Eddie and Mad Dog's still shite but slightly better, it was only Brentford FFS, Geordie Boys v Sandro Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Sandro Use To Room On The Second Floor, Meelan

[toonotl 3436]

Massive result. Brave performance.

[Monkeys Fist 45163]

I thought we looked the stronger side 2nd half.
Not displeased at all with that result for our first CL game in decades. 
We’ve got nowt to fear bringing these back to SJP

 

Their gaffer, Pop Guardiola,  will be more pissed off than Edward after that. 

[Renton 23703]

1 minute ago, spongebob toonpants said:

Away point at the San Siro. Another clean sheet. Shouldn't underestimate how good a result that is against last year's finalists

 

Can't say I enjoyed it tbh, but happy now

Semifinalists tbf. But yeah, what we need to do now is turn around our home form and performances. 

[ewerk 33229]

Just now, Rayvin said:

 

Yeah there's work to do but we cannot be that bad a side at the moment if we can go to the San Siro and get a clean sheet.

 

Aye but being realistic we hardly deserved the clean sheet. A few good saves from Pope and a failure by Milan to take their chances.

 

None of that will matter come the final table but we need to improve sharpish, we haven’t looked good since the first day of the season.

[Anorthernsoul 1222]

Thought we'd nicked it.

 

Showed real fight and desire to dig in second half. They can build on that now.

 

 

Happy with a point.

 

 

 

 

[strawb 4645]

Great point after a hard game, thought longstaff and trippier were our standouts. 
 

We will set up differently at home against these and beat them 

[thebrokendoll 10286]

happy enough with the result, not particularly the performance, thought we were fucking woeful in the final third, pretty much par for the course since the first game of the season.

was at the san siro 20 years ago, we were fucking magnificent and all who were there had a match to remember to forever.

bit gutted for the young'uns there tonight they didn't get to experience something even remotely similar.

[Rayvin 5926]

6 minutes ago, ewerk said:

Aye but being realistic we hardly deserved the clean sheet. A few good saves from Pope and a failure by Milan to take their chances.

 

None of that will matter come the final table but we need to improve sharpish, we haven’t looked good since the first day of the season.

 

Fair comment but nonetheless I think we should take positives from our first game back in the big time  

[Chaser 1367]

Longy and Trips for MOTM for me, probably Trips just shading it. Just can't understand what's happened to us. Is Joelinton the key? Still little intensity in winning 2nd balls and a lack of counter. Gordon looks decent still, but demands balls to run on to whereas Miggy is much more or a collect and run player. Isak looked more like Chris Wood tonight which is concerning. Thought Burn looked very slow though and was being turned a lot. We really need to start looking at rotating that LB slot. 

[MMXXVIII 1296]

Anyone else think we looked like shell-shocked pussies and, if so, who do you replace him with? 

[Renton 23703]

2 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said:

happy enough with the result, not particularly the performance, thought we were fucking woeful in the final third, pretty much par for the course since the first game of the season.

was at the san siro 20 years ago, we were fucking magnificent and all who were there had a match to remember to forever.

bit gutted for the young'uns there tonight they didn't get to experience something even remotely similar.

 

They'll get many more chances. And let's be honest, the actual football is only 10% of the experience. 

[Monkeys Fist 45163]

Just now, MMXXVIII said:

Anyone else think we looked like shell-shocked pussies and, if so, who do you replace him with? 

Nope 

 

First half wasn’t great but we looked the stronger side for most of the second to me. 
Reolace who? 

[wykikitoon 22914]

People need to chill on the Hall and Liveramento love in too. Trust the process 

[MMXXVIII 1296]

1 minute ago, Monkeys Fist said:

Nope 

 

First half wasn’t great but we looked the stronger side for most of the second to me. 
Reolace who? 

 

I'll let it fester.

[wykikitoon 22914]

One thing that's got me scratching my head. Isak. How do we get him firing again? 

[Rayvin 5926]

2 minutes ago, MMXXVIII said:

 

I'll let it fester.

 

You don't mean Howe, surely?

[Dr Gloom 23647]

Agree with Strawb. We can do these at home. 
 

Not the easiest performance to watch. I was surprised how early we seemed to tire compared to last season. Not used to playing every three days I guess. Maybe need add a new dope doctor to the back room staff. Pogba’s doctor might have an opening. 
 

I don’t think Milan bossed the game by any means. They just did more with the ball when they had it. Our defence looked a little panicked at times and we lacked creativity when we got near the box. 
 

Great point on balance and a clean sheet 

[ewerk 33229]

4 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

One thing that's got me scratching my head. Isak. How do we get him firing again? 

He was coming a bit deeper looking the ball but, like all strikers, it’s incredibly difficult to score if you don’t have the service.

[Monkeys Fist 45163]

4 minutes ago, MMXXVIII said:

 

I'll let it Fester.

I know I’m bald, but that’s uncalled for 

2 minutes ago, Rayvin said:

 

You don't mean Howe, surely?

I think he does, I’m putting it down to overindulgence. 

[Chaser 1367]

1 minute ago, ewerk said:

He was coming a bit deeper looking the ball but, like all strikers, it’s incredibly difficult to score if you don’t have the service.

 

He wasn't his usual in possession either though. 

 

He's class, players dip in and out of form. It just happens that they've all dipped at the same time..

[Gemmill 50006]

Fast track to becoming a basket case if we bin Howe off the back of this or pretty much anything else that could realistically happen this season.

[Isegrim 10364]

Good result. People should get a grip. We were still playing a major European side not some unwashed 5-a-side from down the road.

 

 I did only really watch the second half and thought our players were struggling with the size of the pitch and positional awareness. Milan were tactically astute and more comfortable with the ball. Some of our players are struggling with confidence, fitness and form. Winning a point away is even better and if we can raise the intensity in games at home then we will see better performances and results.

[spongebob toonpants 4366]

6 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

was surprised how early we seemed to tire compared to last season.

2nd game in 3 days - mentally taxing playing in the Champions league and I think they said it was 30 degrees

[ewerk 33229]

BTW for anyone still watching TNT1, Minteh is starting for Feyenoord.

[Rayvin 5926]

I mean, Howe needs to grow into managing at this level too, I'm sure he'd be the first to say the same. But he works so hard, he's so committed that I'm personally prepared for it to take a bit of trial and error, some rough patches here and there, to be able to allow him to get to the point where he's got it all nailed down.

 

We don't need to be the team that smashes elite clubs around in the CL yet - in fact I almost don't want us to be because it's going to be way more satisfying later having had to grind through the levels and really earn it.