Pilko

Was at Ashington today for the Stan win, absolutely honking game of few chances but they saw it out well in the later stages. Great result.

I could just about accept the "bringing him on for his experience" narrative if we were closing out a tight game, where Osula's wildcard nature probably wouldn't make sense. But the last three times he's come on, we've been 3 goals up, 5 goals up and 3 goals down. You could have stuck a lad from a Sunday morning team on who'd won a raffle and it wouldn't have affected the outcome. Therefore, I don't understand why you wouldn't use those scenarios to give Osula a taste of it and to think of the future.

Goes into "just win" category. Would love to see us put them to the sword heavily but if you offered me 1-0 with an o.g I'd take it right now.

Villa are good. Still cunts though and I wish them every misfortune possible. Today, in isolation, was an absolute disgrace of a performance. We can afford the odd one of them but need to get it back on track next week. I don't understand why we waited to be trailing before we made changes, as the goal was coming for the entirety of the second half. Bruno and Joelinton had stinkers in there and it was a stark reminder that Trippier and Schar can get absolutely ruined by good pace and movement. Virtually everyone had a bad game and we need to move past it quickly. Stick a handful past Ipswich and all will be well, especially as City play Villa and someone has to drop points.

Bruno overhitting every single though ball today has been bloody infuriating.

Two situations now where the game has been absolutely sewn up and we still won't see him any minutes.

Won a throw in, today. Progress.

He was really off the boil today, but he'll have games like that - even top strikers do. The main problem is that the alternatives are someone who should be making podcasts for a living by now, and a raw as fuck wildcard that we flat out refuse to ever use. Virtually all of us said Wilson needed upgrading two summers ago, and we're still watching him trot around like a lame pony getting a last sentimental walk round the yard.

He's been excellent lately, but today's performance in isolation has been nowt short of disgraceful. Hopefully back to his best next week.

Exhibit A of why we need his long-term replacement in this summer, today. He's still valuable but against someone with pace and great movement like Watkins he's not up to it anymore, sadly.

This is a disgrace.

Fuck off man. This has been an absolute disgrace today, not good enough. There's losing and then there's getting absolutely outdone in every single department.

Get Trippier off corners for fucks sake. Garbage.

Far too many of them nowhere near it today. Schar (goal aside), Tripps, Murphy, Bruno, Isak - all abject.

How fucking easy was that. Absolutely disgusting, disgraceful goal to concede.

We've been absolutely non existent as an attacking entity this half. Need to change something.

Isak's on a different planet so far.

Yeah, he drinks.

Every time we go forward on the left, we're ignoring the overlap run and trying to thread our way through the congestion on the edge of the box, very frustrating.

Total lack of consistency from this prick today.

Best keeper in the world my fucking arse, Martinez

Get in. What a ball that is Harvey sir

Kamara again, no card though, fucking shock

Fuck off Gillett. Couldn't wait to wave that but didn't give the obvious Kamara pull back earlier a card. This has all the hallmarks of a frustrating day already regardless of what we actually do.

"it's not unlike the Jhon Duran one" Fuck off Alan Smith you marble mouthed cunt