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Erland Haarland's hair looks like a 'syrup'.

No Ralph Coates? Unbelievable.

Brentford need to sell Toney because they're skint. They can't even afford a pair of socks to fit him.

An immense performance from the team in general, but from Disasi and Colwill in particular. We thoroughly deserved to go in 1-0 at the break but, it should have been more if we had taken those gilt edged chances. Caicedo, Enzo and Gallagher ran themselves ragged, while Chilwell kept Foden relatively quiet by keeping tight and denying him space to turn. Gusto is a very talented player but he annoys me because he tries to get TOO tricky at times. This is the best game I've seen from Jackson, constantly putting their defence under pressure with his pace and trickery. He's a whippet at the moment but, when he morphs into a greyhound.......look out! Sterling and Palmer didn't let themselves down at all, at their old stamping ground.

I don't know what that first half was all about. A million passes without getting anywhere. Far too cautious in our approach with no one taking the ball by the horns. Much more proactive in the second half with Nkunku coming on and Palmer switching out wide. He and Gusto linked up very well. and were a constant threat. Sterling provided the pace on the other flank, when he came on. Good to see Conor get a couple. City next at their place, so we'll be the team looking to frustrate and then counter. As good as Thiago is, I would like to see Disasi and Colwill in central defence,because we need pace all over the pitch in this game. Can't wait!

Phew! Talk about Jekyll and Hyde. And what a blinding free kick by Enzo. To dampen the atmosphere slightly, this was a Cup game, which are notorious in not carrying over the form to the treadmill which is the Premier League. We'll know a lot more against Palace on Monday. What it will do is give the players a much needed lift in confidence. Regarding the game, it was interesting to see Gallagher and Palmer play a prominent role in pressing their defence while Jackson hung back in midfield. Things will change if Poch. decides to put Nkunku and Jackson in a front two.

Hard to put a finger on why we've hit a brick wall. Thiago looked thoroughly fed up with life after scoring last game, then his missus posts a tweet saying there should be a change. He's taken his coaching badges, so he might fancy the job. I must admit we've looked very leggy the last two games, especially in the second half, which Keith has mentioned before. Is Poch. driving them too hard in training? Rumbles of discontent regarding his training methods. Did the end of the transfer window have anything to do with it? Maland Sarr was not best pleased when his loan deal fell through. He's been at the club for ages so, although he's a bit part player, he must have plenty of friends there to cry to. It'll be just typical of our season to go and turn Villa over tonight but I won't be watching it live, thankyou very much!

Yeah, dithering on the ball which led to individual mistakes. Too many players caught too far up the pitch which left our centre backs exposed. The list goes on.

After Boehly and co. came in a ripped the place apart, any thoughts that this wouldn't be a long term project, were quickly dispelled by the Liverpool game and then the calamity against Wolves yesterday. To throw together some expensive young starlets with no Premier League experience and expect to take the League by storm, was a pipedream, even with one of the best managers in the game at the helm. The Premier League is a relentless war of attrition, where you can't ease up for a second, which is exactly what we did yesterday, and have done before. What was the most worrying was how slow we are in midfield and on the flanks, and when you are that pedestrian, two touches is one touch too many.

What win?

Agreed. They were quicker to the ball and had more desire.

Tosser alert.

Thank gawd Norwich bore the brunt of the Klopp emotional roller coaster of tears, the wailing, impromptu Klopp songs and fist pumps before us! Hopefully, things might have settled down which will give us half a chance.

Same here Keith. As I get older, the bed becomes more appealing.

Yep, poor ol' Mudryk had one of those nights when nothing goes right. Palmer, on the other hand.... Clinical in our finishing and the pressing on their defence was excellent.