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Wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised if Salah goes to Saudi this summer. May have been the plan all along.

Sunday was the first time I've been since opening day and I was struck by this the most. It wasn't coordinated at all - just random players going for the ball, being beaten easily, leaving them out of position and scrambling back, it was infuriating. I don't expect Isak to press as much as the others, but you can't have him, Mo and Macca doing nothing while everyone else carries their water. Our ability to beat a press has been woeful too - it was only in the second half when they tired that we managed to play round theirs. Wednesday feels like a good opportunity to right some wrongs on that front, starting with the lineup.

Three years, yep.

I had stopped using it regularly but my account was still active and found myself being drawn back in over summer with all the transfer stuff. Any time spent on there is depressing, for all kinds of reasons, so I went scorched earth. Life is definitely better without it.

Yeah, I feel weirdly sanguine about it all, tbh*. I was at the match and despite being crap, we could have quite easily won. The churn of this summer was always going to be a factor - turns out it's a bigger issue than we envisaged but there's plenty of football to be played. I just think Slot is going to have to p*ss off some players to get it right. *deleting my twitter account has helped in this regard. Arguably the biggest issue. We really miss his ability to get stuck in and dictate tempo.

Not right now, but we don't know what Arsenal and City will do - there's 30 games left, loads of mad stuff can happen.

Some big decisions to be made in the next few weeks but if we're within touching distance at Christmas, we can still have a great season.

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We can’t seem to beat a press or break quicky enough for that to occur. I was hoping for marauding waves of attack with the personnel we brought in, but the time it’s taking for them to bed in, combined with the loss of form of key players is making it hard for the team to find its indentity. I do think Slot’s tactical tinkering isn’t helping but it’s a learning curve isn’t it. He’s a brilliant coach, I’m confident we’ll sort it.

Transition season then.

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