Mikky

I think more alarming is the output from the wide men - is it 1 assist all season (nil goals) - in the league? Between the 4 of them, my own target was 30 combined Gs/As for the league (roughy 7 per wideman) - seems way unrealistic now

The flaw with the system is that it doesn’t allow Woltemade to drop and potentially feed in either Gordon or Elanga - plus being so limited currently in the 2 full back positions offensively is really hurting us

The problem we have is the gap between the flat 3 in midfield and the CF and there is a lack of connection between the wide men and midfield. I said last season, we need to change the midfield to a 2 and 1 (double pivot) - fill that 10 gap and stop those balls played through our midfield

We signed the wrong profile of winger, regardless of Isak being here or not The profile we needed was an Mbuemo, Salah, Bowen type - someone to link the midfield and attack and to potentially score 10-15 a season - we didn’t need Elanga as we had Gordon who offers kind of the same

We play with a flat 3 in midfield - it needs to change to either 2-1 or 1-2 - it’s not working and positionally leaves us open - added to this it doesn’t allow us to retain the ball

The amount of times I saw Gordon up against their keeper - he played it to Van Hecke who then plays it out wide or centrally and we are outnumbered - the same move every dammit season. Why not hold back - let them come on to us and hit them on the counter

Well offer more and you won’t get slagged off - quite simple really

Tactically at 1-1 you tighten up - I knew we would be open and liable to concede - so poor - worst case take a point

What’s he supposed to offer? Gets ball, cuts inside and passes it - then the occasional floated ball to the back post That’s about it

We needlessly press vs this lot and get caught out - happens every season - do something different for a change

Same old tactics from Howe vs Brighton yet again - refuses to learn from past mistakes

At 1-1 we were so stupid - needed to be disciplined - we were too open

In fairness to Brighton they have scouted and unearthed quite a few talents to then sell- something we should be doing also to help with PSR We are also a disaster when it comes down on loaning our youngsters

Musiala > Wirtz Surely they have someone better than Adeyemi on the right?

In fairness they’ve created nothing for him last 3 games I’ve watched

Only bit of service he’s had

Bloke went on strike and possibly damaged their WC bid by not being fit

Big Nick hauled off

The team is full of selfish individuals

Germans not letting Big Nick take the pens ffs

Still a bit of an adjustment needed from the team to give him more opportunities but that will continue to improve as we get more and more used to him

Our set pieces are a joke

Burn all over the place at LB

Yeah I was thinking something along the lines of the Isak/Gordon combo from last season - just to disturb their 2 CBs

If it’s Gordon and Big Nick - I can see Gordon high up and Nick dropping slightly