The Prophet

Valid points, but they have six points. "Can't quite make it happen" is a generous appraisal. If we're on it, which I'd be suprised if we're not, we should win comfortably.

Zarabyni has been the star CB for Bournemouth this season.

Spurs are probably better off going for someone stylistically similar to Ange, unless they're planning a massive rebuild.

He's a good player, who did very well at Bournemouth. Unfortunately, he's down the pecking order here and we need to consider offers for our squad players. At least the lads who buzz off writing players off won't be proven wrong on this occasion.

They're so, so bad.

It was so bad, with so many poor performances, I haven't read into it too much. We aren't a top team yet, but we're getting closer all the time so these things will happen. When they do you need to hope the opponent isn't on it either, unfortunately Bournemouth were.

Even the social media reaction to the result has been pretty level headed like, remarkable.

He didn't use it as an excuse though.

I don't think anyone is using it as one.

Reminds me a bit of Villa away in 22/23. Completely outplayed following a run of three games in a week. Thankfully it didn't derail us.

We need a bigger squad for sure, but not adding to it this January doesn't mean he isn't making "tough calls" or "sitting on his hands". For example, it's well documented at Monaco he spent the first few months undertaking an audit process. Observing how things work, where they were strong and where they needed to improve. For example, it's been reported that he's already identified we need to be far more data driven. I don't know what exactly he's doing or if he could be doing more, but he's here to overhaul the entire recruitment policy and scouting network. It's going to take a bit of time.

We don't know what he has/hasn't done yet. You don't really see the impact of a Sporting Director for a couple of years.

Sounded really flat. While it was expected to a degree, given the KO time. It definitely feels that the randomly allocated seats along with the increase in expectation have impacted the atmosphere.

Not seen much of an overreaction, to be be fair. It's a poor day at he office that we need to write off and move on from. We've got one foot in the league cup final and still have a good opportunity to qualify for the Champions League. As long as it doesn't become a run of form we'll be fine.

I've said it elsewhere, not to excuse us because we were well off it, but that's potentially one of the best performances I've seen from an away team at SJP.

They're a good side, who played very well today. They'd have given most teams a run for their money. On the flip side we were terrible. So many of our better players (Hall, Bruno, Gordon, Isak) had absolute shockers. Hopefully it serves as a kick up the arse. Bournemouth are European contenders by the way, putting them in the same bracket as Palace isn't particularly accurate.

Bournemouth were excellent, but we were terrible, so many poor performances across the park. One to draw a line under and forget about. Onto Southampton.

Hard to tell what's satire from what's pure, unadulterated shit take in here this morning.

Lovely tribute to Isak with the celebration.

Ekitike looks handy for Frankfurt. Him signing for PSG feels like a proper sliding doors moment in hindsight.

Awful city, litter-filled shit tip of a ground and proudly racist fans representing the North East. Pass.

Would hardly say Everton "got away with it" mind.

Imagine him knocking down those big Kelly diagonals for our midfield to feed off. It'd be unplayable.

Stylistically, Bournemouth are quite similar to us. Great pressers, dangerous in transition, etc.