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I agree that if the roles were reversed and United had had that goal given we would still see the same amount of airtime given to poring over the decision, because it's become pretty obvious that broadcasters are lazily relying on VAR decisions to fill airtime, create content and discussion...

Or maybe people just need to be wiling to accept that these people are professionals and should be trusted to behave with integrity. Players come up against their boyhood clubs and former teams all of the time but are trusted to do their jobs. Obviously, if Atwell's calls are driven by...

I think some fans, managers and the media have probably made this situation worse though because when it's their own team that's affected then the need for pragmatism and subjectivity tends to go out of the window. If you have a goal awarded against you where the player's toe looked like it...

This is my hope too. Time and time again we see players walk off with an ACL often having tried to play on. The way Roord and Maciver left the pitch after theirs was more of a red flag to me. That said, given where we're at, it would only take a minor injury and a few weeks out for Shaw's season...

It's definitely not being used correctly but I also think it's flawed in that the offside rule wasn't designed to be implemented so forensically. We have a rule that's designed to stop players gaining an obvious advantage from being in an offside position. Nobody has ever wanted goals to be...

Great intel thanks. Yeah you can tell that Morgan is just a really brilliant presence around the squad. Just hope they find minutes for her. I haven't really seen enough of Mace to know how much of a prospect she is but would be good to see her get a loan move and see how she progresses

Makes sense. If we're not planning to use players then given a chance to develop elsewhere. We might even get a player back at the end of it. The loan system seems to producing better results in the women's game. Grace Clinton's loan at Spurs has been a massive success and I think Jess Park...

Literally any of the players could have done the job. But also any of the players could telegraph one straight at the keeper or blast it over the bar. Bad penalties happen.

3-0 in the end probably isnt the worst result for us given how much they could have boosted the goal difference playing against 10 and with villas third choice goalie in. We need to use these next two games against West Ham and Bristol to put ourselves in the driving seat GD wise.

Horrible news and gutted for her. Not sure we'd have a single match fit keeper to play if we were playing this weekend. Good job there's another 9 days til we play again and Keating ought to be back.

Laura Blinkilde-Brown POTM for the england U23s yesterday

Fowler has always looked much better playing for Australia than she has with us I think, but she's not really getting game time in her best position for us. She's done well since she came into the team on the right but i don't see her there long term. She's very young though so lots more to come...

I can't really see Kelly leaving for a direct rival. I think she'd probably only want to go back to London if she stayed in the WSL and i don't see her getting in Arsenal or Chelsea's team. Maybe she'd go abroad and I'd love that for her tbh. Think she's a great character in women's football and...

Agree Ouahabi has been really reliable this season and she's extended her contract too. But obvs she was found wanting against Geyse. She won't come up against players that good every week but i think she is probably one of the players where it would be easier to find an upgrade and at 31 it's...

Yeah I like Angeldahl but I donit think she's at the level to be first choice in a team challenging for top honours over the course of a season. She's an excellent solid squad player but i imagine she wants to play more than that. We also spent big on Blinkilde Brown in Jan and I expect we'll...

And fans will complain that we've had our pants pulled down as though it's the responsibility of a smaller club to bail us out of the situation we've found ourselves in

Assuming no add ons have been activated, we paid £42m for him on a 6 year deal. It's all well and good City saying they're willing to take £30m for him but who is going to pay that? They also need to factor in that he's got 4 years left on massive wages. That's going to impact the selling...

She's been terribly unlucky that she's had injury and health problems at the same time a clutch of brilliant English keepers have emerged. Really hope she finds a decent club and gets back on track. She's too good to get left behind.

Disappointed we couldn't put them to the sword and build that goal difference, but this was one of our last tricky fixtures and I've taken 4-1 all day long. We've put Chelsea under real pressure today.

I love Fowler but she's not a winger. Part of me feels weird could sell her and Kelly and sink all of the money into getting a truly top drawer right winger. Park is obvs a candidate to play on RW too when Roord is back but she's made that number 10 spot her own .