dmayne7

At least Daka knows what he wants to do, he's just not very good . Mavididi has absolutely lost the plot; gets the ball and genuinely has no idea what he wants to do

Would have taken that before but gutting that even though it was a poor game, we were still the better team and had all the good chances.

2 clean sheets basically tells you we'd have stayed up if they just appointed him straight away

Get Monga on and stick Mukasa up top

BDR kicking the ball into himself seems a special trick

And the most depressing thing is that we're still better off with him in the team than Ayew

Absolutely disgraceful first half. I've actually stuck up for his defensive work as well (it's more his decision making defensively that makes it look like he's not trying) but he's left Thomas exposed loads whilst pissing the ball away every time he has it. Hat trick incoming

The fact he's pissed me off more than Daka tells you how abject he's been. And he'll stay on for 90 unless we're winning and Aribo comes on to 'shore things up'

Starting to look the better side so we'll definitely lose now

Mavididi being absolutely wank as usual

Poor pen but a good save. Their guy very lucky to be on the pitch still

Not even because it was Daka, just that stupid run up they do. But why it wasn't James or Fatawu

He could score 5 goals from now until the end of the season as his output will still have been awful. Monga must be off in the summer otherwise it's bizarre he hasn't been given more of a chance

Whether he needed to or not is up for debate but surely nobody can argue that Rowett is justified by taking him out. Would rather it be Okoli as Nelson should be a better foil for Lascelles

He'd never be a top defender, he doesn't have the attributes for that. If he could cut out the mistakes then he'd be a solid PL defender but nothing more. And a lot of revisionism about his ability, performances and attitude. He was even worse than the clowns currently in the team

Funny thing is, barley any of them are actually big errors. In fact, some I don't think he can really be blamed at all. Don't get me wrong, plenty he should be doing better with and he's massively declined but they clearly forget the amount of amazing saves/games he's had for them. Though interestingly, somebody said he's the best keeper with the ball at their feet that Celtic have had. Shows it's all about perspective . During his time in the PL, no keeper (who actually played a decent amount) made fewer mistakes leading to goals as well. Sad about his injury but I think that's him done now. Hermansen might have got himself in the WHU team at exactly the right time for the World Cup.

Dreadful today but still got a massive future. Some aspects of his game are there and ready to be a good PL player, other bits show him as a kid. If I was a Man City fan, I'd be desperate for him to go out on loan for a full season of Championship or similar level to mature.

Merit in all the criticism apart from this. Get your eyes checked if you think he's slow

I think you're just not understanding what I'm saying/I'm not articulating it well enough: Agree, they are asking for managers of play a certain way when hiring. Disagree, they are forcing the manager to play that way when in post.

I'm probably atypical for this place in that I give players a lot of time but his application in the little time he's played has been shocking. No urgency on or off the ball

They're given a directive as part of the recruitment process that they have a style of play that matches our 'vision'. But Rudkin and Top are certainly not going into the training ground/dressing room, insisting on tactics and team selection that Rowett has to enact.

Na, they're not telling them a certain way to play in this situation. The players are just cowards. No manager is going to get much out of this group.

Was better when he went central but his performance for 78 mins was probably the most aimless I've ever seen from a wide player. Even when he beat his man he then did it without any idea of what he was going to next. He should be benched for the rest of the season but made worse by the fact that Monga doesn't even get on the pitch, so that's not happening.

Not that it matters much but this ref has been through pits. If that's a foul, the one on Daka was a red

Don't ever mention Fatawu in the same breath as Mavididi. Fatawu's bad performances (of which there have been plenty this year) are far beyond whatever crap Mavididi has served up this year. Performance so far today is one of the worst I've ever seen from a winger