Ted Maul

Football is so ****ing boring these days isn't it

One of the worst run clubs in the league, one of the worst sets of fans in the league- we're a good match.

We weren't bad today (at all). Draw would have been fair, Mavididi missed an absolute sitter at 0-0. But if you're going to play a complete liability at full back, directly responsible for ar least 5 goals this season, plus countless other goals/chances indirectly through being out of position, then you are not going to win games at this level. You're just not.

What the **** is this guy still doing in the team?

Buonanotte is better defensively than Ayew. Team always looks imbalanced when Ayew plays too.

I think much of the genuine venom towards Fofana comes from the circumstances around the injury and contract (most of us have got over Kante, Mahrez, Maguire etc. leaving, even when there were tactics employed to force a move)

Surprised it's made it this far to be honest.

I'm assuming there's plenty waiting for the top tier to go on sale before buying?

Certainly decent once they went 2-0 up. Still managed a rendition of that Ranieri chant though, proper weirdos.

Indeed. Hamza 'the lesser of two liabilities'.

Much improved today- plenty of positives, plenty to build on- - Soumare had his best game for us and is now one of the first names on the teamsheet. - Bilal is a serious player- worst comes to worst, we'll be able to sell him on for double what we paid for him. - Vestergaard excellent again- looks every bit a top flight defender. - Jakub a more than capable deputy- defence looks settled in front of him. - Hamza showed enough to be given a go at right back over Justin. - Team looked much more structured and balanced, bodes well for getting Bilal and Facundo in the team together. - Much more positive and fluid going forward, ball was moved out of midfield faster and generally we looked dangerous. The main thing though- effort. Quick to press, contested for the second ball, good running and availability off the ball. It's another loss, but we've shown signs in the past 2 games that we're capable of staying up. A lot hinges on whether Rudkin pulls his finger out and we bring in 2 or 3 PL standard player in Jan.

That bad? Christ

Last week's 'relegate us now' moment.

Relegate us now.

That really is the problem. Especially Justin. No centre back is going to look particularly great when he's constantly having to step out of position to cover errors.

One real positive is that Jannick looks like a genuine PL defender. Even looks like he's gained half a yard of pace

We were far better than this last season- lost 3 of our best players (1 to Chelsea and 2 to injury), a tactically astute manager, and not one signing has improved the starting 11.

What the actual **** are Facundo and Mavididi doing there? Embarrassing.

Honestly can't stand it. If we weren't going to have the book thrown at us by the EFL next season I really wouldn't be arsed if we went down.

So we're just sat looking at a still image for 2 minutes. And these clowns turned down semi-automated in the summer. Utterly ridiculous.

It's been embarrassing. Hasn't needed to be subtle and Justin has been all over the shop.

Just dig in here now, keep it at one goal for another 10-15 minutes then have a crack at them.

Quite. It's not effective unless you have the players for it, and it's certainly not entertaining at any level. Take Pep to the Hague.

Winks has been excellent so far

Just thinking exactly the same. Look a lot more assured at the back so far.