Andy84

What we deserve or don't deserve is irrelevant. We don't do enough in games, if it's missing sitters or simple errors. Not enough creativity, lacking basically a whole left side of the pitch and central midfield. How many times today did their players basically have an ocean to run into?

Merry Christmas everyone

So would Liverpool and Spurs. This team is pretty unpredictable at the minute. Of course aye but taking this game on its own merit I think they will. Looking at their right hand side, centre mid and of course the in form striker in the league.

Everton will smash us

S***

Absolutely no sign of the rain letting up like getting worse here

I just want to see us really come out of the blocks with energy and vigour. Get after them early on and try to score in the first 15-20, if we score first we win.

At the end there "great technique John"

The way he collected it in one move and turned Alderweireld inside out with a drop of the shoulder was Suarez esque

Listened to his post match interview, he's humble. He at least seems to have a degree of humility and honesty about him

Traore's pace

God, even little tit bits like this are enough to give us some hope that one day we'll be rid. That day

Lukaku could threaten Shearers record if he stays in England for most of his career

Looks like things are finally starting to catch up with this c***

We were undoubtedly better but these were poor and played into our hands. They were easy to defend against with the static Benteke up top on his own, they lacked penetration in midfield with Coutinho missing. Barring Ibe who became largely ineffective they had little width or pace. We are fine against teams who are static like this, similar to Man Utd away earlier this season we can defend against teams who basically don't move quickly enough. My worry is we've played Leicester and Palace who have legs and we've conceded 8. Teams who get in behind and have pace basically can rip us to shreds quite easily. That's my concern moving forward and why we'll hover around that bottom 3 all season. Unless of course we sign a left back, CB and sort of the centre of midfield which won't happen.

Has barely been here 5 months In a s*** team and he's still very young. I've seen enough to suggest he is a right handful and can be a success

The one thing we are really good at are national (or international as the case may be) humiliations live on Sky tv. Expect us to really deliver today

This is going to be an utter s***storm of a day, think he has received backing from the club but I think McClaren will be on the brink tonight.

Has it been mentioned that Marriner is the ref? Gets better

Things are desperate already and it's about to get a lot worse

We might have a decent strike force for the championship

.com reckon Gouffran will start CM

What a f****** cringe

He's good. The way he led the line on his own at Man Utd, City, his goal v Norwich. Very unlucky with the header v Stoke, his link up for Perez v Bournemouth. He's a 21 year old kid being asked to lead the line at Newcastle United in the Premier League. Is it really surprising his performances have dipped in line with the total malaise of this team? Our midfield is utterly useless, abject, a total abomination. That's the issue, top and bottom and it effects us offensively and defensively.

We won a game in February? Villa, if I'm guessing. Hull I think. Jesus it really is a head scratcher remembering when we've won a game this year