Novocastrian

Literally only Howe thinks this.

Frustrating; build up slow, final ball lacking. Look short of ideas. Second to every ball.

Been giving the ball away since the first minute. He might suit some games but this isn’t one. We’ll have to wait until the inevitable 60th min sub.

Blatantly grabbed him, wasn’t shoulders.

Never a seen a team (Arsenal) take so long before each of their corners.

Nice team performance. Although it was the opposite side Isak’s header reminded me of Kluivert’s v Chelsea.

We need to trust that Howe sees him in training and assesses that he’s not ready? PL is an unforgiving environment and he struggled against Wimbledon. Not sure what the answer is tbh but he needs regular football.

Osula needs a loan to the Championship, it might take two season long loans to see if he’s going to be good enough.

I’d argue we have plenty of running power (Big Joe, Tonali, Isak when fit, Gordon, Willock when fit etc.) We need more technical players who are comfortable on the ball and are ‘press resistant’, especially in midfield.

We could easily have 7 points from the last three games but then we got 7 points from Southampton, Bournemouth and Spurs when we could easily have got zero. We’ve been very poor this season and have looked second best in almost every game.

He’s going to need replaced in the shorter term, unfortunately due to inactivity we now also need a ST, RW, CB.

Been our best player this season despite some shaky moments. Growing in confidence and influence.

We need a CDM or at least one of the three needs to take that role and sit deeper. Burn being caught out on CM is not the answer.

He’s the Deontay Wilder of football.

Barnes is such a one trick pony.

Couple of minutes until the subs lads….

Transfer business is killing us, we’ve carried the issue at RW for years, now we need a striker and investment in defence. Still no one carrying the can for the disastrous summer.

Fucking horrific. This team is in dire need of refreshment, it peaked 2 years ago.

Get that chump Tosin on.

Stéphane Guivarc'h, World Cup winner!

People will disagree but the Barnes, Hall, Tino money could have spent elsewhere. Hall and Tino have shown glimpses and could develop into top players but for the money we could have bought two established full backs from Ligue 1/Serie A/Bundesliga etc. Barnes signing never makes sense to me, yeah he’s got a hammer of a right foot but he doesn’t do enough for me. Controversial perhaps……

Our disastrous transfer business last couple of windows is partly to blame, but who owns that debacle? Has Howe not been backed or did he insist on the fruitless chase for Guehi? Did Howe say it was ok to go into the season with Isak/Wilson and a clearly unprepared Osula? Who decided Almiron/Murphy would suffice for another season? It’s a huge ask for this team to get into the top 6,

When he’s got the ball wide right he has an incredible knack of placing himself at the worst possible angle to cross or pass to a team mate.

We’ve struggled all season to create chances. We’ve literally got the sane team so not sure what the issue is.

Fuck Palace fans.