If it was all about diversity and spreading it around then it would have been handed to say 2/3 African countries to host given how much they genuinely contribute to the sport, obviously they couldn’t afford the backhanders and vanity projects the Middle East can of course

No but I can see why Nuno is doing it, he’s starting to instill that big club mentality into the squad, it will take time though and there will be bumps in the road along the way

Against the top sides yes we are and MU are still a top side packed full of talent they’ve just been coached poorly for ages

He bought a hell of a lot of tickets around the UK given his luck with not being able to get to games lol, crazy how he’s on so many PL clubs priority lists too😂😂

I agree but perhaps Man U/City away aren’t the games to throw Sosa in at the start, he does have quality we can see that from the little game time he’s had but starting and trying to influence a full game is completely different story, he needs to strengthen up too IMO but he will have his day #nffc

As good as it's been and as proud I am of the #nffc start to the season, looking at the Brighton team we still have a way to go to catch them up but I'm confident we will get there

How funny would it be if #lfc only lost two games all season and it was #nffc doing the double over them and claiming a European spot 😂😂😂

Unfortunately there’s an element of #nffc fans some of which reside on YouTube that can’t differentiate between being respectful of what he achieved for us and us being grateful after 23 of despair and accepting that Nuno was needed & has taken us forward, preferring insults and mockery over decency

It’s a really tough ask today! Arsenal are on fire, they are a much better side than #nffc so keep it respectable could be the best outcome, not a cause for a meltdown if this game goes against us

Hate to say it mate, that’s now gone! Frittered away on MGW, that interest really did grow😂

If at full time we’ve beaten Arsenal 0-3 and there isn’t any moaning about the training ground, delayed new stands or the legends gates Bluesky has officially failed the Matchday test 😂 #nffc

I think being the one player that helped take us from the despair of the championship and keeping his place not only in the squad but more often than not the starting 11 for three seasons in the PL entitles him to that accolade yes

😂 but true!

As much as I feel if Arsenal have an off day and we play to our absolute maximum we can get something tomorrow, I don’t really think we can complain about pundits having Arsenal as strong favourites at the Emirates #nffc

I have no problem with us not playing Santos, he was never our player, we would only have helped develop a CFC player for them &we were ok in that position tbh we probs shouldn’t have signed him on loan, however SC not playing Bade remains a puzzle as we really struggled in that position that season

Look at the list of clubs eyeing up a move for him, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea appear most keen atm but that list will grow by next summer, he won’t be going anywhere until then he’s still got 5years left on contract and we don’t need to sell, you nor any club will be getting him on the cheap

He has no idea, just wants to look cool saying no, I doubt he has a clue about Murillo or the fact he’s played just one full season of professional first team football so far

That will be the tipping point

It’s crazy Russ, sometimes I think we will all wake up and it’s been a dream after waiting over two decades

I’d also say, personally I think we’ve improved the squad each and every window since that summer with many of those signed worth more now than we paid, obviously not 100% hit rate but only really BHA and poss Brentford can boast near that

I’m not sure I entirely agree, tbh coming up with 4 players that could compete in the PL, a constant string of injuries including 3 for the season before game 1 and still staying up they pretty much won me over, shouldn’t have signed those for if we went down though, should have backed ourselves

Yeah, that’s the great thing about us now, even losing a player like Murillo isn’t terrifying, I think Morato might come in on Saturday

The clue was in the first part of your question Matt

I’ll be amazed if Murillo plays tbh, he probably only gets back to the UK today or late last night so won’t have a training day with the club, he could play I guess but I’ll be very surprised

Agreed 👍

I wouldn’t put too much money on Murillo playing tbh, he won’t be back until tomorrow giving him a day to recover and no training day

I think we are still at the stage where it depends which Arsenal turns up, if they have an off day and we defend at our best and we move the ball forward quickly and whoever gets a good chance takes it then yes we can definitely get something out of the game Saturday #nffc

Absolutely! And the best part is I think we all know EM won’t be satisfied with this, if anything it will have wet his appetite for genuine top 6 contention

I said to those around me as we started singing it ‘Not today I won’t be’😂

I do think we still need teams like Arsenal to be slightly off colour on a given day for us to get pts, if they click 100% I believe those clubs are still too strong as NU proved but yes I’m confident we ‘could’ get a draw or even a win Saturday #nffc