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Regardless of whether it can be forced, up until now I think the majority of fans didn’t want a manager change. At least not a clear majority. I think it will be quite clear to the board now that they can’t hide behind that anymore because yesterday has given a few a reality check after they got carried away with a half decent run of results there.

Set pieces are going to keep hurting us this season. Need to sign players who fix that in the summer.

Which is scandalous. We’ve seen enough domestically.

The stats say he’s more of a 10.

Intriguing signing. Only have limited stats available because he plays in Scotland but here’s what they say: - Great numbers for goals and shots - Great numbers for assists and xA and chances created - Involved a lot in the game, lots of touches, loses the ball quite often and not a dribbler - Defensive stats a mixed bag. Great numbers for interceptions, blocks, recoveries and possession won in final third. But very poor for ground and aerial duels, tackles and fouling. All in all it looks a risk well worth taking. The only thing I'd say it's yet another signing who is well below average physically and defensively so we do need to start counter-balancing that with physical players who can help us out defending set pieces. Fernandes hopefully fits into that category to be fair.

He does. I’ve long thought that our Europa League form can’t continue. I thought Gerrard had cracked it by building a team that was solid and could control a game a bit, even out of possession, and was more physical and aggressive than most teams. As those players have moved on and been gradually replaced by a different type of player I have expected the results to trail off but they’ve kept coming. I think the Ibrox effects accounts for some of it.

Unbelievable. It was a tougher set of fixtures than Celtic had.

And breathe! Amazing to get the result and finish 8th. Unbelievable. We need players back and to sort out our tactics though. That was a poor performance and we really rode our luck.

Referee has lost the head and made several embarrassing decisions in a row now. USG play acting at every opportunity too

Would have been a miracle if we’d kept a clean sheet because we have had zero control of this game. Very nervy end to the game now.

It’s about half an hour now I’ve been counting consecutive passes and I think the most we’ve managed is 7-8. Very rare we manage more than 3-4. It’s painful to watch and we are fortunate USG are so bad.

And a second for Man Utd too!

Our ball retention is diabolical. Hard to watch.

Huge money for them if they got that.

They’ll only be turning that down because they will be confident they can get a better offer. They’ll have to sell this window or next. It shows the predicament we have the best young talent though when you have to spend so much for someone who won't necessarily improve your 11 today. It does look like he could be a future star though.