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I don’t think his tactics were terrible today. His part in the summer shitshow on the other hand… We desperately needed 2 attacking players and signed Osula who he doesn’t want to play.

We could’ve played for 6 hours and not scored. Tested Pickford once in 90 mins. Far too many issues that have been evident for ages and weren’t even looked at in the summer.

Terrible team.

How many times have we given the ball away needlessly in the final third?

Ian W said it was a 5.5 out of 10.

Exceptional save. Not to go all Joey B but I’m so sick of these token pundits.

Callum Wilson as your second choice striker is negligent. We’ve known that for ages.

Murphy has done a couple of good thinks and as per has worked hard but there’s a massive quality vacuum on that side and every team we play knows it.

Terrible penalty. Wrong taker.

Have you seen him play?

We literally looked better the day Eddie took him out of the side mind. We’re better than players like that now.

Hughton had him for 4 games and didn’t have any say in transfers.

Well yeah, that’s a very fair point.

Obviously I wish we’d gotten more out of Ben Arfa and I hated Pardew, but does any former manager have a good word to say about him?

He’s Dummett’s replacement. I wasn’t expecting a genuinely good player and he isn’t one. He’s decent backup.

Dubs in net is a goal head start. Ritchie the invisible man. We can play a side that finds a better compromise.

We played such a shit team against Sheff Wed to be fair, and Isak wasn’t fit.

There was never anything to suggest he was what they need. Decent season at Bologna and Dutch.

They’re not the only ones either. No longer possible for promoted clubs - even wealthy ones - to compete.

Thought he was generally good apart from the goal and the useless corners.

You’d have been content with a defeat at home then, given how imperative our home form is if we’re going to achieve what we need to? As I said, missing their best 2 players. Good point but I’d have been very disappointed to lose that game.

He offers literally none, though. Ever. Even his recollections of his playing career are rubbish.

He’s an absolutely terrible pundit, one of the very worst of the regulars in truth.

No one is moaning. If I’m honest I don’t really think the performance tells us much other than the players are giving 100% - which on reflection is reassuring after last week. We’re a very good side at home and very adept at picking up points there, no question. I don’t think that’s ever been questioned.

I didn’t mean his form, obvs. He was limping most of the game and he’s just back from Norway after attending a friend’s funeral.