OTF

Isak, good chance there just a terrible touch.

Rightly so.

We're chasing shadows

We're looking rather shit thus far

That's a highly misleading and therefore rather useless list. Calling it 'Net spending' makes it sound like it's the total spending (on players), which it very fucking obviously isn't, and the accuracy of the numbers is likely pulled from publicly listed 'data' which is unfortunately bound to be wrong. A table showing actual net spending on players would be much more illuminating, that being the total cost to assemble all members on the clubs books throught that period (including those who are loaned out) as well as the cost outlay for wages through that period although this would be even more susceptibility to inaccuracy. In that 10 years period for example Man Cities wages are in the vicinity of £1.7b whereas our wages are in the vicinity of £700m. So looking at wages combined with the above net transfers that puts Man City at £2.43b and us at £1.28b. Liverpool by comparison come bounding past us with conservative totals around £1.8b softened by them ripping off Barcelona selling Coutinho for over £100m. And this is not including facility and general operating costs which for us would have been absolute barebones through the Ashley years. As we know our spend is only so high because the starting point for our squad and our Youth system and training facilities are well behind the curve for the quality of team we are aiming to be.

Just so painful dropping these two points like we did. Such a momentum killer especially when combined with our mounting injuries.

Should have finished that Barnes cut back pass a lot better though! Then Paul Dummhead's rugby tackle wouldn't have mattered.

Gemmill Gemmitt Demmitt Dummitt Dummett

Goodbye Dummett, fuckwit.

Dummett you fool.

100th appearance for us

Somehow he didn't hit it cleanly.

Fuck, Isak had to score there!

That was too close.

Dubravka is so slow to come off his line.

Miss Joelinton out there, he'd be getting some retribution for that tackle on Anderson.

Expert medical assessment from the commentary box: "It could be growing pains, he's only 19".

Come on Hall, you need this game.

Loved Barnes earlier, Isak attempted the one two with him that didn't come off and rather than acknowledge the attempt like most players would Barnes' response was to encourage Isak to push up and close down.l from the resulting throw in. Great to see that at all, let alone at 1-0 up.

Top shelf Bruno there.

5th consecutive home game isn't it? First player to do so since the one and only prolific Frenchman Yoan Gouffran.

We've brought the energy from last season thus far.

Isak!!! Great composure and finish.