Dahnsouff

It’s such a good idea with little downside for anyone. Young fans get to go games at an affordable cost, the club get the next generation of fans.

Fear that midfield would be about as ineffectual as one of Coopers, but perhaps given only two days, it may have to do

Wondering if he will try to re-Enzo-ise the squad in 2 days and move, for now, to some very short passing

Get the defensive coaching team in place, then decide. No defenders are going to be any good if the coaching is poor.

Does at least show long standing reservations from the club

Not sure that’s true, getting the ball back is our second best thing, following only picking the ball out our own net…

No contact but it was a bit dumb by the keeper

Don`t forget Arsenal

This feels like a schooling that I am not sure Man City have ever had

Yeah, but if you saw Southampton or Ipswich, as teams they try and keep going, whereas Everton are like us on todays showing, they seem very flat and uninspired despite arguably having better squads than Ipswich or Saints. That is why its never really about the players down the bottom and more about the team and its setup/cocaching. Although I do agree that there is so such low quality this year, our level, our consistency does not have to raise too much to avoid the drop.

Yes, he has been poor even by his standards of late, something I mentioned, but stopping the ball getting to him quite so often, in fact, to the defence in general, would see us improve I think.

We just cannot ignore how many shot we have to face and not recognise midfields role in blocking such opportunities. We have to try starting Skipp more, or maybe Hamza, alongside a more progressive midfielder

You do realise they are the most successful team at home this season right? So, yes, we were expected to lose badly. Not denying we were badly setup, just as we have been most (all?) of this season We just love to pile on an individual, its very childish.

Isn’t Winks out?

Pointing fingers at individual defenders without any acknowledgement of contributing factors is pointless and a bit dumb, no midfield means constant work for the defence. This does not mean the answer is a new defender, it means the midfield and system needs a serious examination. Although I do agree that Faes has been substandard and is far too often prone to moments of where he lacks attention? Stupidity? Poor instruction? Feels like most of our problems come from a lack of tactical direction and I hope this is something Ruud can address.

Would rather have Mentality Reset and Tek Sum Accountability, both available on a free

He lost badly against a team we were expected to lose badly against. Some of the reaction to the bloke is way over the top, anyway, he is back into the shadows now.

Large group of extremely talented individuals or very good coaching, our problem is we have neither currently. Over to you Ruud.

Hermansen Coady Vestergaard Kristiansen Skipp Soumare Ayew Bounanotte El Khannouss Mavididi Vardy

I really hope Ruud comes in like a nasty bastard, not to make friends, and just tells them straight.

Nice of us to open an express lane to our penalty box straight through the desert of our midfield.

Just you wait until this team selection is revealed to be from Ruud for research

Expect a staff room full of defensive coaches soon.

Eye of the beholder stuff

Just smack it Patson