Tomo

That's exactly what I mean, there's always an excuse to try and downplay what he's doing. Saying it's media pressure is again nonsense, if he was bowing to media pressure then why isn't Kante at DM? Ruben looks ten times the player he did last summer, better positioning, better spacial awareness, more end product, more impact of games, whether your Sarri in or Sarri out he should be getting universal praise for Loftus development.

The mental gymnastics created to make Sarri the villian of the piece for even the good stuff he does is truly shocking.

That was one of the few times he got exposed so it's unfair that always being brought up, would you use on of the few times prime Terry was caught for pace against him?

They can knock all they like, he's got six years left on his deal.

Don't think he will be. If we signed a finished product than that would be a different story but this is an investment for the next ten years.

I'm not sure about his assist stats but his goal record has improved this season. More goals in over ten less games. Hopefully an upward trajectory in that regard continues next season and beyond.

It was about some order they needed to finish for a deadline. It was the West Stand and a near end of season dead rubber, outside of promising attacking situations I could hear pretty much anyone around in close proximity.

Yep

I once sat next to someone with his laptop out conducting a business meeting over skype, beat that!

He saved Sigurdson's at Goodison, all be it he scored from the rebound.

Word is OGS wants to build the team around McTominay, that plus those extensions already look like we have 1 less team to worry about for top 4 next year. For the record i don't agree with the length of Luiz's new deal but he's like prime Maldini compared to those 3.

Would this be the same United that have handed new contracts to Jones, Smalling and Young in recent months by any chance?

Exactly, which is why the critisism about Sarri not being balls deep into the team talk is reaching as even the very top managers leave it to others at times.

Is that the same Mourinho that (to his own admission) let the masseur do the team talk away to Man.City in his first season back?

The match going fans are annoying. I don't question their loyalty but the average fans football knowledge and dare I say at times agenda's are beyond laughable and make us as a general fanbase look like complete idiot's.

Cech's been the cup keeper. Is certainly an intresting subplot with him almost certainly returning here in some capacity afterwards. It's a shame that i really hope his last games a miserable one but he made his bed going there.

If we don't get a ban we must sign a top LB (Gaya?) and promote James to first Xl, if we do we should do everything we can to recall Aina for LB. The striker issue is well documented but full backs with better end product and this tie would have been won at canter even with Giroud's shit show, the amount of times Azpi and Emerson killed attacks was painful, the latter has a worse final ball than Adama.

I very much am with you regarding the travel however i feel a game in the build up will help us, infact we should probably have another one the Tuesday before Baku. No matter what type of training you do two weeks without a game will affect match sharpness, it's simply too long.

It's two and a half weeks between the Leicester game and Baku, i think this may actually help us retain match sharpness in the interim and may even give us an edge over Arsenal. Although the friendly should without doubt be closer to home.

If my maths is correct he's saved 5 out of 17 pens for us with a 6th being missed. Not quite Caballero numbers but a very respectable tally none the less.

We will certainly have the advantage in Baku if we go to pens again. Kepa's really good at them while with Arsenal Leno has saved 1 out of his last 34 and bar Munich and Messi Cech's been useless with spot kicks all his career.

Want Azpi as a full time CB, we need a refresh at fullback so badly, 10 times more than even up front in my opinion.

This is a crowd that booed Sturridge while chanting Torres name and went mad when Jose picked Cech over Cudicini. I don't question the crowds loyalty but I wouldn't trust their judgment as far as I could throw them.

Think outside the box, RLC faded in the second half and the big minutes in the week has caught up with him a bit.

Do we have a 4th sub if ET comes?