HaydnNUFC

Would give up my salary to beat Arsenal at SJP in incredibly controversial circumstances.

Whew. Looks bad. Might get 26% possession on Saturday instead of 22%, now.

The maroon and blue hoops but with different shorts. Wore that down there in 18-19.

I've never said that I thought he was or he wasn't for a start, but I can't see this changing. I expect us to be shit away from home because we have been for a year and we've been shit once again. I hope that he can but there aren't even any straws to clutch at for me right now. FWIW, I'm losing faith that he will be one of the truly elite managers which I thought he would become at around this time last year. Elite managers make bold decisions and he frequently seems to avoid them, on the pitch and seemingly in the transfer market. (posted about that more post Bournemouth) Him making changes at HT is a start in that regard, but that tends to be because he got the setup wrong from the start.

To counter that, I atm don't see any reason how he can. We've been largely terrible away from home for over 12 months and look predictably naive at best tactically in every game we play this season. We've gotten away with it up to today but we won't with the upcoming fixtures especially.

He doesn't play one. Never really has.

2 seasons ago, really. Last season we were at least good at SJP, this season we've looked poor in every match we've played.

Bruno caps off a fairly atrocious performance, there.

How's he missed that

Our midfield is nonexistent out of possession. I think we should put a midfielder that we spent £60m on on the pitch to help out with this.

Onside

VAR

Assists immediately

What a start! Come on

I'm devastated to feel this way and hope to god he proves me wrong, starting with this 2nd half, but I've very little faith he can turn this around and/or breath life into us in terms of these performances. I expect us to perform terribly in away matches and that's, like, shite.

Every single away game from the off is the same. No real clear tactical plan, fail to get Isak into the game, no presence in midfield, total lack of a coordinated press and totally wilt under any pressure. Come to expect it at this point and that's shit.

What the fuck is Gordon doing?

Neither tbh, as much as it pains me to say. Said as much in my yuge post after Bournemouth.

We look a really poorly coached team. Have done all season and have done for far too long in away matches. Sort it out, man.

Now getting a result that our performance(s) have merited thus far this season.

Took ages to find a river, finally got one albeit with overly keen Portuguese commentary, to see that we're losing already. Class.

Hopefully Joelinton's & Bruno's Targaryen hair makes them both put in a much better performance than last week.

West Ham look poo.

He's been great around the dressing room, though. Worth the time out imo.

Unconvincing in terms of results maybe, but we should've had something at Liverpool, should've beat Palace and were great against Man City despite not holding on. We were only quite poor at Brighton and against Bournemouth in the opening games that season. Wolves maybe too, but we should've had a pen in the first half that game as well. Whereas this season we are getting the results but have been quite poor in pretty much every match so far.