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The only team worse than us are Norwich, but I’d still back them to beat us if we played tomorrow

Mandy crying there, she sees the job she has on her hands

Observations from today’s game, but it isn’t new and has been like this for the last two years. You guys could probably add to this as well: We can’t keep possession of the ball anywhere other than in the back line We can’t seem to pass more than three passes without giving it a way, panicking and kicking it long / losing it short or kicking it out of touch We can’t defend set pieces We can’t defend crosses We can’t stop crosses coming into the box from wide areas We can’t defend the long pass in behind We struggle with our offside line We can’t attack set pieces very well We don’t seem to work on corner or free kick routines We always seem to end up offering the opportunity of a quick counter attack where the opposition look more likely than we do to score from our own corner We always seem to lose the ball from our own throw-ins In fact, the only tactic we seem to have from throw-ins is a long throw and the guy who takes it can’t even throw it that long We are slow to react to everything so the press is always weak We are never as fit as the opposition we make the opposition look like Barcelona in their prime Whoever becomes the new manager has his work cut out big time

Every player has been shit not just ASM

Saka’s dad supports us so that’s pretty much guaranteed that he will be here at some point

Let’s hope so. But I actually think they just wanted to give him the 1000th game in the end. They knew that they couldn’t get anyone in right away so decided to be nice so that the media wouldn’t have overreacted about sacking him on 999

If we can somehow sneak a win on Saturday then everything just looks so much better

Must be getting an announcement on the new guy within the next few days then given that the club says “recruitment is underway’

What’s the point of football now if new owners can’t invest in their business to make that business more successful. In order to sign these bigger commercial deals in the future, you have to spend money to get better players and become successful on the pitch. You can’t get better without spending shit loads of money and no matter how morally corrupt football is now, you can’t just draw a line in the sand and be done with it - that only benefits the richest and top teams and closes off any competition

Disney, Facebook or Uber won’t be sponsoring us, it’s not about their minority stakes in global companies. It’s about kicking us in the gonads and stopping major Saudi companies being used a way of pumping money into the club to get around FPP. It’s completely uncompetitive to stop commercial opportunities and the whole thing will get messy when end up with Aramco on our shirts next year

True. But I think there’s more of an issue around the lack of tactical awareness, organisation and generally just adapting to the opposition. If you look back at Sunday, we all know that the Spurs left back loves to fly forward and he was terrorising Manquillo. Instead of trying to counteract that by getting someone to drop in and help out, we just let it happen time and time again. I know that you can’t just set up a team to nullify every threat, but in our current position, you would have thought that trying to stop a better team exploiting us so easily would have been something to either prepare or react to during the game.

The central midfielders are a huge problem because we are so open when we push forward as they have no legs and the only one that can make recovery runs is Willock. These problems can be fixed by organising the shape of the team so that it’s not so easy just to play through us with one pass

Agreed. We just need change straightaway and then whatever new setup comes in then we need to get behind them because this season is going to rough

The delay is clearly because the owners want to get the right people and a working structure in place. It’s just frustrating for all of us because we have seen how shite we are and know things can’t improve until there’s a change of manager

My main worry is that the games are running out for any new guy to make an impact. With the current setup in place, we still have the usual guaranteed 8-10 games to lose to Arsenal, Chelsea, City and Liverpool and the means we have 20 games to do something. We need change now otherwise it may become to difficult to change the mentality of this team

I don’t remember any bust ups when Rafa was here?

The way Palace played tonight, Bruce still in charge and the unrest in the dressing room, it’s pretty much a guaranteed defeat. I don’t understand why the owners haven’t been able to see what needs to be done…

It’s “inhuman” the treatment of Bruce apparently - here’s a suggestion, why don’t you just resign

I see Neville and Carragher have been talking out of their arses on MNF

I’d go for Steven Gerrard right now because that’s the only realistic option given our terrible form and league position

He will be out the door tomorrow for sure. We need as much time as possible to prepare for the game on Saturday and everyone can see that his presence impacts any chance of a result. We need to start afresh, start playing individuals in their correct positions and develop some sort of plan to combat the opposition

Yeah, but he’s subtly admitted that they were lobbying against it

I would take Gerrard now and I’d think that he would come. Even if it’s a bit underwhelming when you think about the names we have been linked with that have the type of pedigree we will need in the long-term, the guy's a winner as a player and manager. That would instantly change the mentality of the current set up and demand some respect from the players to get us out of the current mess

Him still being here on Sunday may actually end up being a positive for the result. In his eyes, he has something to prove to the new owners and everyone watching so you’d think that there would actually be some form of planning going into this game as his lack of managerial ability is fully on display now. We all know this won’t mean anything because the man is shite at his job, but maybe he can ride the high of the takeover and allow the players to get us a win. He will just be sacked soon after once the owners sort out the structure so I’m not overly concerned

So many good players on a free this summer that I think are achievable: Franck Kessie Jesse Lingard Boubacar Kamara Andrea Belotti Andreas Christensen James Tarkowski Todd Cantwell That’s not even thinking about the likes of Sule, Pogba, Mbappe, Dybala, Fati and Demebele