Mattoon

Yessss!!!!

Peach of a cross by Almiron, no one to meet it. Finally a shot on goal!

Can we all chip in and get Almiron a right leg for Christmas please?

How was that a foul by Isak??

Thought he'd make a change at half time tbf, this hasn't worked so far.

Yeah we've got around their box a few times with ease but then drawn blank, Isak skipping down the left got to the left side of the box and no one in support, ended up having to turn back on himself 3 or 4 times to try and keep the ball. They will and have left gaps when they commit to the counter but without Gordon we've had no outlet and our slow recovery has given them far too much time to reset the block. Wondering if Murphy might be the better idea.

Big half time decisions by Howe needed here

West Ham heat map first half

West Ham players good at that kicking the ball past us and running into our players for a cheap foul

We're playing the better football, West Ham are just defending deep, nicking the ball and kick/rushing us. But it's no good if we can't make anything from it.

Finally finds a yellow for West Ham

Stupid by Miggy but Paqueta should have had a yellow if Brunos was a yellow

I'd seriously consider Wilson for Anderson, Anderson not up to speed today and Isak too isolated, would be better with him on the left and Wilson leading the line.

West Ham look a lot sharper than us here, really slow and sloppy by us so far, need to wake up

Happy to sit deep here and let us have possession to the half way line, gonna be a long afternoon unless someone comes up with something special here.

What the hell was Pope thinking there?

Already grabbed a canoe for tomorrow's voyage

I suppose someone had to take over the mantle for balance sheet champions after we gave it up. The only thing they have to look forward to is the odd 1-0 scalp, depressing.

He's going to have a storming game tomorrow isn't he?

Palace are just the epitome of vanilla, they'll never amount to anything but won't be in trouble either, just bore their way through the season and same again next year. Must be hell trying to support that.

The name finally checks out

Same, I try to take in as much as I can but that was a step too far.

They're doing great at the moment and have a lot to be happy about, I really don't understand why that has to be a comparison to our club, why can't they just be happy and enjoy what's happening at Sunderland? It's bizarre.

TBF in the interest of self preservation I've blocked out most of the pre-Howe era to protect my sanity

Cardiff 2019, he scored 2 that day, the one you mentioned and a scrappy one in the box.