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The Derby picture we had the whole terrace and the two tiers of seats above! Leeds 8-9000 Newcastle 8,000 Pompey was about 11 plus Brighton 15,000 approx. Palace Fulham the same Man City we were on all four sides of ground so hard to say. Grimsby loads paid cash to get in on an all ticket game. Got to be over 10,000 there. Such a great season to travel both home and away. You just never knew until you got there how many would be at the game!

Looks like Plan A is let them have the ball, win it back and just bomb forward. Very exciting. I'd like a little control after 2/3 - 0 but important to add we've not seen his first choice side yet with caicedo and palestra out and new signings due. Hopefully we're able to switch between that attacking and control in future. Be interesting to see what happens when we go behind, hopefully not any time soon though

Any way around the rules that Chelsea find gets people angry, other clubs and journalists alike. I bet this 'loophole' will be closed by next summer 2027.

Not done yet but getting closer according to Matt law:

Think we bought him for 2027 so he is still technically an Atalanta player.

In a back 3 its quite important that the two attacking mids contribute defensively when the wingbacks are out of postion, even Pedro did his job defensively. It's not the end of the world, he's already a very good player just something he will need to work on. Especially when we start facing the top teams.

Hey maybe they have to buy Disasi to make it work...

I thought we were loads better when Chaverria was on

How have they got an exemption for this. There is no U21 exemption and there is one player maximum from any PL club. Is this legit from Romano?

Loaned to Crystal Palace. I’m not sure how it works really with Disasi loaned there already. What a mess. But, it’s possible we have a gentleman’s agreement with Palace. Adam Wharton 👀

Can't really blame him for the first two goals. He probably hasn't trained with the team yet and has hardly trained since the world cup. He'll get up to speed.

I know what you mean, he couldn't do much about any of the goals and made some good saves. Good at coming for crosses as well. The defence will get better I feel, new system, some new players and the midfield protection will get better. He is an upgrade on Sanchez and at £7.5m it's a no brainer.

At today's game.

I’m not having that United performance or result. They were very lucky and cracks are appearing already. I still maintain that Carrick will be sacked by Christmas.

It’s a strange to say considering that he conceded 3 goals but I was pleased with him overall.

Started ok but then got worse and worse and as the game went on. I can think of a couple of times he took a throw in and within 10 seconds Brighton was nearly in on goal. I'm hoping Xabi is in the office of a board member right now saying "we are so light in midfield I had to play Gusto there" Then we'll get a new midfielder by Tuesday night.

I really hope the scouting department have done their job on him. I can’t face another Monaco flop.

+1 the front 3 need to be a bit of a nuisance at the back but that's it. The other 8 defend.

That's Ian Hutchinson, not Stewart Houston. Apologies if this has already been pointed out. We need to alert that publication (Goal?) and get them to correct their mistake.

Played great for all the games so far

Great saves. The 2 goals he could barely do anything about it. The last one could have been saved

I see he was not subbed, played the whole game. At the end did he do the normal player leaving thing of applauding all sides of the ground by any chance?

Camara playing tonight, very solid performance. Marseille have been mostly nullified and Monaco are good for the two goal lead as it stands... If Caicedo is injured and Enzo is off we need bodies. I just don't trust Lavia and Reece to play 90 minutes every week and Barco and Essugo aren't ready.