The time wasting will go over time as we gain more confidence. Our game had gone form sitting back and trying to hit teams on the break to having a go at teams. We still have more players in our starting 11 who were coached by Bruce so that will take a little longer.
I don’t see why a rivalry should become toxic, friendly rivalry should be possible. We were rivals with your neighbours and that was fairly toxic because they were horrible, entitled arse holes. I sat amongst them at Wembley when we played them in the FA Cup and they were rancid. I have never heard a fan base complain about the match officials as they did that day.
The differnece between us and the dippers is that they are used to winning trophies, like Man U in that respct and they think they have a right to win things, which nobody has.