Donatello

Just to correct, he said it was his achilles' heel His weakness. (unless I heard/watched highlights from a different stream! in which case, apologies)

Mental (they can't be that opposed to his preferred tactics, otherwise they wouldn't have hired him. That or the recruitment process is abysmal)

If we're failing to transition from midfield to the strikers, why would adding Austin solve that? Neither him or Gabby hold the ball up. JRod would've. Long can, to a certain extent. Long/Austin or Long/Gabbi makes much more sense in addressing the ball retention issue up front (imo).

Wasn't there, but read about some booing. That needs to stop. You can't vent frustrations you had from a previous regime on a new one (5 games). Booing a manager 5 games in is ridiculous, and far from helpful. Anyway. Any reason why Lemina didn't start yesterday? Was it covered in a press conference? I'm guessing MP decided to play more 'attacking' players (Davis/JWP) in the hope of scoring, which makes sense to a point, but I've also read that we were completely overrun in midfield - which is likely always going to be the case if you play one of Davis/JWP in a two man central midfield. Hopefully he'll have realised how apparent it is that a Romeu-Lemina is a necessity. I've also read that Rom had a poor game, as he had in the previous game, which is concerning given how consistent he was last year...so if he hasn't already done so, he needs to shave his head.

I didn't see the game yesterday (Ascot), but I've just watched the replay for that second goal and it was atrocious. I've not been a fan of Forster for a while (want him replaced/etc), but I've still included him in my starting XI because he's potentially still the best we have/there's hope he'll find form again, but now I think he needs dropping. He's becoming a constant liability.

This.

Numpty

You should try it. It's a lot healthier for your state of mind.

8/10 easy.

What the f*ck is that?!

"F*uck off"

Does seem a bit short sighted given Can, Henderson, and Keita (next season). Not factoring in Lallana/Wijnaldum, who I guess he's directly up against.

I think it was titled, 'Sign A Shorter Contract'.

First time Bertrand's got forward all game.

Odd that it's gone quiet on here.

F*ckin this Jesus.

Did well to soak up the pressure in the end. Gabbi, Redmond, and Tadic need to do a better job of coming short on occasion and helping the ball out of midfield.

What's Bertrand's f*cking issue?!

Needed doing.

In the no.10 role? Boufal. Hands down.

He can't have any complaints.

That's that then?

Stickied

Nice one.