Sibierski

I find it so annoying we lose our shit and just sit off. It’s a team of internationals and we too often turn into a championship side with the ball in these situations.

Hopefully Woltemade fitness improves quick, as Osula is a major drop off now. Still Elanga can’t get good minutes with Woltemade.

This is grim stuff. Make changes, this isn’t sustainable one bit.

Mean for us not reacting to first one, 2nd one he was unmarked again.

The change will be one of the CBs off, and Trippier on at HT. Then the rest will be 60 min mark.

Unmarked back post ffs. SET PIECE COACH?!?!?!?!

It’s going just as nearly everyone thought it would as we saw the XI.

Can’t even win a long throw

We have no build up from full back positions and midfield is fucked and way off. Which then means front three are chasing shadows.

Our midfield has no legs, which when two played 90 mins midweek I’m not surprised. Howe has got this all wrong so far.

Bruno not got close to winning any tackles yet.

Massive get out of jail that. Now can we wake up and be better with and without the ball?

He’s got some of the ball though which may save him.

That was always coming. We’ve been shit and slow to everything. Do changes now.

Another long ball, lost straight away.

Why are we sitting off? We’re awful when we do this at home.

Not got good vibes about this start at all.

Imagine saying at end of 22-23 season, it will be Sept 2025 and we will be lining up Murphy RW and Burn LB.

Also that came from an aimless knock long which were awful at winning.

Rough as that by Joelinton, lucky to not be booked.

So Gordon RW/RAM then?

Either way, after this next international break he needs to settle on a XI when we should have everyone back or he'll make things hard for himself.

Burn LB against Saka would be grim stuff, but then 3-5-2 where Gordon is central is grim stuff. I do feel Howe is caught in two minds about our squad moving forward and that won't be a good thing. Like does he think 3 at the back is the way? Does he see Woltemade and Wissa ever playing together when both back and breaking up the trusted 3 in middle? What does he see in Elanga?

All 4 starting? Sticking Botman central feels he will be.

God we need to string some wins together so we go into Derby ahead of Sunderland Can’t be doing with being behind them for too long.