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The only difference from that midfield (when it isn't crippled by injuries) and the one that actually got 4th is that Miley has developed further and we've brought in Tonali. How is it not a top 4 set of midfielders?

That Wan Bissaka or the Coventry players foot?

It sucks, but if it is offside it is offside. I'd want them to be absolutely sure if that is a team scoring a potentially illegitimate goal against us in a semi final. Edit: Haven't seen the situation in detail myself, so above is a general statement rather than saying a potentially wrong call is right.

What a shit day of football. Only saving grace will be to listen in to some West Ham youtube channels while playing FM.

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH time to turn off the footy? Unfortunately West Ham is away so can't even view that as their track field stadium empties.

Meh. Villa-Bournemouth it is then.

Wharton, Olise & Eze taking the piss out of West Ham.

Classic West Ham/Moyes result. They'll claw back a goal before the game is over when Palace starts to slow things down, then go on to draw their next against Liverpool or something silly.

They've been missing key players in that period though, mainly Guehi, Doucoure, Eze & Olise?

Aye, its the players not quite good enough that rarely get any playing time despite how many games the better players have played. Both club and international managers feel obligated to field their best team due to being judged on results. Fans expectations in general is that managers should field the best available team in all competitions. It is starting to burn out more and more players, and some players ruin their career due to it. I'd prefer to scrap one of the international breaks to help avoid fixture congestion, and scrap the league cup entirely as a starting point.

There's too many games for top level players these days, especially those that compete in 1 league, 2 domestic cups, 1 european cup + international games. Something has to be done to reduce that amount. Not sure this is the way to go though.

They weren't so telepathic earlier in the game when Isak started the same run while Bruno passed to him as if Isak was dropping deep to get the ball, where Bruno got visibly frustrated.

That's a shame. I don't mind the physical development taking a couple of years. There was no point in making upgrades on Benton if we were moving into new training facilities within the next year or so anyway, but I would have hoped they were in advanced stages of planning the development of a new training facility and in discussions with potential contractors by now.

yeah......no