honeybradger

Too early to judge really. He didnt really do anything in his time on the pitch but didnt do much wrong either. Need to see what his defensive game looks like.

I do agree in some respects as the better approach is to come to an acceptance with how poorly the club is run and not to get too invested in the decision making at the club or the club in general at this point in time, whilst also being firm that change at the top has to be made. You cant blame people on here for being upset with how far the club has fallen and is continuing to fall, getting emotional doesnt personally do us any good but it's a natural response.

You could hear chants of "we want Rudkin out" at the match. If that message is consistent then it will be heard. That is where our issues lie, Rudkin simply isnt an actual DoF, he doesnt have a long term strategy on transfers and team building. Our transfer identity varies too much under each manager, we need consistency between managers to actually get back on track as a club and we also need a strong negotiator who doesnt overpay on transfer fees and wages like Rudkin.

It's quite shocking how far we've regressed as a team since Cooper has taken over. £40mil spent this summer and we are a weaker team than we were in the championship. It just feels like we've bought into the trap that many promoted teams buy into that mediocre players with PL experience are required to stay up. The best teams from the championship that stay up in recent years maintain the best players from the promotion side (I.e. Mavididi, Ricardo) and add foreign talent in the positions where they are weaker. Is there any team that has added the equivalent to Reid and Ayew and managed to stay up?

The most surprising thing here is that he completed 88% of his passes. During the game it felt like every time he got the ball he lost it.

We wouldn't have won the league as Liverpool were incredible in 19/20 but had we avoided injuries that season like we did in 15/16 we definitely could have finished on 80+ points. Also had we invested that 50 mil which we spent on Dennis Praet and Ayoze Perez on some actually good players we would almost certainly have gotten into the top 4 at least once. We were absolutely primed for success when Rodgers came in, our success under him was a miracle and actually there is a solid argument that he underperformed with us given the circumstances.

Rodgers inherited the best squad we've ever had, with the players available to him 8th was an expected position at minimum. On paper two fifth places an eighth place finish and an FA cup was great but at the end of the 21/22 season it was very clear how quickly we were declining as a team and a few of us were even frustrated at us going on a winning streak at the end of the season as it meant we weren't going to move him on despite it being needed.

Why are we even giving him two consecutive games to start? If an academy player was putting in these performances people would rightly say he's not ready for this level and needs a loan. The fact that this is an experienced player playing like this is shocking, the reason we brought him in is because he's supposed to be adjusted to the prem and ready to perform. If Cordova Reid is going to take a while to come good then why not play a youth player instead like Alves who could actually go on to be a good PL player.

For the fans trying to rationalise Bobby Reid starting because of his defensive work, BDR is yet to make a single tackle or interception for us. He was a free signing and yet he was still to expensive.

The damage was done but it was salvageable if we binned off Rudkin. We are feeling the impact of the transfer business we did under Rodgers even now, the business we have just done this summer will still be impacting 4 seasons later.

What i dislike the most about him is the way he evaluates players. How has he come in and decided to sit Ricardo Pereira of all players on the bench? Why have we signed BDR and Ayew? Skipp look OK (maybe?) but £20 million pounds for him is ludicrous. Okoli an unused option on the bench already. Ben Nelson and Will Alves not being given a sniff. It's all just so terrible.

Can't complain honestly. This is just what we are after half a decade of some of the worst management in english football. Rudkin out.

Ayew on the freekick I could have done better.

Chants of "we are going down". This season is going to be very messy.

Ayew with the touch of a trampoline. So called ball retention expert

Would rather a draw.

He's been shocking.

He offer's less than nothing, every time he touches the ball he gives it away to the other side. If he was an academy player we would be talking about him needing a league one loan to develop.

Tear up Cordova Reid contract please. Awful player.

Faes

Can see him leaving before the end of the window. I don't care what other people say he is miles better than Justin and Kristiansen, there is no reason to not start him.

Can Cooper just skip the next 3-4 games and realise that Bobby Reid is not good enough already?

The fact we have a better player on the bench to accommodate him is truly laughable.

We have spent too much money over the last 5 years to be this shit. Surely this is Rudkin's last season?

From watching them play Mavididi and Mcateer look like better players than Cordova Reid. Maybe this turns out to be wrong but it's only competition when the players start over each other on merit. It feels like Cordova Reid is starting because he's the manager's pick, not because he's the best option and it is leaving us worse off as a team.