TheBrownBottle

If Pickford does that ‘wave arms on the line’ thing lots of keepers do for pens, he’ll make the goal look bigger

I can remember when pelanties used to make me tense

Has he told these to sit back here?

Wonder what might happen with a mobile centre forward?

Honestly, it’s that bad that you can’t even blame the manager for the performance (though I don’t think he is remotely suited to what he’s being asked to do). You can for him still being on the pitch, though.

Foden has been unbelievably shite here

I’d happily take that tbf. Allardyce, on the other hand …

Which he used to be really good at - dropping deep, but then still being right place right time. He clearly doesn’t have the energy or movement to do that anymore - and doesn’t seem to be an intelligent enough footballer to work that out

Hahaha fuck me Even without that assist, he’s a centre half - how many deliveries do centre halves put into the mixer?

Schar reminding everyone why we shouldn’t see him as a Miggy replacement just yet

How many of them played with him? Don’t know who is on, but it always struck me that if they were once part of the same dressing room they are far less critical

Likewise. Drew a smile from me, nee fistipumps

Mackem T-Rex in no-man’s land there

At least BDB wouldn’t be cutting inside

No, because most of us wouldn’t have Trippier anywhere near the starting xi

Not sure if anyone in the country other than Southgate would make that choice

Amazing what 1) having natural width on the left 2) dropping Bellingham deeper does

And we’re level.

This is closer to the XI that should have started

Triple sub? He’s shit the bed. Still no Gordon

Any chance of any subs?

Schoolboy defending

Plan A would be a start

It’s 3:27am here, FFS someone have a shot on target so that there’s a chance that I can get some sleep before the dogs want out

There is a real tendency for this side to retreat and then become inert