Even with players 2 yards away from him he seems to have all the time in the world to play a pass and a good one at that. I've not had excitement about a player for a long time but I'm looking forward to building a team around him next year.

Excellent bit of perspective. When we were sat with no DoF and no manager days before pre season started and a threadbare squad, we were fearing a bad bad season. It'll be an absolute sickener if we don't get top 6 but we've exceeded all expectations this season. To me the squad feels like it has some direction and it feels like we're a good window away from really pushing on.

If Wharton starts there's really no point doing these polls

Rice Bellingham and Wharton as a midfield trio for England in a few years time. Mouth watering.

Is Hyam not shouting for that??

JRC and Carter giving it to Barnes a bit 😂

Barnes is a horrible prick

If its fines and point deductions for fielding a weakend squad we're absolutely fucked for all the times we started Hirst and Vale. I'm with K-Hod - you have a 25 man squad you should be free to use them as you please. If they started the whole u18 squad then I could understand but they didn't

Why Hedges was going for goal and not heading to the corner flag is beyond me

Time wasting should be a free kick to the opposing team. What good is a yellow to darlow in injury time?

Not a pen - need to get the sniper out the stadium before he gets anyone else!

You dont need refs doing VAR. VAR shouldn't be there to re-ref every decision it just needs someone with eyes to pipe up on the mic and say for example "I think that's hit his arm there do you want another look" the ref can then say "Yeah I saw it but XYZ" or "no I missed that bring it up onscreen" then the ref looks at it and makes a decision, not someone in a room hundreds of miles away, the red on the pitch. By all means use the VAR as a sounding board but the decision should be the refs. What annoys me is that the ref will stand around for 2 minutes and then go to the monitor. Why not just go to the monitor as soon as its clear a decision needs to be made?

I think Rogers to Spurs would be a decent move

There's nothing caretaker about this appointment. Frank will want it long term and I suspect the new owner would have him long term if he performs between now and the end of the season. This is a trial period.

Can't remember who I was listening too but they said that basically if they sold Loftus-Cheek, Mount and Gallagher, they'd be there or thereabouts with the FFP limits. Today's markets with the British mark up, there's £120m+ worth of player across those three and they're all Academy graduates so that's all pure profit.

Won didn't we?

If we were going to lose due to a cock up I'd rather it was cos Morton had tracked back and two footed Doyle rather than just giving up like that. As my father in law said 'you'll be pissed off if he's not bleeding after all that carry on'

Morton wants shot for that. Ref was shite as well. I don't mind letting rough challenges go but you have to do it for both sides

Gallagher was shooting - not a clear goal scoring opportunity

So funny watching united lose by this margin

Fantastic what JDT has done with the squad. Imagine what he could have achieved if he had someone with a killer instinct up top!

Gallagher holds on to the ball for too long and has the same punishment as bashams TWO studs up challenges.

Looking forward to a good scrap before 90 mins is up

now he should be off

Not a red.. just