Matt Tiger

Good press so far. Need to be careful obviously but I like the balance we've struck early

Ahhhh hes off

great ball from branthwaite to open that up and really well done from harrison as well

This makes no sense and will clearly result in letdown, but for some reason I feel a mild sense of optimism about this one. No logic involved obviously. Just feeling like there's a reasonable chance we can get a point today..

Optimism does indeed reign. 
 

Everton 1 - 1 Liverpool 

DCL (optimism will result in sadness the second the side is tweeted out)

Absolutely absurd finish. We’ve been pure shit and they are taking advantage. 

Branthwaite has been struggling for a while now. Rock solid earlier in the year.

Outrageous

Yea this is gonna be a massacre 

My lord what a goal but branthwaite needs to be much better 

Chelsea 1 - Everton 1

Beto

Chelsea 1 - Everton 1

DCL

7 hours ago, London Blue said:

Most of the team can, but we play a fast long ball game and players feel the pressure. 

I don’t agree with this at all. None of our central midfielders pass well in my opinion and McNeil is a much better crosser than direct passer. Harrison would fit nicely in a possession based side but he’s the only one that comes to mind other than Gomes. 

4 hours ago, Newty82 said:

No, what I mean is...

The asset makes the debt 'safe'.

Like, I owe X amount on my mortgage. So I'm in debt.

But my house is worth twice as much as my mortgage. So, I'm OK. No panic. Keep making my payments, everyone's happy.

If I need to lend more money, I can. Because I've got this asset that I can still get cash against.

If, for some mad reason my wife went off with my boys, I'd have 2 rooms spare. Now I can rent them out and make money.

So now I have an asset worth more than my debt and it's generating me income.

Happy Days!

Not really… a house can be sold to any number of people looking for a place to live. I can’t imagine the shite are looking to leave anfield anytime soon so the stadium is really only valuable to us. 

Does anyone actually think that we have players that can succeed in a side that actually maintains possession? Outside of Onana, who everyone seems to hate, who on the side can claim passing or ball control as a strength?

Sometimes I genuinely feel like I’m watching different players then most. 

1 minute ago, RuffRob said:

and today's bad news is that the entity who have spent the last 7 month trying to buy the club basically don't have enough money.

not the most of moral boosting of weeks is it?

Was a truly tough read. We’ve got ourselves in such financial dire straits that we can’t even be bought.

17 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

Just listened to Ped on toffeetv talking about Onana like people don't understand football. "Go look at his numbers". 
 

I did..... they reek of a player who is coasting. Lost most of his duels, lost possession 5 times.  The one I noticed was shocking, tried a stupid short pass outside our area and nearly got punished. 
 

he plays like he's a veteran who just wants to sit back and play tidy passes..... we're in the shit amadou and we need you to actually put some towards in. 
 

garner and Gomes looked like they were giving us a bit more  

I haven’t seen full stats posted yet, but this just can’t be true. Felt like he was the only one winning the ball back and playing balls forward without tripping over his own feet.

8 minutes ago, Btay said:

It’s just too many players who lack real technical ability on the ball. Onana is best of them and a midfield with him, Gomes & Garner could move the ball nicely but Gana showed up today defensively. We just need players to start doing it consistently.

This is why it’s a tough decision. All of our central midfielders actually aren’t bad, it’s just hard to figure out how to mesh the skill sets, especially when factoring in that our strikers haven’t been finishing so that skill becomes a premium and it’s hard to rationalize not playing doucoure. 
 

I personally want to see onana Gomes and doucoure, but I’m not totally sure what the right combo is. 

It’s never going to be pretty with this side, but happy to say I’m proud of the squad today. They battled hard. 

Unbelievable from McNeil there 

Wait did I miss something? How’s it 9 minutes?

Let’s fucking go!!!!!!!

need to hold here boys!!!!!

Not sure doms mental health can take a miss here 

I mean that has to be a penalty

didn’t even notice it in real time 

Just now, badaids said:

Gueye has been a mixed bag tonight.  A few steals but so many filthy give aways in risky positions.

A tale as old as time