Not sure if you watched it but that is so far away from the way I saw it. It was a new level of drama. I was vehemently against VAR initially but I'm starting to like it. Got the decisions right.

Haha I’m completely neutral so I’m just glad of all the elements that came together to make one of the most breathtaking and exhilarating games I’ve seen in years. Football was the real winner tonight (if that helps you at all!)

It was offside. Im not sure how the team that won the first game going through makes for a damp squib? Especially in such circumstances. The rules around away goals is known to both teams beforehand and conceding 3 at home after being nullified in the first leg shouldn’t really leave anyone feeling robbed. Agree to disagree I suppose.

I don’t really understand why some are against away goals? Its fantastic for drama. Either going through or going out and no inbetween.

As a neutral I loved it. The elation contrasting with the silence. Unreal.

UNBELIEVABLE DRAMA game of the year

Lloris never seems to cover himself in glory either... Poor man’s Raya.

3-2 Good. I was a bit bored with 8 goalless minutes.

Is it just me that thinks Spurs being 10/1 to win this match is crazy? Hoping for a cracking game anyway haha 1-0 down 2-2 in 10 mins!!!

Aye but I have been stopped from posting this by moderators. was rapid, and played off the shoulder as a striker. Low centre of gravity too. I’m not saying Buckley is too slight just wondering if anyone might even consider it being that he’s a central midfielder. Curse my blasphemous mouth. Looking forward to seeing more of him either way. If he’s half the player Alli is he’ll do for us. (he’s already half the weight ?)

Mason Mount looks like Lou Ferrigno next to Buckley. Astounding that people can name some of the best players in the country/world as an argument against questioning whether a novice, wiry lad can hold his own physically in the Championship yet or if this is an area they would like to see him improve. Conditioning and strength is probably more important than ever in the modern game, it's quite the opposite of a Mike Bassett argument - every decent player in league football is a highly impressive athlete that would knock most of us flying. You can't just outrun, out tire or run rings round them. A central midfielder has to earn the right to play in this league and be able to hold their own on the ball in any. Scholes was a little brick wall, Sterling one of the best athletes in world football right now. How much of a player would Dack or Graham be without their strength? Travis even is proper solid and can plow right through anyone - there is a massive difference in men's football to U23s. "If your good enough your old enough" is a nice 70s Cloughism but you can't tell me he doesn't look a little lightweight. I thought it was a fair question anyway... But after that cameo at Hillsborough it seems some of you think we've got the next Messi (one of the most deceptively strong players of all time btw) and that he's the finished article of the Mbappe standard. That's the same game where six-foot odd unit Magloire was shoulder barged about 20 feet by the Wednesday forward leading to a goal btw. At least I got an answer to the question anyway! Sounds as though he's up to it.

Ha ok. Could get a lot of money selling the gym equipment at Brockhall - good thinking.

I know! Between him and Mbappe why can't our lads play in the first team at 19!? Nothing to do with them being two of the best players in the world... The likes of De Ligt are certainly the exception and not the rule. I thought Buckley only looked a slip of a lad at Hillsborough, Butterworth looks tiny too - think they've got enough about them physically yet for the Championship @Stuart?

I think the main conclusion we can make is that Stoke have been unimaginably shite.

Oh I’ve been more than lurking if you hadn’t noticed - but a lot of my posts have been getting removed by mods! Me? Offensive??? See you then where we can call each other drunken idiots. If we win impressively we can just talk about how the Brereton money could have paid for free coach travel or could sort out the crap fan zone or summat ??

Sorry - I’ll continue to keep my head down and try not to ruin the misery. As you were.

Come on @Biz, we’ve had a couple of good performances and “acceptable” team selections on the trot so it’s understandable that some will have to reach for their other TM beating stick. Wasn’t surprised to see the BB thread top of the pile today. We’d probably be playing Champions League if it wasn’t for the Brereton signing.

Bit of an odd one this. You don’t think there’s examples of players from relegated championship teams being worth picking up? Just off the very top of my head from the last couple of years - Darragh Lenihan, Danny Graham, Nick Powell, Aiden MacGeady, Josh Maja, Ashley Fletcher, Brad Potts, Jack Rodwell (!)

Just pulling your leg mate ? Just in the prematch there were quite a few whinges... yours was the nearest one!

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FOUR MORE YEARS FOUR MORE YEARS

Never in doubt. Fantastic performance. One of the best of the season straight after one of the worst. Football, eh?

That’s him off then

We've been fantastic. Still going to lose 3-0 but it's nice to see.

Decent start. Thought Graham should have squared that