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Get. The. Feck. In. Happy days.

Negative tactics. Invites pressure. Keep them on the back foot.

Said the same. Tickets wasted on those fools. Just watch the game and enjoy the moment.

It's happening. Great substitutions.

Yep. He's so frustrating. There's a bloody good footballer on there but he's so negative and makes some poor decisions. Henderson would be an upgrade....but he could then be in for pens

That's the spirit.

Dive.

Probably. For the rest of the game he'll be our biggest threat.

Ditto. Foden would give them a different problem. I could see him bringing Henderson into the middle though. Not sure how he'd adjust to that though. Maybe Mount right, and pushing Phillips forward a bit.

Saka needs to look for the ball. He did well for the goal, but he's not got involved enough.

Glad we went in level. They're better than I appreciated. Very well organised. Big, strong. Some quirky tactics, especially on set pieces, that we're struggling to get to grips with. If we can get control of midfield, we'll be OK.

FFS Del, don't start them off.

Yep. Henderson on for one of them. Saka can't get into the game either.

That was coming. Bullying us in midfield. Defence all out of shape. Great free kick, to get that free kick in range. Bollocks.

Not for me. Rather him than Trippier or James. Quality player.

That's the thing. Throughout this thread, and others, people are saying that "we can get x for him" and "buy him for that". It ain't a computer game, and none of us have a clue what a player would cost/sell for, or what his wages are etc. It's bizarre.

There's logic to that. United won't want him coming here to sit on the bench.

Happy with that, I went big on Italians in my fantasy team 😁 Sunday (we'll be there) will be bloody tough. The Italians are a very good team, with amazing togetherness. Their midfield is excellent.

Second a shocker

Chielini is nuts. I fancy the Spanish.

I thought the same. We'll struggle to dominate midfield against either of these teams. I can see Henderson starting.

You'll never find me saying that everything the government has done is timely or well managed, but as a point of principle I feel that some covid restrictions were a necessary evil. Whilst I don't share your point re social control, we agree that this an unnecessary piece of legislation.

Yep. We were so bad down the left side that Ralph had to change us to hybrid back 3-4. Perraud will either sink or swim at this level, but he looks decent going forward and with the ball at his feet, and hopefully gives our team a different dimension. Williams gives options and good cover. Great bit of business of this comes off.

I have to say, it passed me by initially. It feels very ott. Sure, the unpleasant side of the BLM stuff, for example, is not something we want to see again but this is a sledgehammer to crack a nut. It feels that policy makers have said that it's difficult to know where to draw a line in the sand, so they've removed the possibility of a line.

I get that, bit the covid restrictions were not "social control" and nor is the policing bill. Sure, its unnecessary and draconian legislation, but it's not social control as a result of the covid restrictions which is the point badger was making.