Pilko

Isak plays, I think, but I could see him being withdrawn after an hour or so and we'll be treated to another glimpse of Cal's Last Dance. The slow dance.

Really tough to predict anything but misfortune and shit, given it's the leadup to a cup final. Would love to be surprised and see us play well and win. They're a way down the table for a reason.

There's a pattern to it, which is probably more concerning than the odd random loss now and again which will happen to all but the very top teams. Lose next Monday and you wonder if Fulham and West Ham are joining the list.

Got to hope he can use West Ham to get back into the swing of things before the cup final, where one of his "quiet but scored" games would be frankly lovely.

The lack of control over our midfield, particularly later second half and ET, was with him slap in the middle of it. Maybe my standards are higher than some others but when we needed someone to grab it by the scruff of the neck, he didn't do it, not for the first time lately either.

Did nowt for me, today. Again.

That's just it, he should have knocked it into the Milburn stand.

The first home game earlier this season we deserved to get something from, they basically scored their only good chance and then we couldn't break them down. Today though, we made them look good due to our inability to exert any control whatsoever and that's really frustrating.

Powers are fading by the day, sadly.

Fucking rubbish again. Gives away the ball in simple situations constantly.

Anonymous again. Thanks for some brilliant years but he needs pensioning off in June.

Some good saves but a shit, indecisive pass that eventually lead to their winner which apparently he's meant to be brilliant at.

We can't control home games frequently enough and I don't think he knows the solution. I really hope he can find it.

There's Dubravka's brilliant passing range that everyone is pissing their pants about.

Barnes had trouble carrying out his bin.

Gomez fouls Tonali on the breakaway and then minutes later kicks the ball away despite it being out of touch - neither a yellow according to that fucking cunt Taylor. Hope someone decks him when he's out and about after he ignored the Yates elbow on Tino at Forest too the utter wanker.

Absolute fucking tit. No sympathy.

Gordon. Entirely his own fault.

Absolute fucking moron, Anthony. Get fucked.

Same as last weekend's second half, this. Absolutely desperate to throw the game away, slack as fuck.

Murphy has been fucking crap these last three games, absolutely pathetic. Like a Sunday morning player with a bad hangover.

Wake up Bruno please.

He was shite, spent most of the game drifting offside. You could see Willock on at least two occasions losing his rag as he wanted to play a ball through but had to delay it and eventually lose it because CW was clearly beyond the last man. It would be so typical if two years after our last cup final, we had to go into another one with a chronically out of sorts Wilson leading the line. Say your prayers that Isak is healthy for it.

I mean, I'd have retained Miley in the midfield and people will debate Pope or Dubravka, but it wouldn't have made any difference to the result. I also think he waited too long to make subs but I don't think making them at 1-0 would have changed the outcome either. We were never winning that game without Isak, whether it was Eddie Howe, Eddie the Eagle Edwards or Pep Guardiola in the dugout. For that reason I don't see it worth being critical tonight.

Needs to start again on Sunday, he didn't deserve to be left out tonight.