Doctor Zaius

Thought Everton were utterly abject too btw, particularly second half. Absolutely shit themselves at any sort of pressing. Mad how many times they repeatedly gave the ball away. Gomes and Allan in midfield were pedestrian. Townsend looks finished. Both full backs were shite as well. Thought Alli looked rubbish too. Think they'll have enough about them to stay up but they really are poor.

Can't fault his work ethic like. Desperate for him to score.

Unplayable tonight. What a player. He has his flaws but he's easily one of the most exciting, talented players we've ever had here tbh. Brilliant.

Thought we really grew into the game after a nervy start. Bossed it then onwards. Still nervous about potentially losing ASM, thought he was absolutely unplayable tonight like. What a player. Thought Willock grew into the game and you can't fault Joelintons work ethic. Can't really fault any of our players, even thought Lascelles had a good game. Brilliant stuff.

Very well done. Thought he got it wrong leaving Bruno out but he's been proven right. Back to back wins. Clearly implementing his style too.

What a fuckin player. Unreal.

Tremendous

Honestly, how can a player be so bad anywhere going forward. Beyond a joke how many times he falls over close to goal. Must be a mental thing.

Joelinton man. How was he ever considered a striker?

Joelintons touch man

Willock

I mean its Howe's call but if we're beat and overrun in midfield people will kick off an rightly so. I can understand not rushing him into a settled side, but not the worst midfield in the league.

Start Bruno

Think we'll struggle against a resurgent Everton. They've got some good players, Van De Beek will be a handy addition and Richarlison is back. Might well see Alli too. Would take a point. They're shite defensively but we lack fret. Think Lampard might well see that new manager bounce and we'll take a hiding.

If he doesnt start Bruno he needs to get a grip like. Two days training or not. You dont leave your 30m signing on the bench in place of Longstaff or fuckin Shelvey for one of the biggest games of the season.

We really needed another striker like

I had no idea mind. Seen plenty of direct free kicks go back to the keeper when a team want to keep possesion. Must have been a few OG's over the years. Wonder how many were ever given as corners, very few you'd suspect, especially at amateur level

Would keep hold of Schar for another year. Maybe Longstaff depending on how he does in the run in. None of the rest though.

Lost his job. Still blaming Newcastle fans in his subsequent tweets. Prick.

Call it what you want, it was a failure. I don't think Lingard was ever going to be available and you'd think they'd have sounded out Ekitikes willingness to join us before deadline day. The moves for them two, one of which has had half a season in Ligue 1 were moves born out of desperation. A mixture of a tough market and but mostly improper planning I think.

Which makes the decision not to sign another forward player disastrous. If Wood is out, we're left with Dwight Gayle who is utter shite, or if ASM goes up top, theres nobody to replace him out wide.

5.5. Trippier and Bruno are quality. Targett and Burn are decent and plug gaps. Wood, im very much not sure about on terms of quality but the fact that Burnley have went and spent half of his fee on a Dutch international who scored 20 goals in the Bundesliga when Wood had scored three goals for them all season really does not bode well. They spent the other half on a Croatian international too. The fact is though, we really needed to bring in another attacking player. An injury to the notoriously fragile ASM and were fucked. Goals have been an issue all season but we've not signed any attacking players that would start in our first 11. I understand that the January window is difficult, I understand that they've 'tried their best' whatever that means but they've also been blessed with an enormous budget. I'm not convinced they had the infrastructure in place or identified the correct targets. Scratching around for Lingard who was never going to happen or a French kid with half a season on Ligue 1 under his belt says it all. Have they don't enough to keep us up? Im not sure they have. Theyve given us a chance but with the resources available to them, I expected more and I think PIF would have should we go down. We don't have enough goals in us and it'll be touch and go as to whether we stay up imo.

Both Downie and Graves are full of shite. That Zapata talk is nonesense. If he was available for 5m on loan with no obligation he'd be here. Fuckin Graves stringing fans along too. Sky Sports puppets.

Really needed another attacking player in like. One injury to the notoriously fragile ASM and were fucked. Not sure some kid with half a season under his belt in Ligue 1 was going to be the remedy to that anyway. You'd think they'd have sounded out whether he was actually going to come earlier than deadline day. Bruno is great. Trippier is a good signing, Targett and Burn are handy enough additions but I really don't think we've done enough like. Inb4 'they tried' or 'January is hard'

Poor