Gutting. Absolutely gutting. But I hope this represents a blueprint for how we tackle the remainder of the season… aggressive, physical, direct and relentless. At least go down fighting. #lufc

Chelsea away in 2021, this… fighting our way back to 2-2 only for a gut-wrencher in injury time. Such a shame. What a second half. #lufc

As expected. Let’s hope City drop down to 1st gear in the 2nd half and save their legs for tougher challenges ahead… #lufc

Fixed that left-hand side, then… #lufc

Interesting… and at least he’s tried to fix the left-hand side. But we’d’ve complained bitterly about that MF *last* season. Just try to stay in the game as long as possible, I guess. #lufc

Without a formation change, Amps-Tanaka-Brenda in MF seems the likeliest combo… James comes in on the right. Might be a bit more 4231. As much as BA grates, I think he’ll be more useful vs City at 8/10 than Gruev at 6/8. But it’s going to be 5-0 whoever plays, tbh. #lufc

I slept through the 7-0 under Bielsa and was at a work function in the 2-1 under Allardyce. Praying one of my kids is invited to a birthday party this Saturday..... #lufc

"I've got 7-to-9, Richard..."

I seem to be in a minority about Farke's role yesterday. He got plenty wrong vs Brighton and Forest, but we were competitive and aggressive from the off against one of the best sides in the division. Yes, the subs could have come on a few minutes earlier, but it was still 1-1 when they did. #lufc

The BBC should be ashamed for constantly giving this deranged fascist a platform.

Another game where top-6 quality punishes bottom-6 mistakes. Thought we did a lot right today: competed all over the pitch, got the ball in the right areas, and worked the keeper several times. But Okafor switching off and Gudmondsson slipping (plus odd wall placement) means we get nothing. #lufc

Never offside, ffs

Our left-hand side again……

Very good half. With a squad of limited quality, *that* is how you have to approach these games… relentless effort, MF tenacity and a very high press. Sustaining it will be the issue, of course, but we can’t sit deep and hope to keep them at bay. #lufc

No opposing Prem manager, never mind one as seasoned as Emeri, is looking at that #lufc XI and wondering which problems he needs to solve. Almost no creativity and precious little pace. #lufc

So, from 65-1 just after lunch, with a lead of 105… we managed to lose by eight wickets before the close of play. Incredible stuff.

Australia will win this by 8 wickets, won’t they?

Grab momentum…. hand back momentum…. #theashes

A murmur on snicko when there’s a clear gap between bat and ball…? Can’t overturn the on-field decision on that. #theashes

THAT IS NEVER OUT

Two-day test cricket it is, then…

My god… we don’t like learning lessons, do we? #theashes

Duckett got away with some unnecessary skittishness at the end of that session… charging Boland 5 minutes before lunch, swinging at wide ones. Just *bat*, man. #theashes

"Hey, my friend, are we gonna make it till Monday..?" #theashes

Absolute jokers. #theashes

CALM DOWN, EVERYONE! CHECK THE RUN RATE! #theashes

Well, this could have gone a little better...... #theashes

Ah, Zak… wish I could say I was surprised. #theashes

Mani… damn. I was 16 when the Roses’ debut came out, and within about three weeks *everyone* in my school seemed to have it: the indie kids, the house kids, the trad rock kids, the not-that-arsed-about-music kids. A dollop of sunshiney glue that summer. RIP

Morning meeting. Boss says we'll have a new team member soon. Says "He's Finnish". Me and the only other Brit present immediately say, "he's no finished, he's 28!" ... and then spend the next 15 minutes explaining what, exactly, we found so funny.

Nothing says "I'm not rattled" quite like a lengthy rant about a long-time retired cricketer's appearance on celebrity Mastermind... #theashes

I'll tell ye wit, av nivver bin mair prood ta be a (grand)son o'Scotland.......

I've been apathetic about #lufc before; I tried to tune out late-period McDermott and most of Heckingbottom... and I can feel myself edging closer to that now. Put it this way, I can't fucking wait for The Ashes.

Distinctly remember voting for Labour. Who the fuck are this lot?

Anyone remember Rebel Inc, an imprint from Edinburgh, c25-30 years ago? Discovered so many writers through it. Just re-read The Star Rover… utterly brilliant. Assume you do, @causticcovercritic.bsky.social!

The courage and resilience that Malak has shown in her Guardian reporting from Gaza really can’t be overstated. Hugely deserved recognition. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

This is like the Maccabi Tel Aviv story... a spasm of manufactured, coordinated outrage from those with far greater bad-faith partiality than the subject of their ire.

Farke really needs to ditch the "emotional fanbase" line. Emotion is literally the essence of being a fan. Why else do we invest so much time, energy and cash into a collection of strangers exercising if not for the emotions generated? It's *the whole point*. So, Daniel, stop making us sad... #lufc

I mean, we’ve shipped 8 goals in our last 3 away games… and 2 of them were at teams below us. #lufc

That’s a “directional defeat”… not just about the 90 minutes but about what the performance says what we’re trying to do and how well we’re doing it. Sadly, our weaknesses have become easy to exploit and our strengths, such as they are, easy to nullify. Can’t see this getting better. #lufc

Don’t need to over-analyse this…. we’re shit. #lufc

Again, from the left… so weak. And Bijol is marking fresh air. #lufc

This ref, man alive……..

Criminal to cough up the equaliser so soon after taking the lead… getting their crowd edgy was key today. As it is, they’re getting between our MF and CBs far too often while we’re looking sluggish and horribly imprecise when do try to venture forward. Ref on 1/10 so far, too. #lufc

Tried, largely successfully, to avoid any talk of Leeds United this week... no podcasts, no chat on here, ignored the WhatsApp groups, etc. I'm praying today gives us all something positive to talk about. #lufc

Wonder what Berg's lawyers will zero in on... 13 separate staffers saying there were issues with Berg's editorship, which came on the back of 100 signatories to an open letter from journalists to BBC bosses about bias, would suggest Jones's article is defendable.

Remember Forest playing Sturm Graz in Europe in 1984… and I’ve got more chance of naming that line-up without checking than this one. #ageconcern

Now watch all the obituaries replace "war criminal" and "mass murderer" with "controversial" and "polarizing"....

So, on to The City Ground... where our last three visits have returned two losses for Bielsa, one of which felt terminal, and the defeat that finally did for Jesse Marsch. In other news, my motivational speaking tour has been postponed until further notice. #lufc

Ten games in and we know where we are now: the relegation dogfight our mediocre recruitment all but guaranteed. We need 9 wins, probably 10 and it’s hard to see us adding many to the 3 we have before the turn of the year. A sobering weekend. #lufc