Shak

Oh god no, not this.

Thought he deserved 20 minutes at the end, dunno why he wasn't playing today.

Fucking get in!!

Was onside there.

Shelvey always looks so sure of himself before he smashes it aimlessly forward.

Bring Aguero on while you're at it. Mitrovic is on the bench though.

Mitro for Anita. Sissoko LB. Perez out wide. Preferrably before it gets to 2-0.

He should have tried to put more power into the shot IMO.

This isn't different, it's the same shit McClaren tried and got sacked with. Stick two up top and play with actual fucking wingers on the right side.

At least maybe Benitez will change this retarded team he's sent out.

Was so obvious they'd score.

Honestly think the main problem today has stemmed from the front four. Lone striker who can't hold the ball up. #10 who doesn't get on the ball very often. Two wingers who have very poor football brains and struggle to retain possession, players who have also been placed on sides where they can't really take on the fullback on the outside because it's on their weaker side. We've struggled to get the ball into Norwich's half, never mind looking like scoring, and I don't see how that's gonna improve with this abysmal front four that Rafa has somehow managed to decide to send out.

Sissoko man. So much time to steady himself and he balloons one into the sky.

The front four is so obviously a train wreck of a setup. No idea how that quartet is ever going to do anything. Two wide men cutting inside towards a striker who can't hold the ball up and a #10 who very rarely gets involved in build up play. No fucking idea what Rafa was expecting from them.

Looking ominously shite.

Rape these cunts!!

Hope he hasn't thrown a strop after just getting dropped. It'd be unforgivable.

Anguish face Front four looks all over the place, can't see it working with Townsend and Sissoko cutting inside all the time. Never a fan of Cisse as a lone striker either, think we'll struggle to retain possession up top. I do think the CM partnership could be good though, they should complement each other well.

Sissoko on the left. Don't like the lineup tbh, hope Rafa proves me wrong.

It's because they're gay.

If it's to be Sissoko at LB then I'd go. Darlow Janmaat Mbemba Lascelles Sissoko Wijnaldum Shelvey Tiote Townsend Cisse Mitrovic An old fashioned 4-4-2, to all intents and purposes. Think Shelvey would benefit from having a holding midfielder alongside him, he hasn't looked comfortable playing as the sitter IMO. Gini and Townsend playing wide as proper wingers to get balls into the box for Mitro and Cisse. Both can take a man on and have a decent delivery on them. With Mitro's size and Cisse's movement I think they'd be tough to deal with if they had some decent service from out wide. Tempting to start SDJ as he helps our build up play but to be honest I think the chances of us turning into a cohesive attacking unit at this point in the season are pretty low. Keep it simple, two solid banks of four in defense and a target man to aim for with a proven goalscorer up there alongside him. Then a bit of pace out wide. Not overly complex but it could be effective IMO.

Yeah but he's on the board FFS, can't say shit like that publicly.

Great gesture. It being public knowledge surely makes a grave robbing fairly likely though?

Quite a quote, that. Basically just called the players useless.

Wouldn't be against that team if you swapped the wingers, Yorkie. Townsend right and Sissoko left with Mitro and Cisse up top, though? Neither full back any real threat to overlap and deliver good crosses either. It'd be a narrow, easily defended abortion of a setup IMO. Get Townsend and Sissoko out on the touch lines, get balls into the box. Think that's essential if you want to try Cisse and Mitro.