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I just saw the offside. I thought the rule was amended before the season to stop those marginal offside calls from penalizing the fowards. He's at most a centimeter or two off and completely square with the defensive line, there's absolutely no advantage gained in terms of forward momentum or anything like that.

3-1 win, two goals from open play, didn't capitulate at HT after conceding a poor goal in stoppage time, looked like we had some sort of plan. We take those! Can still nitpick some of our decision making in the final third and the subs weren't particularly great once they got on but ultimately no goals conceded in the second half. Anyway on to Everton on Wednesday which I'm sure will be a cunt of a game.

Should've fed Jota there Gakpo

Screamer from Gravenberch! There's our open play goal too, nice by Elliot to intercept the ball as well.

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Thought Gakpo was alright that half if I'm being honest. Ball just isn't sticking to Jota but of course he's the one of the bunch who's most likely to finish any half chance we get. I missed Diaz earlier chance when I was making the coffee but haven't really seen him be involved other than trying to set Jota up a little before Elliot's FK (I think).

Of course when you have someone capable of that it looks really stupid to bet on the wall jumping! Get the fuck in Trent! Not from open play though the fuckin losers.

Elliot was betting on the wall jumping. They didn't so it looks stupid a bit like putting a penalty right down the middle without the chip. If the keeper dives you look brilliant if he doesn't you're an idiot.

Every season is different, last year was a total clusterfuck entirely really. This season I really think the team thought they were just about invincible, especially after the Klopp news and the way the hey handle January and February with a shorthanded squad, and then got punched in the mouth by a poor united side and it’s all went to shit from there.

I think it's a combination of him being tired physically, trying to play himself into form, and mentally being completely fucked (along with the rest of the team) since the defeat to the red mancs in the FA Cup. He's a good player, he showed that in the first few months of the season. He then had a fairly long layoff and unfortunately he's been unable to pick up where he left off but I don't think he's turned into complete dogshit so much as nothing is really coming off for any of them and he's just along for that ride unfortunately.

Fair play to Atalanta. They destroyed us at ours and then Rafa'd us at theirs. Our team not having any clue what to do for the last 20 or so minutes that I actually got to sit an watch whilst they just stood off us is absolutely infuriating and disheartening. We were happy to pass it around the back inviting a press that was never coming, by passing our own midfield only for any balls we won to be mopped up by their players in a congested area. No one seemed to want to make the mistake that lead to a chance for them so therefore we relied on prayer balls to try to create our own and predictably it amounted to fuck all.

They're just standing off us whilst we pass it around the back, you'd think we were the team up 2 goals. Fucks sake.

I thought it was excellent. The best video game to screen adaptation ever for me (though it's a low bar obviously), I liked the last of us as well but never played them. I've only actually finished Fallout 4 but have 3 and New Vegas on the computer just haven't got around to playing them as I know they'll be a major time sink. Anyway I watched it with people that never knew what the games were let alone touched them and they both enjoyed it as well.

I completely agree that Nunez wastes too many chances in general. I also agree that he should've seen Dom and cut it back to him but of all the chances he's missed personally this season and the team missed overall in that game I think this is one of the least egregious. I also feel as though (not directed at you personally) when people are getting on Darwin for the finish but not getting on Diaz for passing on wide open shot from well inside the penalty area with acres of space to aim for to Onana's right that people are holding Darwin to a standard they aren't holding Diaz. I'm starting to feel like there isn't really room for both in the same 11, because they're both a bit shit when it comes to the final decision and at times execution as well.

Are you talking about the one where Diaz played him into a impossibly tight angle with the keeper and a defender on top of him as the ball gets there before wheeling away to the corner instead of crashing the goal which would've put him into exactly the space Nunez ended up putting the ball?