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He must trust him a bit as he's brought him on before Perez in both of the last two, fairly sure it'll be Mitro given the next chance. Unless he goes back to one striker again. Can't see Joselu getting another go now, people are complaining about Joselu but then thought he linked well with Gayle during the last game. So its a bit hindsight hero. Rafa's clearly changing things about upfront to try to make us more potent. Merino's our best answer to most of it anyway. I'm sure he does ability wise, it his foolishness that Rafa won't trust. Throwing him on 3-0 down is a nothing to lose thing, same as bringing him on when we're winning. It's another thing to trust him from the start though. I hope you're right in Rafa seeing how he linked up the play and was so much better than Joselu, not sure but i really hope so.

Don't take this the wrong way like I never imagined you to be 6'7 I'm picturing Jaws from James Bond I dressed as him for a new years party last year.

Be amazing if they did, i mean Pardew got away with fucking murder lying through his teeth again and again without so much of a 'wait a minute Alan'

Not good today but i liked how annoyed he was getting, especially with his fellow defenders when they didn't show for the ball.

Don't take this the wrong way like I never imagined you to be 6'7 I'm picturing Jaws from James Bond

Good performance in a pile of shite today.

Trying to play Gray offside when Gray was running from his own half, was fantastic bit of boneheaded lunacy today.

Can't see anything other than Gayle up top with Perez off him as the 10. Mitro won't start as Rafa doesn't trust him at all, not in ability just the trust a manager has in a player. Funny thing is, Shelvey who's been just as daft starts, i dunno.

Lascelles being out has contributed to that massively imo. Aye, he's a massive miss. Clark and Lejeune just don't look comfortable next to each other. Lejeune i willing to give time to, new to the league needing to settle in it (he's been very poor last two games mind). Clark is what i've always thought, a very good Championship defender but the Prem is a step too far and he'll cost you in the long run. Lascelles seems to have taken to the Premiership really well and miss him badly.

Rafa has his faults & should not be above criticism but there is only so much he can do with this lot. Indeed. Picking Joselu and Manquillo and making Elliott number 1 goalkeeper however were not great ideas though. Not sure that was his fault as Ashley wouldn't let us buy a GK. It was always either Blob or Darlow, much of a muchness them two like. Krul. Seems strange now, hindsight is marvellous like. Although Krul was on the slide as well. Krul in a wheelchair > Blobby. As it stands i still think Krul is the better GK than what we have. Opinions i guess.

Lascelles being out has contributed to that massively imo.

Just get the wheelchair bloke from Dodgeball to throw spanners at him to toughen him up, he's too weak and lightweight but has ability to be rather good.

Rafa has his faults & should not be above criticism but there is only so much he can do with this lot. Indeed. Picking Joselu and Manquillo and making Elliott number 1 goalkeeper however were not great ideas though. Not sure that was his fault as Ashley wouldn't let us buy a GK. It was always either Blob or Darlow, much of a muchness them two like. Krul. Seems strange now, hindsight is marvellous like. Although Krul was on the slide as well.

Utter shite, tries but is simply not good enough.

Rafa has his faults & should not be above criticism but there is only so much he can do with this lot. Indeed. Picking Joselu and Manquillo and making Elliott number 1 goalkeeper however were not great ideas though. Not sure that was his fault as Ashley wouldn't let us buy a GK. It was always either Blob or Darlow, much of a muchness them two like. The GK they bought last season was absolutely hopeless. That is true, i think someone on here already said that they don't think Rafa should be allowed to choose the GK to buy like Sels was a bad buy, Rafa will have those as all managers do (I actually think over his career Rafa has bought some shocking players), you just hope the next GK he buys is a Merino type of class player.

Rafa has his faults & should not be above criticism but there is only so much he can do with this lot. Indeed. Picking Joselu and Manquillo and making Elliott number 1 goalkeeper however were not great ideas though. Not sure that was his fault as Ashley wouldn't let us buy a GK. It was always either Blob or Darlow, much of a muchness them two like.

We already are and people have ignored it for too long, our run of fixtures and his reluctance to change the team has had me worried for weeks now.

Joselu ahead of Mitro, Manquillo ahead of Mbemba is getting pathetic now. I love Rafa but this is getting ridiculous, he must change it, he actually hurting us by being so stubborn.

We're lucky Gray has been poor in front of goal, could have 6 or 7 this like.

Murphy has been the only shining light going forward, Ritchie awful. Yet Murphy gets hooked.

Far too late, fucking ridiculous at 70 minutes.

How in the hells fuck is Joselu still playing up top ffs.

2-0 down at half time, no subs, 65 minutes 3-0 down and still no subs. Is he fucking joking like.

Poor play, poor team selection, poor players and poor management today. Utterly awful all round.

Their forwards get in front of our defenders win it and hold it, ours just get knocked off it and lose it against theirs. Awful performance all round so far.