BaltimoreBird

And now Godfrey is going to be sent off.

Buendia beautifully in but can't score. They're on the ropes. Need to finish this.

Pukki misses a chance in on goal. That would have been it, but the door is kept open for Bournemouth.

Our set piece defense is unbelievably awful. Desperately need a second goal.

You're correct.

The VAR review was apparently for the Redcard, but they even checked to see if Pukki was offside on the initial through ball.

VAR tries it's hardest to overturn it but can't. And Pukki scores the Penalty!

Cantwell through to Pukki on goal, saved out towards McLean who chips it towards goal and Cook puts his hand up to save it.

Redcard!!!! Bournemouth down to 10!!

Very good chance for Bournemouth as our defence can't clear the ball but Harry Wilson is judged to be offside.

Bournemouth pressing quite high and we seem to be gambling with the ball at the feet of Krul, Zim and Godfrey. Cantwell with a few poor touches, but definitely some bright spots with Buendia, Pukki and Duda. Buendia just goes wide on a header from Aarons.

Duda is further up and Kenny is back

Pregame stream showing Duda back with Tettey and McLean in the 10? Probably not.

No one was.

Feel it's harsh on Vrancic. Midweek game to come, will perhaps see some changes then. Good team though we need to take this match from the beginning.

NCFC 3-0. Finish the first half 2-0 up. Team comes to work this week with everything on the line.

Don't worry about Villa, we're staying up regardless. 7 wins to come, the 1st comes Saturday.

Can't see Farke making many changes, to the bench perhaps, but not much else. I'm surprised to see Zimmerman being picked by many over Hanley (if Godfrey is healthy), because I feel Hanley has outperformed Zimmerman as of late, and it hasn't been close. My gut says Godfrey is just a bit too soon though. Also, hasn't it been mentioned that Duda was for the most part frozen out of his team. If this is the case I doubt he's fit to start. Could see the same lineup as has been recently, with subs of Onel --> Cantwell, Duda --> Mclean and then Lewis/Amadou/Idah on for one of their corresponding counterparts. Prediction: NCFC 3 - AFCB 0 Krul Aarons Zimmerman Hanley Byram Tettey Vrancic Buendia Mclean Cantwell Pukki

Fans exit this way.

Get Pukki healthy, slot Duda in the 10 and let's win 8 starting with what looks to be a very bad Bournemouth.

Losing to ManU today makes no difference, not many were expecting points today regardless. Leading up to this game there 17 matches left. I grouped them in 5 leaving Burnley and ManCity on the back-end. We need 6 or 7 points in each group with wins all very possible against the following. Find a draw or two elsewhere and we're very much in the hunt for survival. I see 35-38 points likely and expect us to get there. Will that keep us safe? Maybe not, but we're not done yet. First 5 matches Bournemouth/Newcastle Second 5 matches Wolves/Southampton/Everton Final 5 matches + Burnley Brighton/Watford/WestHam/Burnley

Beautiful dive.

Yep...

I would put Hanley and Byram as bright spots. A lot of pressure on them and holding well.

ManU with all of the time on the ball. We're definitely going to need earlier subs if we're chasing like this all match.