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Kepa - James, Chilwell, Badiashile, Thiago - Zakaria, Kovacic - Sterling, Havertz, Ziyech - Felix Subs: Mendy, Hall, Koulibaly, Fernandez, Gallagher, Mount, Mudryk, Madueke, Fofana And hope for a miracle.

What is Mount’s position? Because I doubt anyone would say it’s a winger. There’s a mass of them on the books, yet he’s played put there - why? Then, in other games, he’s played at eight, false nine or ten - sometimes all three. He’s 24, still very young for a footballer at this level, and I think his flexibility is working against him. Pick a position for him to hone and let him get on with it. Get back to basics. Saying that I do feel he is struggling emotionally, and I believe it’s because he has doubts about whether the club he loves values him. Indeed, I think the doubt may have started in Lampard’s time, when Havertz joined for a huge fee. Suddenly, someone comes in who plays in a similar position, I’m assuming on more money, despite him having a brilliant season. And it did change the balance of the team - starting for tactical reasons, I don’t think we’ve seen the best of Mount since. To tie it up the above, maybe there’s a nagging question mark why he tends to get moved around for others, rather than being used as the lynchpin of the team. Then we have the contract situation, which is the club’s chance to show how much is valued. Yet they’re refusing to do so. So now he’s low on confidence and possibly low on support, generally being played out of position in an out of form side. As painful as it is to say, a move may do him a lot of good in the long term.

That is the oddest thing. Some individuals - Kepa, Chalobah, KK, Azpi, Havertz, to an extent Kovacic - were extremely poor out there but, up to the sending off, the performance was decent. Question is is just a 'decent' performance enough against Fulham.

I wonder how much of a say our managers have with the signings. It was the case under Roman, and feels like it's rumbled on now. The players are bought and they are told to make it work.

This season was going off the rails under Tuchel with a healthier squad. Personally, I think we should have kept him and let him ride it out but there's no denying there were issues before he was sacked.

Tuchel was doing little better with a healthier squad. The make up of the squad is wrong, not in terms of talent but mentality. Potter actually referred to it yesterday - who are the leaders in the squad? To succeed, there needs to be a mix. We do not have that - just a load of followers.

Who would you bench Mount for? Plus, if it wasn't for him, we probably wouldn't have scored tonight.

It feels like Moyes' reign at United. How can players have respect for a manager who has won less than them, and has a 'small club' mentality to approach and tactics?

Was one of our better players tonight, alongside Zakaria the crock and Kung Fu Felix.

Why do we never run on to the ball and charge to the touchline? Why is it a case of stop, turn and go back?

The issue is, as with any teams, it needs to be a mix - leaders and followers. In this case, there's a load of followers and no leaders.

For all the love of slagging him off, Mount is the only one trying to go forward at the moment. At least in this half. Don't think any of them wanted to in the first.

He’s going to be given very little time and, although it may seem unfair, for good reason. The love for Frank was still strong for many and the one thing he did do that the majority of us loved was bringing through the youth. Ditching all but CHO at the first time of asking isn’t going to help to endear him even though it isn’t right to judge him yet.

Though I’m sure it would catch Wolves out if we did play three wide on the right.

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Mendy Azpilicueta - Silva - Rudiger CHO - Jorginho - Havertz - Kovacic - Chilwell Ziyech Giroud At a guess???

Have I missed something - is Mount carrying a knock or being rested/dropped? The line up indicates that Tuchel feels Frank’s faith in youth was somewhat misplaced though interesting to see CHO there; he tends to have more of an impact from the bench.

Don’t lose more than five games, Thomas, or you’ll be sacked. And don’t expect a message from Roman.

The irony is I think I was prepared for it after the Manchester City game - if he was sacked then it wouldn’t have hit so hard. It feels like we were starting to grind out results (any team could go to Leicester and be flattened) and possibly find a path forward again and suddenly this has happened.

I agree, I’m sorry, maybe I’m feeling a little bit heated as well.

Quite a few are saying he wasn’t good enough in the role and it was time for him to go. Freely admit, not any of the others are celebratory or insulting but certainly satisfied that it is the right decision.

Other than the ridiculous ‘fat’ jibe he isn’t saying anything different from others on here.

IF TRUE I think the player spoke in the present tense, whilst Frank was still in charge; The Athletic has changed it to suit the changing situation. Does make me wonder if it was Azpilicueta or Zouma mouthing off due to the Jose reference, though.

Taking a risk in order to show respect to Frank was more important than ensuring we stayed in the only competition we realistically have a chance of winning this season?

A bit of a risk though - what if we had lost?