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Hitler? (I know the whole stayed with his Siste/stood on the Kop/worked at the Adelphi thing has been shown as almost certainly apocryphal, its not been categorically refuted has it? Makes you think, eh?) Anyway, in response to the quoted post that Stephen French bloke making a strong case for inclusion

Was excellent last night

Yes, quietly magnificent tonight. Clearly fancies a marauding goal some time soon, seemed slightly put out at having to provve to the mere mortals on their team that they had no chance of beating him. Bit of pace at one time that was straight out of 2019/20 .

Wasn't close enough to him as they countered, and it was a good, fast pass which didn't allow him to cut off any angles. Maybe a consequence of going 3 at the back, meant he didnt start wide enough? (and Hudson-Odoi was savvy enough to take advantage by staying wide)

Tbh, for all his problems with Hudson-Odoi, I thought Bradley was ok when joining the attack on that side, a bit more agression than we'd seen before.

Oh I don't disagree, in fact he had a host of options to replace players who weren't offering anything, and we looked a mess in that last 20 minutes; but given that those who came on played as awfully as those who came off (and those who stayed on) I don't have any confidence that an alternative switch would have made much of a difference.

Difficult to see what changes Slot could have made to change that yesteday when so many players - - as in all of them bar Gravenberch and Ali - were so dramatically below their best in even the most basic footballing capabilities. Probably Trent's worst passing display in a Liverpool shirt, Jota unable to conntrol a ball etc. Forest played really well, but our insipidity emboldened them and further confounded us.

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Shape reminded me of Mo's goal vs Newcastle a few years back - courtesy of a ridiculously sexy backheel by Bobby - but with more passes. Lovely stuff, not given enough credit on MotD

Players other than the Full Backs can take throw-ins now. Radical, I know

Doesn't a Spanish release fee technically have to be paid by the player themselves? Buying out their contract? Of course it comes from us, probably in the signing on fee, but they are supposed to initiate it.

Used to visit Greenville SC, took a drive up to Asheville once - very strong Lake district vibe to the journey, I felt. Very nice trip

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Didn't he also organise some really good stuff for a local school? Seems a decent guy, clearly well liked.

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Jack Witham. Convince me otherwise.

Apparently West Ham don't play outside London until mid-November.

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Interesting comments on FiveLive yesterday (discussing Swedish FAs rejection of VAR). Apparently the inventor of Hawkeye feels the VAR implementation is the one he is least proud of (may have said disappointed or even ashamed). Not sure if that's in technical or operational terms. Also said he could tell in 5 minutes if a VAR official is any good or not, and not necessarily related to their seniority or experience as a Ref - how they cope with multiple monitors etc. Recommended specialist VAR refs separate from the normal crew. Can't imagine Jon Moss being any good in Stockley Park, certainly.

Engineered a short break so as not to be away for the last match of the season a few years back, and we were well on the running for the league. Gutted when it meant I missed a Tuesday night European game, felt slightly less gutted when it looked like a dead rubber after losing the away leg 3-0......

Looking at it again, Salah's control and shot - with a heartbeat pause between - was virtually identical to MacAllister's, just as filthy. Dom's involvement also indicative of a 2nd half much closer to his early season form; pace, power and a sharp pass. An unstoppable goal from the moment we moved into their half.

The ball thing at the corner by Coote was as good a piece of game management I can remember, givn we had a head of steam up at the time. Also impressed with how shamelessly he got after Kelleher for taking time over a goal kick, and then chasing Diaz off the pitch as he was subbed. I'm with those calling it the worst performance in a very competitive field.

I think Mainoo looks very good, but the collective noise to promote him to the first team squad is classic Manc hype, and Southgate's compliance weak, or a play to position himself as the next Utd manager (I wish). Particularly like that a few weeks ago he was being touted as Casemiro's legs, being shown where to go and what to do, yet now it's claimed he's so good he's telling Casemiro what to do. Also he was, apparently, critical to their comeback against us, despite going off on 80 at 2-1 down. Even without Elliott's Liverpool form, he has absolutely fulfilled the England pathway (as set out by Southgate himself) being stellar, and one of the grown-ups, in those junior squads (as has Jones, tbf), so overlooking him for pundit brownie points is poor.