Gallowgate Toon

I thought Almiron was easily our motm, like, and you can tell his natural game is suited to a #10. Created chances, linked play well, worked as hard as ever.

Fucking good that, like.

The players look as motivated as last year, tbh. We fought tooth and nail for most of the first half of the season with loads of marginal losses.

Everton have a cunty team so it's fucking hilarious.

The stuff we played second half of last season is so far ahead of what we've seen so far this year, like.

That arguement falls short when you consider 40m was on Joelinton, though. Exactly. Clutching at straws I forgot that it's not the manager's role to get said expensive talent playing well.

The Rafa comparison falls a bit short considering we've spent 60m on attacking talent since he left.

Zaha is such a whinging, unlikeable arsehole, like.

We've been shocking again but made up for Miggy. Been sad to watch him so passive and dejected recently, compared to how he started for us. Hope this kicks him into gear again.

Want to see Almiron on the left for this one.

Glad he actually got the ball in some decent areas again today, as he's been so deep in so many games this year - don't think it's a coincidence that happened with Saint-Maximin on the other side taking some of the pressure off to move the team forward. He's definitely more of an inside forward/playmaker, so I'm optimistic that having a proper wide man consistently in the side will allow him to play more of his natural game.

He'll be frustrating as but I like him a lot.

Fair play, he's absolutely done himself after comments this week

Get the fuck in.

Longstaff looks worryingly far from a Premier League player, at the moment.

He's obviously got something about him, imo, but we're so far away from being set up to provide what he needs. Same with Almiron.

Heads well down now. This is where it really begins.

We're pathetic.

He so rarely receives the ball in even half decent situations.

Starting 11 looked so devoid of confidence. Feel for Almiron, he barely spends any time in the final third. You could see what something just a bit fresh did for the team to at least get a foothold in the match. Ultimately, we look directionless and timid.

Woeful.

'as I say in my book' such a gimp.

Thought Almiron was quite decent for the first 30 of the second half but was blowing out of his arse for the last 15/20. He comes too deep (not necessarily caused by him, and he is effective at getting moves linked) and needs to manage his energy better.

Quite surprised he didn't throw Shelvey on to try and open them up more in the last 20. We seemed quite happy to settle for a point.

Better side but that's not saying much. We had a good 15-minute spell in the second half, but then we appeared to lose most of our energy, despite the fact that this is the fittest the team has eva been.