TRon

Howe will see the season out, and that's for the best. There's still enough points to play for to get into Europe with everyone beating everyone, but that's also part of the problem. We don't look any better than two thirds of the sides in the PL. I thought we were nailed on to finish 7/8th at worst, now I'm thinking 10th might be an achievement.

I think the scary think is that I'm not even sure what a midtable side looks like any more. We got outplayed by Brentford today, Howe got outmanaged by Frank. Eddie doesn't look that special in this company, not sure he's any better than the Bournemouth or Fulham manager either.

The miss was terrible, but his close control was a level above everyone else. He's one of the few who looked switched on today, too many others were losing the ball or miscontrolling under a bit of pressure.

Agree. Our substitutions look like panic more than anything else over the last few games. It just ends up in chaos.

Not sure about Bruno but Isak is starting to feel inevitable. Europe is looking a long way off now.

Today was a bit weird but there's been a pattern all season. Previously we used to press the shit out of the oppositon, now they seem to be doing it back, and more effectively. It's almost as if they have cottoned on and adapted to our game plan.

He's been at fault for too many goals, that's for sure.

We got overrun basically. They just hunted us down and finished us.

Said it in the pre-match thread, that if we are going to rest players, he should have been considered first considering he's played every game and has cost us late goals in both previous games. I think rotation is the right way to go, just don't always understand how we are doing it.

It's weird, both him and Murphy provided end product, but they felt fairly useless the rest of the time.

Haven't kept up with the thread, but Isak was the one truly class performer today. Is anyone blaming him for the loss?

Might struggle to finish 10th tbh.

Been overpowered in this second half. Hanging on to stay in it never mind equalise.

Murphy has been the opposite of Almiron. His general football a bit sloppy down the right, but he's got two assists.

Don't like him putting his hands behind his back when Mbuemo is running at him. Restricts his movement to actually defend.

We just keep handing their dangerous players the ball.

Hall's going to need plenty of help down the left against Mbuemo.

Brentford won that ball from some loose control by Longstaff. Not directly responsible for the goal but it played a part.

He looks like a sack of potatoes on steroids.

Their front three looks the sort that would give us problems.

Gordon most definitely has earned a rest. I think the surprise with Tonali might be because he's started very few games for us. Which ironically might be why he's fatigued so quickly after coming back.

I thought Joelinton was blowing a bit by the end, and he's been involved in a couple of late goals conceded in the last two games. I am actually on board with rotation, just seems that some players don't get much rest. But I guess the medical staff will be able to judge that better than us. Just putting it out there.

How come Joelinton never gets rotated then? The guy busts his lungs every game, but he never seems to get a rest.

I don't see how that applies to Emery, he's done a great job at Villa.

That's what I'm hoping for as well. Pay attention to their main threats like Mbuemo and we should have more firepower in an open game. Good though our performance was against Liverpool we still only got a point at home, and dropped 5 in the previous two games against shit opposition. We need a win to keep us in the mix for Europe.