to start him after last time, I mean Rafa and the team will know where he is at but I'd have no complaints with seeing Murphy start if he thinks we can win an aerial battle or Gouff to tire the defenders out. If we can get through this one without using Gayle it'll give him a bit longer to get 100%.