Chris_R

We were s*** before he took over. Sounness was nothing to do with him, neither was Allardyce. Roeder was little better. He's continued the s***, he didn't start it or create it. That's not to say I'm any supporter of Ashley because I'm most certainly not, he has made and continues to make loads of mistakes.

I'm just bored now. Bored of being bored. Bored of being disappointed. Bored of us being shit. It's been like this for fucking years, it's disgusting. The promotion season was great fun, the season after was interesting. After that, all I've had to enjoy has been the occasional time Ben Arfa was allowed to play properly. Aside from that, we've been shit for a decade. It's a disgrace.

Dummett and Colback out with Gini moved into the middle for me. Happy that Mitro and Ayoze are still up top though, hopefully a better performance from both. Can't disagree with either of the above tbh. Dummett is very poor at fullback, offers nothing at all going forward and isn't especially brilliant in defence. Wijnaldum is not and never will be a left winger and Sissoko is no more than passable on the right wing, whilst we persevere with 2 awfully sub-standard CMs. Thauvin and Mbabu should be given a chance to start and Wijnaldum moved into the middle, with Colback taken out back and shot.

Still the same turboshit midfield with CMs on the wing and incompetents in the middle.

Look, I've got no problem with anyone but at the same time I'm not going to pat someone on the back for sticking with a team that finished 7th and then 4th after two and a half decades of constant success. I started listing all the things we've put up with in the last 25years but to be honest it was just becoming a massive ramble, and we all know it's fucking light years away from one season outside Europe and another season of only just getting Champions League football. I'd sell my own grandmother for that level of 'failure'.

That, really. There's no rewriting of history, I had a season ticket back then and Pav was the better keeper in my eyes. That's my take, but both had their good and bad points though and depending on the individual some may rate one higher than the other but Given was a good step ahead of either of them.

Cisse would have been offside.

I've decided to go shopping. I can't face watching the inevitable Pardew win and associated smugness overload.

Seems pointless. There's about 90 during it.

This really. I hate right-footers on the left and vice versa, but Mbabu has looked light years ahead of Dummett. Haidara, whilst having his own flaws, is also a much better option. The way we play is with Janmaat bombing forward to offer genuine width and one of the CMs dropping in to cover for him. Dummett cannot do the same on the other side but if we had someone who could, we'd be a much better team.

He played really well today and did his job extremely well. He'll have to do that a lot more though before I think of him as anything other than a complete liability.

This for me. I've wanted to see him on the left for ages, and if he can run at people and cross with Mirtovic to aim at then we'll do well. Wijnaldum can then play in the middle. God knows we're crying out for a decent central midfielder, yet we've got 2 of them on the wings.

Seen us play well this year and not get our rewards, so this restores a bit of balance. Not complaining at all.

Yep, this. Why do you want forwards and wingers to be running chasing balls and tracking back all the time? Sure, sometimes you have to get back but in general they should save their energy for running towards the opposition goal, not running away from it.

Yeah I want to see Thauvin on the left wing and Wijnaldum in the middle. We're always going to play 2 sitting midfielders though as the idea is for one of them to cover a fullback who bombs forward whilst the other stays central to protect the defence. Unless we abandon that idea, which I suspect we won't, then it'll be 2 DMs and that rules out Wijnaldum or at least renders him very ineffective if he took up that role. He could play the Perez role of course, but then that means replacing Perez.

Who the hell was offside then?

What the actual fuck is Mitrovic doing? So lucky not to have been sent off. Idiot.

His worst game for us was on the left Irrelevant. Everyone has bad games. He needs to be consistently played as a left winger because that's where left footed wingers should be played. Citing one performance means nothing.

I refuse to judge Thauvin as a footballer until he gets played on the left. Nothing worse than a left-footer on the right wing when you're trying to put crosses into the box. Works under a 4-3-3 when the wingers are auxiliary strikers, but not like this.

Tiote has nothing good at all to his game. Cretin.

It'll be the first time this year for me.

Fucking get in!

What a goal!!

Mbabu looks decent. Quick, has a good tackle on him and keen to get forward.

Well, this has been a good half-hour. Obertan on??? It's going to go to shit, isn't it?