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I just wanted to say if you came up with "Who needs Rodriguez, we've got your back four" and "We are Southampton, we don't need to score!" years ago when Everton came down and scored two own goals, I personally thank you!

What actually kicked that off, then? Alcaraz getting involved cos Burger started on Holgate?

There's nothing to be gained by trying to analyse last night. Only thing I took out of it was the number of times in the second half one of our creative players (normally Stu or Alcaraz) wandered into the opposing half looking to start something, before hanging onto the ball for what seemed like 4 hours while they desperately looked around for someone to move it to. How can a team that's set up with 5 attackers have no options in the final third?! Leicester weren't sat deep or anything (they didn't need to). Were players hiding? Were they in the wrong positions? All the shit that's gone on over the past couple of years, and last night it looked like nobody at the club had learned a thing. Credit to Baz, thought it'd be 5 or 6 if it weren't for him.

Was just thinking that!

He did. He liked Ings, too.

#maraIN

Strikes me that if we actually feed him with the service he needs, he'll bag tonnes of goals in the Champ, but he's never had it. He always looks like a fish up a tree. I think he'll go to Werder Bremmen personally. Arma will be up top tomorrow with Alcaraz, Fraser and Stu behind him IMO. Have a nasty feeling this is when the unbeaten streak ends. Sunderland will want blood if we're pinching two of their best players, and it's a damage limitation match for Russell as he doesn't have all the pegs in the right holes yet. Hope I'm talking complete shite though.

Can't figure Mara out. He's frustrating. Clearly has a lot of talent and potential, but figuring out a way to unlock it seems tricky. He's had three different managers here, and if Russ doesn't see it then I'm happy to trust the process. Things like the finish against City in the cup though...none of our other strikers (since Ings) would have managed that. Cool as you like.

I wonder how Wolves fans will feel about signing the striker who (if my memory serves me right) managed while playing against them to miss an open goal on the goal line by handballing instead of heading? I can see Wolves going down tbh. I think their party is over now.

He literally is no. 9 😆 (yeah I know what you meant!)

You see him more as a 10?

Are you forgetting Arma there?

Gotta be Millwall and Leeds.

This is a valid point. People are weighing up £15m for a striker with poor finishing generally (though with other decent attributes) in his last year of contract vs. the riches we'd gain from promotion...completely overlooking the fact that we aren't guaranteed promotion with or without him, and could easily finish outside the top 6/7 and still see him go at the end of the season on a free. I quite like him, but I think he's easily replaceable. My only worry is will the club actually manage it this time.

Serious question...who the fuck would eat raw chicken liver, and why?!

I wouldn't take Messi if he'd done the same thing, let alone Greenwood. Let him go and become a billionaire in Saudi or something.

Say what you want about getting deals done early, but we're pulling a masterclass in how to get the most pennies from a sale here. Have basically pitted two top 6 teams against each other and are using them both to bump each other's bids up. £60m for Lavia is a great deal after less than a full season of PL football.

This deserves a quote post!

I know it's risky to say it, but I really enjoyed that last night! Can't remember the last time I enjoyed watching us.

Lyanco's hopefully so enraged that he decides to move to another club to play his 2 or 3 good games a season.

KWP better not be going if Tino has. Would rather have kept Tino over KWP, tbh. I like them both, but the ceiling is higher with Tino. It's a good deal for us, can't deny that, just sad it happened, and to them.

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadio

KWP playing in the middle? Almost like he's in a #6.

That's probably half of worldwide football, in fairness. A lot of them in the God Squad.

To be fair, MLT seems to be of the 'easily led' types, if it fits in with what he wants to be true. I don't think he's the sharpest knife in the drawer!