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That updated graphic just confirms what everyone (except Rileybobs) has been saying For the purposes of determining offside, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit. The updated graphic doesn't show the the line being drawn through this part of the defender either. Th...

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I miss that style of programme in the UK. We are far too boring nowadays, just a bunch of ex pro talking heads who never have a laugh. As for Watt, he is clearly “all in”, and now for Espanyol as well. Probably part of his driven mentality that made him a legend. I think that is terrific. On the inc...

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8. Credit to all those involved. Walker, Luis and Hartman, to name three, would have been players beyond what I had felt we could attract (the parallels are VK’s failed pursuits of Bakayoko, Lukabakio etc). The one concern I have is that all those are defensive minded players. Of the forward minded ...

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Feel a bit sorry for him. He is a commodity and may even have been contractually compelled to sign for City if City matched Newcastle’s fee and wage offer, due to clauses in the original deal. It would be no use to City if they had a buyback clause that a player could simply ignore. Certainly Burnle...

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We now have the midfield personal to play 433 Cullen Luis Les Loum Lyle Anthony My post was just suggesting Parker will stick with five at the back. I personally prefer a four. Though because of our weakness at RCB I doubt he will move Walker to have him rampaging down the wing and leaving Ekdal ex...

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Just dont see Scott dropping Cullen-he offers too much and to date been one of our most consistent. He is also one of the best passers in the team Which of the two €25m midfielders will he leave out so Josh can play? Or will he change formation? (personally, I would change formation and play Les in...

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On that list we get to number 17 before we encounter a forward thinking player with genuine creative or goalscoring ability. Of those, only about half are what I would call creative, so we are only talking half a dozen players. Personally I don’t think we can afford to lose anyone further but suspec...

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We won’t be playing a 10 we will be playing an inside right and inside left. I expect Loum or Marcus to replace Hannibal in the starting line up soon unless he starts scoring or creating. So that will be quite a dynamic front three with some real physicality behind them. But it also means no place f...

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We are told so little these days, one big variable is when Amdouni is back, if his ACL isn’t totally gone but is a grade 2 or something it is conceivable he could be back by Feb/Mar. These things are factors in what we do with a number 10, a stopgap or one for the season. But in this window that is ...

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Aaron Ramsey out doesn’t leave much creativity if our inside rights / lefts are well marshalled. Especially with the others we expect to leave today too. So either Scott is too risk averse and it will cost him success (my fear) or we have another rabbit to come from the hat today (my hope). I won’t ...

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Some talk that if Liverpool sign Guehi then Joe Gomez could be allowed to go.

I’d be all over that one, though it puts another injury prone player in the Tuanzebe position. We need physicality though.

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I see the plane from Lisbon to Liverpool is in the air, over the Portuguese mainland currently, fingers crossed.

In other news, Guiu recalled from his Sunderland loan by Chelsea, per Fabricio, which has to be good for us even though has hasn’t played much yet.

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No longer the case, if the pull continues into the box then it's a penalty. I think the issue many have was that in slow motion it looks much worse, Amad's legs go to sleep (not for the first time) and that there were other incidents that didn't go our way. Let's get this right, Anthony was stupid ...

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To be fair the OP isn’t saying sack him or anything daft, just that he needs to refrain from over negative tactics. Last season after all those 0-0s I was saying the same. So far we have done OK but have 2 main flaws - sitting back too much when level (another flaw from early last season) which afte...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 31, 2025 8:45 pm
Surprised Palace have scored 3 given they play a back 5.

Well, we did yesterday, in a true and fair parallel universe that is

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I think we all felt ‘cheated’ in the immediate aftermath, but in retrospect the penalty that was overturned and the one given were both the right decisions. It felt unfair given how we clawed our way back into the game on two occasions, but VAR, flawed as it is, got the decisions right. The offside...

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A newspaper, maybe The Times, had said that Anthony released the shirt before his hand got into the box, but due to the stretched shirt the player was being fouled while HE was in the box (obviously that cannot happen with a tackle). I assume that is why the review took so long. Whether that should ...

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Dubravka 8 Walker 6 Ekdal 6 Esteve 6 Hartman 6 Cullen 6 Ugochukwu 7 Bruun Larson 6 Hannibal 5 Anthony 6 Foster 7 Tchaouna 7 Laurent 6 Sonne 6 No time for comments on each tonight but overall first half was worrying whilst second was deeply encouraging. I won’t get drawn on the Varce but to say the F...

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A - 5. Got major calls wrong incl Walker “foul”, his lino got the Foster offside wrong in my view too B - 10. Not too bad but felt itching to give the United calls C - 20. Felt he was well positioned on the whole D - 10. Allowed Bruno to run the game, was surrounded too often. Like him as a ref but ...

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You’re completely wrong about the Foster offside. It’s nothing to do with clear and obvious - offside is deemed a matter of fact, not opinion, and part of the rule is if you’re level, you’re on. If that graphic shows anything of worth ( and I really don’t think it does) it shows that Foster is leve...

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Some bores can defend VAR forever but without it we at least know to celebrate or not. Today was a farce. Atwell was the busiest official. United have no big screen. None of us had a clue. The ref was told about that injury time pen when he was back in the centre circle then took an age reviewing it.

