Ronaldo

Rob Elliot didn’t, FYI.

We couldn’t really have asked for a much easier start. It’s the performances more than the results anyway. They’ve been a mess from the first or second game.

What a weird thing to say. Oh and Heron defended our football under Pardew, Carver and Bruce. Iron man indeed.

I’m not even among those saying I want him gone. I just want us to be better than 0 shots on target (again) and I think his limitations are a big reason we’re going backwards. Gutted to lose you as a follower.

Because there is none. We’ve signed players almost exclusively to be pressers and short, safe passers.

None of us have any clue what HE and the rest of the ownership actually want and how they’re feeling about our stagnation / regression.

Jason ‘track record of lower league greatness’ Tindall chooses who takes them.

Bit different when we all want the same thing, like.

I don’t strongly think he should go and open to change end of the season isn’t a fair representation either. ‘Would replace him now if an elite manager is willing and available’ is the option.

Not saying it is. Just saying we all knew we needed minimum top 6 this season, and even those admitting they can’t see it now are deferring judgement. I don’t get it.

Yes or no, do we finish top 6 this season? Answer with your brain.

Grateful for being 10th? Have a word.

If we wait till summer it’s another season of failure surely? Apart from the happyclapper (forget his name), Ian W and a couple of Americans who on here still thinks we finish top 5/6?

Let the excuses, ifs and nearlys begin. Utter utter shit against a poor side once again. Where all the apologists who said judge him on the start of next season, last season btw?

We can’t keep relentlessly dropping points against teams we have to finish above. It’ll be the 6th time this season in 13 games if so.

I’d rather Mancini. Ruthless fucker - we’ll never see Almiron, Wilson, Lascelles etc ever again.

Me too, but it’ll never happen.

I don’t see it getting better. That’s the main thing. I see zero answers in regards to the questions we were asking about the midfield over a year ago, a huge reluctance to pick teams based on home / away and opposition a la Rafa, one dimensional game plans and players clearly not buying in to the approach. What are we expecting from Howe? He wakes up one day a different man?

With this squad and this manager, do you see us finishing top 6?

If that makes you feel better that we’re 10th and only going one way, so be it.

Our ambition is top 4/5 and we lost at home to West fucking Ham because we missed Dan Burn and a 34 year old Kieran Trippier. Surely even you must cringe when you come out with stuff like that in *defence* of the manager.

Why can’t he figure this stuff out after 18 months? A top level manager doesn’t take this long to figure out how Sandro Tonali can give more to the team than Sean Longstaff.

It means very little to me that. We were abject in the second half. Our style of play is one dimensional and completely reliant on winning by attrition and taking advantage of winning the ball deep in the opponents area. We have a player on the bench that would start for the vast majority of CL teams but the manager can’t figure out a way to integrate him in our style. All of it just comes back to a lack of flexibility.

Your opinion is always valid. It’s just usually wrong with admirable intentions.

We’re 10th. At what point would you be critical of Howe? Behind Ipswich maybe?