Varadi

Looks to be ahead of Hayden in the pecking order already judging by the subs in the last couple of games. Interesting to see if him and Shelvey will work as a pair.

Gets about the pitch well and the ball sticks with him, which made a huge difference. Ran out of gas after an hour, will take a few games to get him up to fitness.

They're only a point off the relegation places

Playing canny, hope we can keep it up second half.

Woodman on the bench - is Darlow injured?

He is a cunt like. All he needed to do was advance Rafa (the best manager he'll ever have) this year's TV money to strengthen the squad and keep us up. That's literally it. Has to always play silly buggers though. Cunt.

Aye, probably one for the Gayle thread but he was way off today. Hoping it's just that he missed most of preseason and isn't up to speed yet..

Last week I thought he might be our new first choice, this week I can't wait for Yedlin to get back

Different scenario really - it's the games you hope to win he might make the difference - one good through ball to Gayle today was all we needed to get something.

Think all the subs from today will start, plus hopefully Yedlin.

For all the talk of how we wouldn't miss him we really, really did - he's the one who brings Gayle to life and can release pressure when we're pinned back. Imagine the reaction if he let Mooy go like Merino did today?

Think he might be worth a try in the number 10 role, can play decent through balls and has a good shot off both feet - just doesn't have the legs to take on Premier League full backs.

The main reason? Really? The. Main. Reason?

Performance was obviously s***, but so are these Premier League storylines. Did you know David Wagner was Klopp's best man, their owner biked to Wembley and plucky Huddersfield haven't played in the top flight since 1785? It was two clueless bottom half sides with no quality and a poor game but they make it out like Huddersfield dominated. I wish Ashley would try to cycle to Wembley.

I'm still not sure what type of player he is tbh. Didn't look quick or good in the air, and his attempted shots were piss - what's he supposed to be good at?

Why? It's obvious the squad needs serious investment or we're in trouble. A 10 for relegation? A 10? We've played one game against on the of the best teams in the league, who we matched up until Shelvey was a complete nob. We've also just come to Huddersfield, who were obviously gonna be flying and in a party atmosphere and we were the better team other than two 10 minute spells at the start of each half. We created all of chances but didn't put them away, they put their only chance away. <b>Burnley, Swansea, Bournemouth, Brighton, Huddersfield all have much worse squads than us </b> when the bubble pops for Huddersfield and another 5 games in, all of those teams will be below us. Mass husteria on here for nothing, we obviously need to improve but there is not a chance in hell we're going down.* *Unless Rafa leaves. They really don't like, our squad is easily in the 3 worst in the league, there's only Rafa gives us any hope.

So you think we should sack him? Who do you imagine would be the replacement?

He's shite like, struggle to imagine what must have happened to Krul for him to be worse than this lad.

Aye. I almost hope he walks away so I can give up on hoping.

Fuck me, we're shite. Really hope Rafa is doing this on purpose to prove a point, the alternative is just too depressing.

The kid clearly has something about him but he's very raw.

We have the best manager we could possibly attract and we still can't even compete. Unless something miraculous happens before the window shuts we're gone, and not coming back any time soon.

Going according to plan so far, Perez looks lively and they're creating nothing. Murphy, Aarons and Mitro second half I reckon, fresh wingers and a target man to go for the win later on.

Bit jealous of them tbh - they're going to have way more fun than us this season.