Chap of Steel

That is absolutely baffling... Tempted to just not watch England until Southgate has gone.

This - and I doubt anything will happen.

It does annoy me. They act as if all the neutrals want City to win

This.

So much for neutral coverage. “You’re just hoping for a moment of magic from Kane or Son” according to Redknapp…

This needs to be said, sorry. The Arteta comparison is totally not valid. He joined Arsenal in December and by the end of that season had won an FA Cup. There may have been a patch of bad form fans had to endure but he'd already shown far more than Gerrard has.

I guess what I mean is, a candidate I can realistically see the board going for.

I think that the lack of any obvious candidate is keeping Gerrard in a job at the moment. The board aren't daft, you'd like to think that they're not happy with the dross on display - surely? Most seem to think that he's either getting the sack this week or we're sticking with him for the foreseeable. Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle - we're on the lookout for a replacement while reluctantly letting Gerrard pick up scrappy results here and there... Who knows. I just hope we have someone new in place soon.

Agree with the above, feeling pretty indifferent. They seem a much different proposition to the one we beat 3-0 last season…

May be a good week to triple captain Haaland. Not looking forward to this, even if we were pretty decent in this fixture last season. How times change...

So this is how I've interpreted it... may just be wishful thinking. The signings we've made are shrewd decent squad options, so fairly safe choices. The fact that exciting continental midfielders and £25m wingers didn't materialise... Is that because we didn't want Gerrard to spend too much with his departure on the horizon? Might be a reach, I know

My word, this is dull.

Only caught the last 20-25 mins but my word that was poor. Can't help but wonder if Gerrard has told some of the players they're not part of his plans.

Getting a new laptop soon so will be giving this a go - can't wait. Last time I played was during lockdown, I got Notts County to League One, then left for Celtic (where I lost interest).

Quite interested in learning more about this - any good starting points?