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I couldn’t be more behind Howe but I’m desperate for a performance that gives the following - Control A sense of our footballing identity as a side Fluency when in possession We have had basically none of the first one this season so far and none of the second. We’ve had some very brief spells of the third. If we’re going to have a top six season we need all three of the above to start happening with some consistency. I’m really struggling to understand what’s going on at the moment and while it’s Howe’s responsibility to get it right I can’t figure out what are the barriers to it happening as I’m sure he wants all of the above and he’s coaching the team to those ends

Pretty much, fantastic finish. Didn’t do a lot more than that, had a wide shot but we didn’t have the ball in their final third in good positions until the second half

No idea what's happening here. Wonder if he's going through a hard time off the pitch / his mental health. Howe put an arm round him at half time and Gordon looked a bit gutted. Whole thing is very odd. Hopefully he's back to himself very soon

I think it's a major issue that we're never getting in behind teams. If you watched Chelsea earlier they were in behind West Ham so often but we really struggle to play slide rule passes other than from Bruno. Murphy did a good job releasing Barnes but we don't get the ball to Isak into those positions anywhere near enough. I don't actually know if that's an Isak issue or a midfield issue, or both

Probably one of the worst errors he's made for us but not going to dig him out as he's still a top keeper when it comes to saving. His knee save was remarkable earlier on and stopped a goal so whatever

Why are people talking about it like Mitchell and Eales are watching and running the rule over Howe? Don't CEOs and Sporting Directors normally watch their respective teams?

Apart from that one really wayward pass I thought he did really well when he came on

Glad to see everyone's keeping their heads. Yes, the performances have been poor this season every game apart from brief periods. However, we know how good Howe is. We also didn't strengthen the team for him in the summer. I do think it's concerning how flat we look and I have no idea why that is but I'm absolutely sure Howe is the right man to sort it for us and he will if he's allowed to. We need to find a way of exerting control over games for longer than ten minute spells in a half and that's the biggest issue for us right now, working out the best midfield is going to be key to that

What is this ref doing

What an insane save from Pope

The only way we get back in this is if one of their players get sent off

Gordon needs the bench for his own good here, hard to imagine how he could play worse than this

Gordon has had an awful half

Something feels off here, we just seem so deflated

Why does Gordon look so fucking flat?

We’ve been awful but this ref needs to get his head out of his arse

This has been really grim

Toxin’s been class, wanker

Joao Felix is such a slug

Yellow’s fair but still a very poor challenge. Love seeing Brady look glum, the sour twat

Awful challenge

It’s hard to rate Chelsea based on how bad West Ham are. They’ve given the ball away directly to Chelsea within their final third multiple times in dangerous positions and they’ve allowed people to run through them at will. Areola has also been shite. Chelsea look good but it’s one of those where it says a lot more about West Ham

Neto will be waiting for him in the changing room to give him a wedgie

Wish we were playing West Ham sooner than the end of November. Any pace up front and you can get in behind them from central positions, it’s ridiculous

Can’t really argue too much with any of that