Ahh....the optimism in years gone by of the match thread. Which formation should we play, who gets in the team, how should we play.

Now it's a case of 'fuck's sake, how is Joelinton still getting picked...or Shelvey...or Hendrick'

Anyhoo, luckily I'll miss the first half but I'm not expecting to jump back into a thread brimming with excitement about how well we're playing.

My first thought on hearing the West Brom result was that I couldn't ever see us playing like that under Bruce...would love to be proved wrong this afternoon...