Razoray

Joining the illustrious company of Cardiff, Bradford and their neighbour Sunderland who also reached the final since 2012. Fuck, even Spurs have "achieved" that lately.

I know you like your stats. He is an attacking midfielder and he got 3 goals, 6 assists. If everyone is fit, he doesn’t start for them

The narrative that they were unlucky in Europe is pure bollox. Even if PSG didn't get the late penalty two weeks ago they would still have finished below Milan, in 3rd. With all the talk of injuries, it is important to note that from their first eleven, only Pope and Botman were missing through injury, last night. A few backups like Targett, Barnes, Murphy and Willock were also out, but you'd swear that the black plague had hit the North-East, given the commentary around them. Tonali is unavailable, not injured, but fuck him anyway. He is only at Newcastle because Milan saw what was coming down the line. We currently have a first choice centre-back, left back, midfielder (or three if you count Thiago an Bajcetic) & a forward out injured, and there hasn't been a peep about a "crisis". This despite Howe spending £380m in 18 months. The commentary around a club that have spent so much and are as near Bournemouth as to 4th is mad. The only tangible achievements they have achieved since spending a fortune has been wasted by finishing 4th in their CL group. Absolutely delighted for their owners, manager, assistant manager, fans, Joelinton, all of them. Cunts

Kelleher Bradley Gomez Quansah Chambers Elliott Endo McConnell Doak Gakpo Jones No way should Nunez or Diaz play (unless Gakpo starts on Sunday). Konate playing would be fucking ridiculous, unless Klopp intends to play Gomez at centre back on Sunday.

Code could do the right backs

Onana Wan-Bissaka Varane Lindelof Dalot Amrabat Mainoo Antony McTominay Garnacho Hojlund If Lindelof is still out he will probably start Evans and Rashford might start if fit, but that is an ordinary side. If we are slow on and off the ball and show complacency they might put in a backs to the wall performance. We really need to start well and with their low confidence, they will capitulate.

Beat Copenhagen at home- last minute penalty save by Onana wasn't it?

If the wifi is good enough, they’ll see it when you post it on the match thread

Fair enough but if someone wants to speak their mind, they should be prepared to be called a cunt, if they say a lot of cuntish things, while speaking their mind.

Go for the league cup - there are just four games remaining in the competition and the final is before the next European game. Rotate for the Arsenal game, and for the remainder of the FA cup, as we have done in Europe from August to December. If we are beaten, I wouldnt be too pushed. I have a bet on a league cup/Europa double so don't fuck around with those two, Jurgen.

We have finished a lot of games with a 442 formation, especially when we need a goal. Gakpo and Harvey have played on the right with Salah moving up top with Darwin/Gakpo/Jota. It gives natural width and a greater presence in the box if we do get a cross in. It does however, reduce the control in midfield so Klopp seems happy to start with a 433 and use it in an emergency only. It does help to have the width though.

That's a five v four if Ayew doesn’t commit the foul

Cunt

"This shows exactly the narrative of most of the BT/TNT games. Sky get first and second choice so it is rare that the 12:30 Saturday game is two top 6 teams playing against each other. Instead, they pick one where a relative minnow are at home to a big team, who are usually after a midweek European game, or after an international week. The build-up and commentary will be based around a potential slip-up for Goliath and the pluckiness of David. They must think that this will attract fans of the other big teams to tune in and enjoy the hope of an upset. Maybe it does, but it is torture to listen to for the fan of the big team playing. Jermaine fucking Jenas extolling the virtues of average defenders making a block or him tut-tutting a misplaced pass by players who are a mile better than he ever was, and who have had careers that he only dreamed of, is ear aids. Afterwards, if they get their wish and a draw or even a defeat for the giant is treated one of the great days of British sport. However, if the top 6 team do get the win, most opposition supporters have tuned out since the opening goal, so they flip the switch and tell us how great the winners are, and they could win the title this year. Just get Ally McCoist and a few other positive people, who actually like football, and don’t fucking adore themselves, in to commentate/discuss the game and players, on their merits. It isn't rocket science. I fucking hate 12:30 kick-offs but the TV experience is fucking putrid" I posted the above in the Sheff U thread and it was very similar yesterday. Replace "JJ" with "Fletch" and the little team being robbed narrative, continuing into the after-match commentary and it is bang on. TNT - What a bunch of bollox

Won't be mentioned once though. Doesn't fit the narrative.

16 in 4 games. Mad

Tempered by your hatred for a few of the cunts at Newcastle, and their owners?

Had to bet on Bournemouth when I saw Martial start

If Bournemouth stey ahead today and Brentford dont win, Man Utd will have beaten every team in the bottom half and lost to every team that they have played in the top half (of the teams that they have played so far)

This shows exactly the narrative of most of the BT/TNT games. Sky get first and second choice so it is rare that the 12:30 Saturday game is two top 6 teams playing against each other. Instead, they pick one where a relative minnow are at home to a big team, who are usually after a midweek European game, or after an international week. The build-up and commentary will be based around a potential slip-up for Goliath and the pluckiness of David. They must think that this will attract fans of the other big teams to tune in and enjoy the hope of an upset. Maybe it does, but it is torture to listen to for the fan of the big team playing. Jermaine fucking Jenas extolling the virtues of average defenders making a block or him tut-tutting a misplaced pass by players who are a mile better than he ever was, and who have had careers that he only dreamed of, is ear aids. Afterwards, if they get their wish and a draw or even a defeat for the giant is treated one of the great days of British sport. However, if the top 6 team do get the win, most opposition supporters have tuned out since the opening goal, so they flip the switch and tell us how great the winners are, and they could win the title this year. Just get Ally McCoist and a few other positive people, who actually like football, and don’t fucking adore themselves, in to commentate/discuss the game and players, on their merits. It isn't rocket science. I fucking hate 12:30 kick-offs but the TV experience is fucking putrid

There was probably an emphasis, whether planned and instructed, or unconsciously, by the players to expend less energy, due to having a game 63 hours later. We are also missing four of the starting eleven, including three of our back five. Mac Allister was clearly affected from the challenge midway through the first half. We looked relatively comfortable, if not dominant. In December, that will be enough in most games. Klopp doesn’t seem to want to rotate as much for midweek league games as for the Europa but teams like Palace are not used to playing every three days, and hopefully we will have enough energy to dominate tomorrow. We have 5 days after that before the Union dead rubber, so we should be relatively fresh for the Mancs on Sunday week. They play Saturday/Tuesday but their midweek is do or die against a top team. 2 league wins in the next 9 days and we are in a great place.

I agree with a lot of posters that say Endo was one of our better players tonight, but Van Dijk was a mile ahead of everyone else on the pitch. Awesome, dominant performance by the skipper

We can argue on a few positions but in a game of their 2nd 11 v our 2nd eleven, I'd fancy ours. Ortega Lewis Akanji Ake Gomez Kovacic Phillips Nunes Bobb Alvarez Grealish v Kelleher Gomez Matip Quansah Tsimikas Elliott Endo Jones Doak Gakpo Jota I've included all players in the club's squads so I could also have included Thiago and Bajcetic, but even without, the narrative that they have a great and deep squad is an exaggeration.

In the past 38 league games, Arsenal have won just 4 more points than us. They won 13 and drew one of their first 15 last season, but are nowhere near that form since. We are not the finished article but they aren’t either.