Both manager and players were fucking appalling tonight.
Allardyce had it wrong from the very start with keeping that midfield. I'm repeating everyone else here but there is simply no creativity from Butt, Smith & Geremi. And then to keep this ridiculous opinion of Owen & Martins being incapable of playing together going just adds to the annoyance.
I didn't see one thing tonight from Ameobi which benefited the team, and if Smith is going to play then it can only be in the role which Ameobi was supposed to do. I'm no Smith fan but at least he is actually capable of holding up the ball and winning the occasional header without fouling an opposition player, and he actually works hard.
Charlie has to play in midfield as well. I don't give a frig if all other left backs are injured, N'Zogbia is more beneficial to us in a midfield role than he ever will in defense.
All in all it was depressingly bad. The passing was off, there was no cutting edge, we were shite, etc etc, which is especially unfortunate considering the tricky run of games coming up. Bollocks!