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Switch to a back four essential. They are playing it outside Esteve at will. Other than that, was nervy and inhibited, coupled with a lack of intent. I would put Edwards on for JBL and go back four, someone to drop a shoulder and go at them. Loum later on for Hannibal if needed. We can't just keep t...

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Word for the wise folks - in ground now but QR code in Google Wallet didnt work, what avoided a trip to the ticket office was the email sent out yesterday. So get it downloaded. p.s. get hydratedbefore you go in or ask for tap water free. This ropey club pours it all into a plastic cup, shambolic at...

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burnmark wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 29, 2025 10:12 pm
Called up to Brazil’s squad by Ancelotti.

Hearty congratulations Viti.

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Thanks folks, I have taken advice from you all and have downloaded the app and paid £9.50 for a weekend family ticket. Avoids the risk of pulling the wallet out in the midst of a horde of angry Mancs after the game :lol: and just feels easier overall. I’m also printing all the various electronic QR ...

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How good is Luis? We're paying a lot of money for him but he's 26 and never played for Portugal at senior level. Although Portugal do have some excellent options in his position. He has João Palhinha and Ruben Neves ahead of him at DCM, then in front of them at CM the even better PSG pair Vitinha a...

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Just heard the links and am chuckling about queries where he would fit in with Josh ahead of him. I like Josh a lot, but this kid is a real player, could easily be signed by a top 8 club, which in all honesty Josh cannot. He hasn’t a full Portugese cap yet so maybe he isn’t quite at the top level bu...

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With a kid I’m guessing it is best to buy the family weekend travelcard for the sake of a couple of quid here or there? Tapping on and off for multiple people feels easier to mess up.

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Good. Because confidence is lower now. In the predictions league I have gone for 1-0 to us with Edwards getting a late winner. Why? Because this sort of weird thing happens in football all the time and I’ve learnt to expect it. Loses his place in the Burnley team then scores a late goal to end the j...

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Chelsea 2-0 Fulham
Wolves 0-1 Everton
Spurs 3-1 Bournemouth
Man Utd 0-1 Burnley - Edwards 79 mins
Sunderland 2-1 Brentford NAP
Leeds 1-2 Newcastle
Brighton 0-2 Man-City
Nottm Forest 2-0 West Ham
Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
Aston Villa 2-1 Crystal Palace
25 Goals

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Man Utd 0 Burnley 1

Edwards 75 mins

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Turn my phone off before Saturday's game to preserve the battery, and then buy a new phone. Can’t do that. Also need it for taxi then train tickets to Manchester then directions to the stadium. And I’m not going to buy a new phone when the old one works fine, just drains quickly with all these upgr...

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That’s fine.

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That shot of Amorim hiding in the dugout during penalties, and the other of him poring over his tactics sheet while the deluge falls around him, that feels a bit like the “wally under the brolly” for England. I think he is near the point of no return. Put it this way. Lose to us, he is gone, for sure.

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Just read it is now 16-16 in wins between Man Utd and Grimsby.

Wins, not penalties

Sounds fishy, but it is true.

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Justice

Win or lose on Saturday, this manager hiding in the dugout is a busted flush and soon to go.

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Worst goalkeepers in the universe I reckon. Never seen so many go the wrong way.

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Got mine. What do you do if you have a 8 year old phone where the battery always dies before the game? Doubt Old Trafford will allow a charging pack brought in. I plan to print off my QR code but not sure if that is allowed?

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Great for us, this. Doesn’t guarantee anything, but it helps.

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Got to imagine that means one or two of the CBs on the books are leaving This lad has only just turned 21 and isn't yet anywhere near his potential. I’d be amazed if he could reliably fill in like Worrall can do. He isn’t the quickest either, plus Who Scored characterises him as very weak passing, ...

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I hope he has been given an offer he cannot refuse, rather than the alternative, which is our job wasn’t what was promised.

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Just occurred to me that 90 minutes tonight feels impossible for Sonne to be in a back 5 on Saturday, given how Scott is managing the minutes. So that could be a 4.

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Malvern claret wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 26, 2025 10:28 pm
I was not at the game but did Tuanzebe come on at half time?. BBC says so but only two posters have mentioned him.

Tuanzebe 6 to add to my ratings. My bad for copying names from others.

My fault, not his, he wasn’t invisible, quite decent in fact

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Weiss 6 - did nothing of any consequence one way or the other Sonne 7 - a tidy finish and even tidier sniffer dog attitude for the chance, won us the game Worrall 6 - badly culpable for their goal, on his heels, and looked a bit one paced but satisfactory Humphreys 6 - tidy but way short of fitness ...

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Loves a cup assist does Mike. Let’s see if gets a chance in the league. Getting a chance in the league and being good enough for the league are two different things. I just feel that to save our season, and maybe his job, Scott has to trust flair at some point, not just defensive nous and reliabili...

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A magic assist

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Paddy1882 wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 26, 2025 9:06 pm
One goal and one Assist says to me it was more to do with his team mates that we started scoring.

That was doubling up every game that meant somebody else was unmarked.

But yes of course we want a few more of each. Shooting a bit earlier in my view.

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The sheer panic from Derby when Edwards ran at them……

So unlucky.

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Can’t see Edwards having any effect in the premier league at all, not much pace and certainly not strong enough. Just my opinion but Iv seen enough of him since he joined to think he’s bang average. Yep. Probably just a coincidence we starting scoring and winning regularly once he got a place in th...

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