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Yep. ’And then Virgil heads it in the goal. See? It isn’t complicated. That’s it for today. Extra mayonnaise on everyone’s chips and then home for a deep sleep.’

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You’ve got Hugo who actively wants to come off in every game and Salah who wants to get on. That’s some difference. In April btw.

He won a throw on the left wing too, so one either side, the xG on the potential assists for those must count for something.

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Hugo has been our best attacker? He’s had a “much better season”? You’re lying through your teeth if you say that Salah wouldn’t have had a shot last night. Ekiteke did not have one. Nor against City. He got closer to goal last night than Ekiteke when he went for the warm down and let on to Gerrard.

Pure stats wasn’t it. Will do him good getting 20 mins of watching from on the field rather than the bench. That’s what the Burnley game behind closed doors was for isn’t it? When he scored six and that. That was so he could do that last night was it?

This is how he used to do the nice fancy talk. 5-5 formation and your record goalscorer benched in favour of Nyoni. And remember here that we were s*** in Paris last year. Battered everywhere.

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The answer was no. He went on to ‘get minutes under his belt’.

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Jon Ronson was doing a talk at the library in town so I went. Jumped the bus back and an arl fella with his little radio announced to one and all that it was half time and it was 5-0. Could tell he was a red too. It’s five nil to Stoke at half time. Gasps, shrugs and a bit of resigned laughter.

Think I’m resolved to doing the same. I deliberately missed that Stoke game. Only time I can think of before when I don’t want to be a part of it.

Blow all our energy into the first 25 minutes and see what the score is then. If it’s 4-0 then we have a chance.

Just remembered when he pressed their lad who retreated into his box and then turned his back on Wirtz, sold him a feint and brought it out all the way around him and ran off into midfield with the ball with Wirtz out of puff behind him.

But did you see him looking inside when he did get past his man? Ekiteke and Wirtz were both hanging off deep each time being clever clever. No one attacked the striker position. Frimpong should be able to play it blind across the goal with the pace he has but he’s having to check and look for a smarta*** who doesn’t want to make the obvious run so they can slide in but wants to do a bit of dribbling themselves and maybe a backheel would look nice.

Fair point tbh

Hahaha!

Bet he was pig sick flying back and not landing at Schiphol.

Maybe if he could do a long throw he would be back in the team?

I think he was trying to be a bit flash seeing as he was back in Paris and got laughed out of the game. Looked utterly miserable and completely goosed by the half hour. Towards the end of the first half he was so close to the lad on the ball he could have give him a kiss but just stopped and let him run off with it. As token am effort at closing down as you could see. Completely intimidated by his French team mates he was.