OTF

Miggy won't be dropped for this IMO, but Eddie may want to bring in Gordon and/or Willock depending on how they are training. ASM had one of his best games ever (attack wise) against Man City last time, he'll be keen to repeat that and is in solid form. Wilson definitely needs a rest. Is it risky playing Joelinton when his next yellow sees him miss two games (against Wolves and Forest?) We'd definitely miss him here....

And shite at deciding when to make challenges also, a terrible combination.

Aye Casemiro's shoulder is in front of any ball playing parts of our players? Wilson's boot according to VAR:

FYP

Did very well given the circumstances having not played a competitive game for so long.

It's ridiculous how similar Howe and Ritchie look.

He's Swiss, but otherwise wholly agree 😁

I'm not as disappointed as I thought I might be. I think that's down to our recent form (and theirs) tempering my expectations. Can't take anything away from the lads for their effort, just couldn't take advantage of that effort where it counted which has been the story for several weeks now. A suspect free-kick, suspect defense for us from that free-kick and suspect offside decision on that free-kick and once we were behind we were chasing. The second goal.is down to noone picking up the run of a very inform forward and then a huge piece of luck turning an off-target shot into a goal. Howe will be reflective about this, there's so much value in the whole event given our trajectory. This isn't some one off only chance but part of our transition. The relief now hopefully comes with somr weight lifted off our shoulders for the remainder of the season.

Are you forgetting the wave?

Only 5 minutes, surprise surprise.

That was fucking close from Murphy... the movement there was crazy

Fat head finally gets a yellow when it means nothing.

They've been time wasting like noone else and I'm expecting us to get 15 seconds of added time.

We don't get any meaningful decisions going our way.

I'd say distraction rather than drag, but yes.

Good play Murphy.

ASM off, worked hard and made our best chance. Bruno's hurt his ankle again. Not sure how Wilson has stayed out there.

Here's the fresh legs we need. Wonder if it will be Wilson and Joelinton coming off?

Glad we didn't score there as Trips was offside.

Terrible refereeing, you can bet Martinez drops to the ground clutching something if it's the other way. You can only shield the ball like that when it's within playing distance which that clearly wasn't.

That tackle from Schär was a thing of beauty.

We'll keep the xG Cup with the Balance Sheet Trophy we won under Ashley.

Did you see where the line was for the Casemiro goal? Bullshit.

We've had nothing through the middle, as other have suggested do you hook Wilson or do you try to give him someone else to work with by bringing on Isak and sacrificing Longstaff or Joelinton (now that he's on a yellow). We also have Willock who I think will get a run.

You can't question the heart, the head on the other hand....