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Of course he wouldn't. But it would expose him even further as the morally bankrupt charlatan he is.

This. Maybe Starmer getting fined and then resigning would be the biggest possible blow to Johnson and the Tories, because it's obvious to anybody with eyes that his transgression is far less serious. So for them to try and defend keeping Johnson in post after the LOTO has resigned for a similar but less severe breach of rules would be nigh on impossible to do with a straight face. I doubt it will come to that, because I don't actually think he will get fined. But if he does, then how he responds to it will show how integrate he is and whether or not he cares more about his own career than hurting the Tories.

Ok this is a very valid point, but on a much shorter timescale things have clearly 'gone wrong'. Just over 2 months ago we were performing well as a team, getting results and generally looking hard to beat. Since then our performance levels have fallen off a cliff and we look a shadow of the team that went and beat Spurs at their own place and dumped West Ham out of the FA cup. You could certainly argue that the good spell was us over-achieving and that we are now playing at the level we should be, but it's perfectly reasonable to ask why things might have changed so dramatically.

We need Chelsea to beat them on Wednesday. Although, just two wins might be enough for them as we have to play Liverpool so a +15 GD swing isn't outside the realms of possibility.

10 man Leeds score with their first shot on goal.

For me, the biggest single factor is Romeu's sharp drop in form. During our good spell he was putting in MOTM performances week in week out, which gave us much more control of midfield and provided protection to cover for the failings of our CB pairing. When he plays well, we play well. When he doesn't, we look terrible. As we discovered yesterday though, an out of form Romeu is still a far better option than Diallo, who simply cannot play his role.

I think some/most of the players didn't even know TBH.

Cos they are local away games for me. I can walk to Bramall Lane from my local pub. Even Nottingham is only 40 mins on the train.

Yes, we do.

He fucking walked through our defence FFS.

Entire defence ball watching as well. Nobody tracking the runners. Jesus Christ! Pinball in our 6 yard box. All stopped and claimed offside when he wasn't.

Jansson just put two hands on the ref to remonstrate with him. No card.

And would that have instantly made Bednarek a better defender? Doesn't matter who the manager is at this stage. The limitations of our squad on current form is the biggest problem.

Never seen him play for Norway. Hard to tell from the TV cameras but it doesn't look like he's slotted in to CM.

I'm assuming he's going 4-1-4-1

What do you think Ralph could have done differently today that would have made a difference?

At least Burnley are 3-0 down now.

Stupid foul by Bednarek.

Defensively an utter shambles yet again. I'd be happy to never see Bednarek play for us again, but if he's going to then a least he needs a decent DM in front of him to give him some protection. When Romeu is in form he does that very well, but when he's out of form our defence gets so badly exposed. Diallo offers no protection whatsoever. I'm not sure changing managers is even going to change anything. If a new guy still has the same poor squad is o choose from then it's not going to instantly improve.

Brentford not even trying to win it back off us. They are perfectly happy for us to knock it around sideways in front of them because they know damn well we ain't gonna get through.

He was jogging back from being out of position and then just fell over. A fucking abysmal defender who wouldn't get anywhere near any other PL team.

Watch Bednarek for that second goal. Absolutely fucking useless. Again.

That looked onside. Should have been our corner.

Yeah OK fair enough. But at least he has the pace to do it if he actually tried to, unlike Moi.

Oh fuck. Just like how Palace hadn't come from behind to win all season before last week, we know how this turns out don't we 😔