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Konate, Tsimi and Bradley back will help. I think the defence suffered when we had 3 out injured and only one defensive sub. Now is the time to rest/rotate a bit. Hopefully Gomez is not out for too long.

Yep, agree. I also think if we manage the squad well, others will suffer more in January and February. Arsenal have a tougher FA Cup draw, an equally tough Lge Cup draw and their Champs Lge position is not as assured. 2nd February is the next milestone to look for. 8 games in all comps by then.

Kelleher Trent Quansah Virg Tsiki Elliot Endo Szobo Chiesa Jota Nunez Bring on Konate, Jones and Bradley at some point. Chiesa will definitely need replacing too.

19 games gone. Plus 6 and a game in hand. Arsenal or Forest can get a maximum of 94pts. So we need 49/57......assuming one of them is perfect (both can't as they play each other). We got 46/57 in this round and are well ahead of them, so they need a massive (understatement) improvement in form to get anywhere close to 90pts. Realistically I think 86-88pts will win it comfortably. Long way to go and the next 4 fixtures will see us play 3 tricky away games. However we're in a great position.

I do think Romeo would increase our xG-spot numbers

2-1 Fulham

But the red card was not given when the ball was out of play. Ref whistled and went back to that foul once Jimenez missed.

I think including yesterday's game in the poor first halves is harsh. We had a player sent off when 1-0 down (they should have probably had that man off the field before he scored for that tackle on Grav). I was actually fascinated by the management by Slot at that point. He tried a few permutations and then settled on one. From the 30th minute onwards there was really just one team on the front foot for the most part. I also think that these "slow starts" are at times of concern, but they are a rarity in reality. I think the Newcastle one was the most worrisome of the lot. I also think that as risky as it may seem, there is a lot of energy management into how we approach the games under Slot. I think if we're in a good position after the Utd game on the 5th January, we'll have a very strong 2nd half of the season.

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I look back and remember thinking when we signed him, that if Salah gave us 15 goals a season I'd be happy.

How long left?

Took the dog out for a walk before I thrashed the living room. We really handed it to them today. They had a makeshift back 4 that we should have been carving open on the counter. Maybe the positive out of this will be that the team will want to make a statement in the next few games. Also less games than City is good at this stage.

Before I was born, but the 3-0 vs Newcastle is always mentioned as a complete performance with Newcastle getting schooled. I remember finals from 1982ish onwards. My first memories of a Liverpool game is Whelan scoring vs Spurs in the Lge Cup final. Nearly all the finals I've seen have been memorable but none have been a total domination by us in hindsight. Even Sunderland in 1992 was 0-0 at HT with them giving us a couple of scares. Probably the 2-0 vs Spurs in Madrid was more of a controlled performance from start to finish thanks to the early goal. Favourites? Istanbul (I was there). The Owen final too, with my Dad being an Arsenal fan and finally getting some payback for 1989.

Endo in crutches and left leg in a brace.......

Kelleher Bradley Konate Virgil Robertson Gravenberch Endo Macca Elliot Gakpo Diaz Hopefully we can have Salah, Nunez and Szoboszlai on the bench.