Rusty Shackleford

Elliot needs to go for his own sake. Slot said technique is not enough without the physical attributes and sadly Elliot doesn’t have them. He also said the physical attributes aren’t enough without the technique, which is why Nunez is a goner too. As well as the not kicking it the net thing. I’d hope to get £90-£100m for the pair but we are probably relying on a mad Saudi experiment on Nunez to get anywhere near it. Part ex Palace for Wharton for Elliot in a world where those things ever happen.

What’s controversial? He’s never been a good midfielder which appears to be where he really wanted to play. But he has some truly stand out parts of his game. The flip side of that coin is the lax defending which quite encouragingly can be where we look to offset what we are losing going forward. Still won’t miss him though. He has done my head in the last couple of years and that Utd performance was for the ages.

A very talented footballer but i’ll be glad to see the back of him now. Annoying he hasn’t gone for a fee but the debate around him has been draining for years really hasn’t it? Ultimately he’s a midfielder who wasn’t good enough to play midfield and instead revolutionised playmaking from right back. At the expense of being a remotely good defender though, so it’s not hard to imagine a world in which his replacement’s contribution is as good overall.

As exciting as Isak would feel he just picks up too many injuries. I’d get on board i’m sure but it feels inevitable that he’d miss 15-20% of any season. We aren’t a club that can make those sorts of mistakes. Whoever it ends up being we won’t drop massive fee plus massive wages on the same transfer. Anyone coming here will be either one but, preferably at least for our mingebag owners, neither one.

Why would we sign Alvarez? Other than us potentially having a go last summer, who says we are looking at him again. He went to a big team in a great City and for big money less than a year ago. Surely any chance to get him has now gone.

It’s hard to know what to make of the season, as mad as that sounds. It is a huge achievement if we go on to win the league, beyond any and all expectations. But it does feel like all it would have taken for us to not win the title would have been anything like the competition there has been for most of the last decade. I wouldn’t fancy us now if the gap was say, 6. Losing that final is s***e. Being made to look relatively ordinary by PSG is a bit of an eye opener too. We really need to insure Slot gets a squad of players he’s comfortable using because there are a few in there who look as if they’ve been run into the ground and others who aren’t up to it.

Another season petering out because we have a tiny squad woefully unprepared for the long haul. Absolute miracle that Slot looks like winning the league with this.

f*** off. Utter s***.

Does it really explain a side starting s***e?

Tell you what, Darwin Nunez is utterly s***e but could he be doing any worse than Jota? We need to be looking at moving him on as much as almost anyone else.

For a team so far ahead in the league, we have had an absolutely staggering number of complacent halves of football this season. It is utterly bizarre and as if we always think we just need to turn up and win.

We have been utterly s***e.

Why do we keep letting these clipped balls bounce. Four times that’s caused an issue.

Robbo letting an early one bounce there.

Reckon he got the 65/66 season review and thought he had to use 14 players too. Can’t wait until he gets lads in he wants to use.

I think we all know that we are a good side without being a great one. No shame in it. We’ll win the league. We have a real chance to improve in the summer. I think PSG showed us where we need to.

I’ll celebrate his exit as if we’d signed Batistuta in the 90s.

Jota plays like he’s kicking a bucket round a building site. Prove me wrong J.

Nothing wrong with a bit of whimsical skidaddling.

I really didn’t give a s*** whether Arsenal won or not yesterday and that says everything about their ongoing challenge doesn’t it.

Having some important moments isn’t he? Earning himself a smile and a handshake out the door rather than a boot up the a***.

Was watching our run to Madrid a few nights ago. That save he made late on against Napoli in the 92nd minute that saved us eh.

Pep Guardiola falling to his knees behind the goal when Elliot scores is fantastic.

Goes some of the way towards making up for costing us at Plymouth.

Got to credit that assist. Laid on perfectly.