17 Jan 2026 17:21:20
Meanwhile Liverpool draw at home to Burnley and so fail to beat any of the three promoted teams at Anfield for the first time since 1980-1 and Spurs continue to struggle despite signing Gallagher.
There are no foregone conclusions in the EPL. Every point has to be worked hard for. I'm still wondering whether we would have had more points at this stage were it not for losing Amad and Mbuemo to AFCON at the moment we were to play the weakest teams.
Hats off to our more experienced older players today. Shaw, Maguire, Bruno and Casemiro were all immense. And I'd like to commend Dorgu who has improved enormously over the last few weeks.
As much as I wanted Amorim to succeed, I think we will do better with 4 at the back. If Carrick takes us into Europe does he get the job full time?
17 Jan 2026 17:44:19
If we beat Arsenal, he should get the job full time.
What say you Red Man?
17 Jan 2026 18:11:05
AJH ??? ?.
17 Jan 2026 18:50:33
I have no idea what you mean Fizz ?.
17 Jan 2026 19:03:46
A big win for us and even more so with Liverpool dropping points.
Let's be realistic we need top 4 this year without a doubt for the money it brings and the draw for the likes of the balebas the Andersons the whartons to play champions League football.
17 Jan 2026 19:05:01
How many posters on here would have picked that 11 today?
He got just about every call correct.
It will be interesting to see if he picks the same 11 v arsenal.
They are very strong on their right so durgu helping Shaw out is something we might see next week.
Mainoo will only get better with games he played well with casimero and bruno today.
Good show today and a repeat next week will give us real momentum for the run in.
I think we all want to see a repeat performance then the results will look after themselves. Consistency of that sort of performance will see us into the top 4. Villa have done it so it can be done.
17 Jan 2026 19:22:56
Agreed, and even more remarkable given he only started on Wednesday.
The thing for me today was the energy, pace and commitment, where has that been this year? New Manager, denrby game, maybe that's it but if it camln continue I think we will be around the top 4.
17 Jan 2026 20:26:35
Agree with AJ, it wasn’t just the team he picked, all those players ran themselves into the ground for him today.
I’m starting to wonder if Amorim had created too much division in the dressing room, where as Carrick has come in and it’s a fresh chance for everyone.
Hopefully we see the same attitude in the next match and this isn’t just a one off.
17 Jan 2026 21:16:59
Last time we saw that energy and kind of play was against city in the FA CUP final I believe.
Wouldn't it be something else to turn arsenal on their head.
Also, they had the chance to go 9 clear today and didn't take it. It's written isn't it?
17 Jan 2026 21:41:01
I don't think Amorim created division Grim but I do think that more than tactics or formations that if players feel good, feel positive you will get results, then you can implement your ideas. It's hard to implement your plan when you get beat most weeks.