Sunbury Fox

Will probably miss the rest of the season now. FFS.

Blackburn getting 4 points out of Boro and Millwall. FFS.

Wout Faes

The top teams are hopeless this year. Boro not even got to close to goal in the last 30 minutes or so.

Yeah but the **** is still on the bench so no doubt we'll have to suffer him for at least 30 minutes when no doubt we'll be chasing goals to get even a point.

Blackburn look so solid compared to us.

Hopefully Ayew has now been completely ostracised from the squad and we won't have to see him besmirch our shirt ever again. Hate is a strong word but I'm practically there when it comes to him now.

After the Norwich and QPR games, I've decided that I will never again go into any game feeling positive about this group of shysters.

My main hope today is that when we lose we don't lose ground on our rivals. After last week's unmitigated disaster, I have zero confidence in this team to get any kind of result against a team chasing the play offs.

Just giving my view. Stand by the fact that we don't have 1 good CB so very unsure about wasting an extra place in the team by shoehorning 3 of them in. Also, in a 352 you will end up having to play one of our few good players, Fatawu, out of position to make the formation work. And are you proposing to play both Daka and Ayew up top as they are the only 2 'strikers' we have? If not, we're again having to play someone else out of position. Genuinely interested to know what your XI would be in a 352 formation, as I'm struggling to think of a viable selection, given the players we have available.

Lyon out and now Roma about to be. The last 8 looks so weak. We're basically relying on Villa, which is horrific in itself.

This season just gets worse and worse.

I can see the temptation of a change in system but in my view it would be risky to try to implement it so late in the season with only a few games left to save ourselves. Also not at all convinced we have the players for it. We will end up with even more crap CBs and crap strikers in the teams, whilst not having anyone in the squad who can play both parts of the wing back role effectively.

It's very likely that Portsmouth and West Brom will pick up points in those games, though.

Is Vestergaard back in training and available?

No doubt it will be the same formation and basically the same team. So, another defeat. Next. At least we have an international break after this!

And this year's isn't?!

Can we change to the title of the thread to "three months left" now? I need something to cheer me up a bit.

Rowett got away with selecting Ayew against Bristol City, even though he was totally ineffective and off the pace, as per. It's a huge red flag that he then decided to pick him again today. We were told before Rowett came that he liked forwards who press hard and have some pace. So why the hell is he picking Ayew?! He simply has to bin him off from the whole squad from now on. His very presence has a negative influence on the mood of the crowd as well as the team.

Aside from our horrific defending, the other thing that really troubles me is that we just don't take enough shots. Today we got into so many good positions around the box but then the final pass is awful, or we just take the wrong option such as passing rather than shooting. Only 9 shots in a home game against QPR is terrible. By contrast, West Brom and Blackburn both racked up 20+ shots.

1 in 7 of all the league goals they've scored this season have been against us!

Makes no sense at all to me. He's stopped even bothering to keep up with play.

Ayew again. Dear God.

Mukasa has to start in front of him from now on. Offers so much more.

Still thought he was dreadful. Can't run and press and is not even up with play most of the time. Only 9 more games of him to suffer, assuming he'll play in every one of them, as per.