Dandy Man

Peru don't really do the attacking possession stuff for sure and they tend to rely on being organised but they are better than this, very sloppy in possession and Lapadula totally isolated up front

Peru been looking very nervy - especially their best attacking threats like Cueva and Carrillo but they'll more than likely get the job done eventually

Van Basten

Part time Galway United fan here, been an open secret that he was heading to Newcastle for a while. Is a big move for the kid and for Galway Utd, he's been scouted by a few relatively big clubs including Brighton and Celtic in last few months. He is good getting forward from left back, solid defensively and strong enough in the air but very one footed. Has progressed rapidly in space of a year and has been one of best players in a team that has done well this season with a call up to Ireland U19s recently but is still very raw and second tier of League of Ireland is probably comparable to bottom end of the National League in England. Hopefully it all works out well for all concerned anyway.

2:03 in that video is great, "eerh just defend... defend"

Marco Di Vaio

Backs to wall in second half but never felt in too much bother despite barely getting a foot on the ball. Incredible turnaround in space of a few months, lots of good work completed but lots more to be done, onwards and upwards.

BT going on like Atleti have murdered a child here

Does best when you don't notice he's on the pitch for most of match. Feel like has been gradually improving (from a low base) under Howe's coaching

Played very well imo, we all know about his limitations but linked up nicely several times and was generally a big step back in the right direction compared to most of last year or two

We have been awful, Spurs have been good, the end. Least don't have to read a few pages worth of posts blaming Krafth for a shit result for once, minor bonus.

This is definitely true but not sure how much it holds when vast majority of squad now play in Europe, MLS or Mexico. Bolivia get the most benefit out of playing at altitude in SAM in my opinion and they would be bottom of the pile without that factor on their side. Colombia struggling to score goals definitely made qualification bit easier for Ecuador but they are a very solid team in their own right from what I have seen - have watched a bit of SAM qualies on account of casually following Peru

Going to say that Gayle might struggle with 90 mins for 16 consecutive games, given he's only managed around 30 mins in the PL all season

The recency bias with opinions on ASM on here is something else tbh. Not to say there aren't valid criticisms but we're a team full of plodders and he's the only one capable of anything electric, not hard to see why he got thrown on to get at them in last 20 minutes even if he's not really fit.

Ineffective but thought he just wasn't at 100% fitness, similar against Chelsea. Whether he should get on the pitch at all in those circumstances is questionable but we don't exactly have a bench full of match winners.

Don't think he got anything wrong really, another day we win that and everyone applauds him for winning ugly again, its just variance - some days you get it and some days you don't. I was certain we were on the right track before tonight and just as certain now

Have generally thought he has been a bit harshly judged on here but was reminiscent of a League of Ireland centre forward tonight tbh, slow and cumbersome without any apparent ability to control the ball or anticipate anything

Awfully disjointed and sloppy from us with the defensive solidity slowly unravelling as match went on. Fair play to Everton for making it a war of attrition and taking the chance when it came their way, can't stand Lampard and most of their fans are terrible but they did what they had to, still hope they get relegated obviously.

Deserved nothing from this second half performance tbh

Scrappy as fuck but we've been the better team, we look bit impotent but they really are total shit and think we will find a way eventually

3-1 win, let's get into these they're shit

Total bullshit but trying to be philosophical. An outstanding effort with loads of players unavailable, just go and thump Everton and all will be fine

Sure chopping off the heads of 81 people in public is barbaric but it also provides a boost to the local executioner and blood clean up industries, so both sides..

Its funny because I would have generally always been a strong critic of Saudi Arabia, but when friends who support other teams bring up the same sort of criticism but include the Newcastle United element my first reaction is always to get someway defensive. This stuff is not going to go away and will just get worse if and when the team start achieving anything. If the roles were reversed I would definitely be giving stick to friends who were fans of a team owned by Saudis anyway.

Southampton fans seem to be of opinion that they were shite and we are bang average, type of comments that have been a common theme from opposition fans lately. Certainly down to more than good variance though and it is very impressive how we have been grinding out these results in tight spots