Dan

This Ipswich score in a nutshell why this whole spiel around bonus fixtures and free hits is complete utter shit. When did we last do this to anyone decent? They won at Spurs as well - another place we'll just fold at.

Would be as insane a use of limited resources as we could possibly do so it'll go and happen knowing us. Isn't that good, essentially another Skipp, and in the position we need probably the least. I'd say it was bollocks but it's come from a fairly decent source there has it not? Surely not.

Probably just before the Palace game but won't be ready for it, so I'll say the 14th. If we're taking this seriously someone will be in on the 1st or 2nd.

I do think survival is possible which to be fair, I didn't after Wolves, I thought we were bust. But I mean possible - rather than likely. With a good window where we plugged some of the gaps I think it's attainable. I just don't trust us to do what needs to be done. That Wolves game is going to be the one we rue. Just a total disaster and at some point we have to make up for it if we're going to get out of this. It's why I can't be too happy with yesterday.

They looked poor. They're in a really bad way. It's one of them I could give more benefit of the doubt to if Wolves hadn't happened. At some point, we have to make up for it. Oh and they drew to Palace too. Game went exactly how I thought it would. We'd lose to a side who even after the day are still 17th in the table from the last 10 games but it would be dressed up as if it was OK, even good in some instances. It's another result I ultimately put on the board - who've sabotaged us with this defence and a dreadful managerial appointment which means the defence we named yesterday is pretty much the best we can name. You're right about Villa - there to be got at. But I've no doubt when we lose it'll just be a load more of these types of comments. We've got to make up for these dropped points somewhere.

One of the most criminal wastes of money I can remember even by us. I said at the time it was a 3/10 signing. I was wrong - it's far worse. The bloke wouldn't stand out at Preston or QPR. For a club in our position to hand out that much money on a player who doesn't improve our XI, in a position we weren't desperately short in. Whoever signed that off should be out the door, but we know who that is, and we know that there's no chance they will be.

My fear all along with him is basically this. Have they lied to get him here like they have the last three managers?

It wasn't a disgrace of a performance in isolation, but there are two problems with it. The first is Man City are genuinely poor, and I thought they were pretty poor for large parts of that game too. They're extremely vulnerable. You can see why they've struggled. The other is you don't get free hits when you've lost at home to Wolves. Somewhere this needs making up - and today was an opportunity. Poor recruitment in the summer has cost us again. Lots of money we spent in the summer don't get in our side - while we're having to name that defence. Urgent action needed in January but you just know they'll dally as ever. We should have a signing in for Villa, but we won't.

Right back, centre back, winger and striker as a minimum this window. I'm highly doubtful we get them all though.

He's got the ability to do this of a randomer on here with the reputation of being elite. It's as dangerous a combination as you can possibly have.

Our mentality in these games is terrible in general. Can't remember the last time we got a result at any of the big sides.

As ever we're on the back foot because of our own poor planning and poor negotiating. So we'll panic in January and extend the mess.

Yep. Think it'll be years until we're back out of it.

Hearing it was properly rubbish.

Went pretty much how I thought it would when I heard we were playing an actual professional goalkeeper. We put in a performance that would yield points against a few of this league but ultimately save it for one where it'll land us nothing - utterly infuriating after serving that up against Wolves. That exact game seems to play out every single time we go to Anfield.

It's a huge chance. They're in freefall. But I don't trust us a jot.

This is absolute sods law isn't it. Serve a better performance in a game we were always going to lose but play like Kazakhstan amputees in the one that really mattered = lose both. A very relegation thing to do.

Five years and it's still this bad. The amount of gaslighting we've had to put up with as well.

How bad is VAR. Give us the game back.

When Daka's bad. My god.

We had an Argentine on the bench and blew it. Very sad.

Terminal onlineness is very Liverpool so to be honest, this might be the most reliable route. But I'll see what we have up our sleeves.

I'll only be happier this half if we just commit everything in our power to pissing their fans off. The result becomes irrelevant to me if we at least commit everything to diving, timewasting and kicking the ball away. Show me what you've been working on!

Some of the finest timewasting I've seen from us. Ruud you've truly moved me.

Would be quietly relieved with a 3-0 here. It's going to be brutal.