Kid Icarus

I know I'm very much veering into speculation here, but I can't help but feel like he's ruined everything.

We kept the ball better when he came on, his through ball to Isak, that's about it. 6 is the starting point for all my ratings, generally means average.

Surely he sees the ball out to Hall?

Would rather not, cheers.

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Sick of seeing his dish whenever we're behind.

That was disgraceful tbh

Wouldn't have been news if we'd been in form tbf

In the end should have probably got something bit can't feel too aggrieved when we were so bad and have rode our luck before this match. Shite, been coming. Pope: 5 Trippier: 5 Schar: 4.5 Burn: 6 Kelly: 5 Hall: 6 Bruno: 4 Joelinton: 4.5 Tonali 6 Willock: 5 Murphy: 5 Gordon: 4 Isak: 4.5 Barnes: 6.5

I'm not saying it wasn't, I'm saying you can't really blame him, for the reason I said earlier.

As I was saying

Was clearly on but did its job in stopping our momentum

Found it so weird when Barnes was getting the ball that Trippier, the player who has always been out wide further up field, just wasn't there and was sat back.

Think there's a lot more context to consider like.

Tommy Toucher wouldn't last 2 weeks under Mitchell. He has a 1 year used by date at best.

Worst half under Howe I think. We've been beaten more than that, but gaping midfield aside, the lack of desire is concerning.

No, I'm saying you can't blame Pope when they keep running through us at will and getting shots away. Whether they scored via that goal and Pope saves others you'd expect to be goals (like Cunha last week) the bottom line is it was coming, you can't expect the worldies and no mistakes from your 'keeper when the goal's under seige.

Another example of a player a lot of people think is pony (Iwobi) being a very useful player

By a mile. Just allowing anyone to run through our midfield in a straight line.

Point is, if you're giving the opposition the chance to have shot after shot, a goal's going to happen whether it's one you expect to be saved or not. He'll likely make a few you wouldn't expect him to save so it's swings and roundabouts if you're in that position. Our midfield and defence have been shambolic

Well you can if you expect goalkeepers to save everything while their goal's being peppered with shots I suppose

Can't blame Pope for that like, they just ran through us

No you don't then do you

Pathetic that like, so unbelievably open

Were West Ham one of the teams a lot of people were worried about in the summer? Seems to often be the case that one of those teams ends up looking shite.