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This second half rather dull. We've dragged them down to our level.

Dembele could have had a hattrick.

75% possession. 8 shots, 4 on target. xG 0.64. 0 from us obviously. We've got off very lightly so far. Enrique should be pissed.

They had a good 3 or 4 high quality chances. Dembele really should have scored.

With what chances?

They carved us wide open there. Lucky dembeles finish was so weak

They don't.

This is us at full steam giving it full belief and togetherness BTW. So wait until we start running out of steam.

The man is utterly mad. There is still time to sack him before kick-off, FSG.

We'll be blown to smithereens when the ref blows the whistle to signal kick-off.

Hopefully he's been training on his own in a bid to build fitness and confidence.

Ffs. He goes from glorifying those balmy 35 minutes in Manchester where we created a chance or two to casually dismissing his own keeper in one fell swoop. He's gone full Hodge. As in full, massive todger Hodge. Patronising and snide.

Trollol

omg. stfu.

They have zero games left to win something.

In the short term. In the long term I don't think you can expect a group to work together with high motivation if the management of said group is clearly inadequate and/or dysfunctional and there is little to no belief in the plan they are meant to execute (a plan which itself seems to emphasise conservation of energy). The fact that their fitness has been hollowed out by the same management doesn’t help obviously.

Individuals might. I don't think group psychology works like that though. What, a senior player calls in for a huddle saying "Alright, gentlemen. Our work environment may be quite bad,and have been so for quite a while, but let's instead focus on where we came from, our paycheck and the fans." "So same pick-me-up as last week then?" "Indeed, old bean. We may well get stuffed again, but let none say we didn't fight for the cause. Even if we have no belief in it." "For the shirt?" "FOR THE SHIRT!"

Tomorrow could be his last game guys. Possibly the most celebrated shoeing of our times.

Where are these squads playing for the shirt in spite of the manager? Does such a thing exist outside the expectations of fans?

Weird that not a single pundit or journalist in England is able to draw similar conclusions. It's beyond obvious.

Aye. They are all dropping exclusives on the regular aren't they.

Well we have all been able to see it for months now. And we do know that it's not just the manager taking more holidays. He's giving far more time off to the squad than previous management. And then there's that ex Liverpool journo a few weeks ago, who basically said that training is close to nonexistent and there'll be plenty of players with things to say about the quality of management once he's actually gone.

Zoom team talk from ibiza surely.

There are some who worry about Alonso because he likes 343. I don't see him as wedded to it though, if anything it simply tells me that he is the kind of manager who will choose a formation based on the players available and the kind of game we're facing rather than try and fit his players into a desired formation. Which is something we direly need. We spent 320m on Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike. We need a manager with a vision for getting the best out of all three.