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Erland Haarland's hair looks like a 'syrup'.

No Ralph Coates? Unbelievable.

Brentford need to sell Toney because they're skint. They can't even afford a pair of socks to fit him.

An immense performance from the team in general, but from Disasi and Colwill in particular. We thoroughly deserved to go in 1-0 at the break but, it should have been more if we had taken those gilt edged chances. Caicedo, Enzo and Gallagher ran themselves ragged, while Chilwell kept Foden relatively quiet by keeping tight and denying him space to turn. Gusto is a very talented player but he annoys me because he tries to get TOO tricky at times. This is the best game I've seen from Jackson, constantly putting their defence under pressure with his pace and trickery. He's a whippet at the moment but, when he morphs into a greyhound.......look out! Sterling and Palmer didn't let themselves down at all, at their old stamping ground.

I don't know what that first half was all about. A million passes without getting anywhere. Far too cautious in our approach with no one taking the ball by the horns. Much more proactive in the second half with Nkunku coming on and Palmer switching out wide. He and Gusto linked up very well. and were a constant threat. Sterling provided the pace on the other flank, when he came on. Good to see Conor get a couple. City next at their place, so we'll be the team looking to frustrate and then counter. As good as Thiago is, I would like to see Disasi and Colwill in central defence,because we need pace all over the pitch in this game. Can't wait!

Phew! Talk about Jekyll and Hyde. And what a blinding free kick by Enzo. To dampen the atmosphere slightly, this was a Cup game, which are notorious in not carrying over the form to the treadmill which is the Premier League. We'll know a lot more against Palace on Monday. What it will do is give the players a much needed lift in confidence. Regarding the game, it was interesting to see Gallagher and Palmer play a prominent role in pressing their defence while Jackson hung back in midfield. Things will change if Poch. decides to put Nkunku and Jackson in a front two.

Hard to put a finger on why we've hit a brick wall. Thiago looked thoroughly fed up with life after scoring last game, then his missus posts a tweet saying there should be a change. He's taken his coaching badges, so he might fancy the job. I must admit we've looked very leggy the last two games, especially in the second half, which Keith has mentioned before. Is Poch. driving them too hard in training? Rumbles of discontent regarding his training methods. Did the end of the transfer window have anything to do with it? Maland Sarr was not best pleased when his loan deal fell through. He's been at the club for ages so, although he's a bit part player, he must have plenty of friends there to cry to. It'll be just typical of our season to go and turn Villa over tonight but I won't be watching it live, thankyou very much!

Yeah, dithering on the ball which led to individual mistakes. Too many players caught too far up the pitch which left our centre backs exposed. The list goes on.

After Boehly and co. came in a ripped the place apart, any thoughts that this wouldn't be a long term project, were quickly dispelled by the Liverpool game and then the calamity against Wolves yesterday. To throw together some expensive young starlets with no Premier League experience and expect to take the League by storm, was a pipedream, even with one of the best managers in the game at the helm. The Premier League is a relentless war of attrition, where you can't ease up for a second, which is exactly what we did yesterday, and have done before. What was the most worrying was how slow we are in midfield and on the flanks, and when you are that pedestrian, two touches is one touch too many.

What win?

Agreed. They were quicker to the ball and had more desire.

Tosser alert.

Thank gawd Norwich bore the brunt of the Klopp emotional roller coaster of tears, the wailing, impromptu Klopp songs and fist pumps before us! Hopefully, things might have settled down which will give us half a chance.

Same here Keith. As I get older, the bed becomes more appealing.

Yep, poor ol' Mudryk had one of those nights when nothing goes right. Palmer, on the other hand.... Clinical in our finishing and the pressing on their defence was excellent.

A lot harder than it should have been if we'd stuck our chances away. Total domination in the first half, with Gallagher, Enzo and Caicedo putting in a lot of effort and controlling the midfield. That took its toll in the last 15 minutes, when we were out on our feet and Fulham pushed for an equaliser. Petrovic didn't have much to do but brought off some decent stops when called upon. Sterling had one of his better games while Madueke was dangerous when he came on. On Poch's to do list...We must be more clinical with that final pass. A word on the legend that is Willian....class even now.

Good to see Broja get on the score sheet, but a special mention to Mudryk for his battling qualities to win the ball by the corner flag, then set up Enzo for the cross. After a frustrating first half, things started to click with the team being much more proactive, by driving into the box and taking defenders on.

If you're talking about Gallagher, your mob won't pay the money because they're worried about FFP.

Greetings reciprocated Keith.

At 3-0 and 20 minutes to go I thought, surely we can see this one out! Why? because some of our players went missing, the tackling was becoming insipid and our discipline started to disappear. You have to give credit to Luton because they never gave up trying and made it difficult for us from the start. Palmer and Madueke scored some classy goals which put us in a strong position.

I didn't see the game Keith but Jackson "very strong on the ball?". That's a first! Previously, he's had the strength of Boy George and the touch of an elephant. Don't get me wrong, anyone that dons a Chelsea shirt, I want to see do well so I'll be delighted to be proven wrong with Jackson. One swallow doesn't make a summer, so I'll be very interested to see how he does against Luton away from home. Yeah, Drogba was very annoying in his first season but came to life in a big way afterwards.

And another thing that gets my temperature up, commentators consistently finding excuses because "it was on his wrong foot". There shouldn't be a "wrong foot" if you're a professional playing in the best League in the world, should there?

Yeah Keith, we got progressively ragged as the game went on. Even Conor got the bug and started making mistakes. We badly missed Caceido and Enzo in midfield, but oh! those chances we missed! Jackson is only good enough to sit on top of a Christmas tree. I don't like his attitude to the cause either.

And his packet of Tabs.

Usual story in the first half, laboured football, plenty of possesion but no cutting edge. Wilder fancied his chances in the second half, so he pushed up to try to put our back four under pressure. Mistake! We have some talented, skilful defenders who can play out of defence. That left more room to operate for our offence. Odd reaction from Jackson when he scored. His demeanour was that he does this every week.