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Alonso is a joke but he'll never be taken out of the team, so frustrating

Our home support would depress you

Ironically, on the day we've just been humbled by our biggest rivals and lost our first game of the season, I admire him more than ever. He is doing a very decent job with a squad that has some talent, but absolute dross in some of the most important areas of the pitch. We have a pathetic excuse of a centre-forward who was never taught the offside rule, a right winger with zero end product and a worrying lack of consistency, a centre back who is either 10/10 or 2/10 and a painfully, painfully slow left back. There is promise in this team though and our decent start has given us good foundations for a possible top four finish, which will give us a much better chance of competing for the title next season (which I think we'll be in with a very good chance of winning). Should have taken Kovacic off though after he attempted a rabona cross whilst 2-0 down, bad day at the office for everyone

Hopefully now that we've qualified for the next stage of the Europe League it'll give the manager more incentive to rest players because we're going into a period where we really can't afford to have tired players

I want him to do well so badly but for me he just doesn't cut it consistently for us

I was referencing the fact that he said all of our signings apart from Kepa were bench warmers when Jorginho was most definitely not a bench warmer, was poorly worded on my part

Well not attempting ridiculous shots from 35 yards and giving the ball away every time you receive it is the minimum tbh

Honestly don't know whether the abuse got to Ross Barkley's head, but his performance was an absolute disgrace. Didn't do one thing right and that 'shot' was embarrassing, how selfish can you get

Yeah Jorginho's a bench warmer, ballbag

I absolutely agree that he still does his defensive duties well but we just do not have enough creative threat from the midfield and for me he is one of the main reasons why

Hate to say it but Kante is the weak link in this team. In previous years we've all been astounded by how good he's been in his natural position but playing further forward just does not suit him, he's such a technically limited footballer and he's being shoehorned into this side because of his name. You can even see when he moves into space on the right hand side the players are rarely giving the ball to him because they know it'll either bounce off him, be given away or be passed straight back to them. Wouldn't surprise me if he was off in the summer and replacing him with a creative midfielder would make us a top side imo

Geoff Shreeves sounded like he had to take a pause to wipe away a tear as he told Sarri about the record for an unbeaten start

I just don't understand the narrative they're trying to push that Palace were hard done by.

I know his team lost but f**k me Joel Ward looks like he's just been told his entire family is terminal, he definitely won't be back

Sky compiling a pretty interesting list of reasons as to why we didn't deserve to win, horrible organisation. Thank god for streaming

I don't think I've ever seen a side miss as many one on one's as us, we somehow seem to f**k up the most simple of chances but I'm not bothered, another win and up to second.

I honestly don't know what to think of this Super League idea. If it's solely to replace the Champions League then I'd be all for it. I really have come to notice just how much complete dross make it into a competition that is supposed to be the pinnacle of club football, and I know the Europa League is far lesser quality anyway but f**k me the team we played last Thursday were borderline semi-pro standard. The champions league is declining in interest amongst the common football fan imo; I think this shows in the fact Sky were fine to lose their converge of it and quite often teams rest players in favour of keeping players fresh for the upcoming league game. Having a smaller group of the best of the best in one competition would give English teams more incentive to try and progress imo and would for me lead to more potential success than any of our current English teams currently provide. However, if it's to replace our domestic league then f**k that. I'm not honestly sure how it's going to work but the absence of the standard league we all know and love would lead to my full-time interest declining substantially.

Sean Dyche post match interview drinking game: take a shot every time he criticises the referee or mentions the oppositions bigger transfer budget, you'll be getting your stomach pumped in no time

What in the name of God was morata shown a yellow card for?

It amuses me that commentators are always waxing lyrical about what a quality player he is... The supposed 'experts' do not know more than the fans. One of the most inconsistent players we've ever had and certainly one of the worst in terms of end product. I find him extremely frustrating

No I wasn't, but I agree the start time definitely has something to do with it, though for me today was just another in a long list of disappointing SB atmospheres

We need to me more ruthless, they were atrocious in the first half and we need to be taking advantage of situations like that in the future where we may not get a lucky goal to bail us out if we fall behind. Two major disappointments for me to take from today; firstly, Alvaro Morata just simply isn't good enough to be starting for this club. It worries me just how poor he is at absolutely everything associated with being a centre forward. His finishing is abysmal, movement non-existent and seems to have no idea what position he needs to be in, and the less said about his laughable link-up play the better. He just does everything wrong and it's clear he's never going to be a success here, ship him out somewhere like Milan and try to forget this nightmare never occurred. And secondly, I love this club and am very proud to be a supporter, but it's hard to be proud on a day like this when you have such a disgraceful atmosphere. I am embarrassed by the fact 40,000 fans could not even muster a sound despite the fact we're second in the league, playing great football and up against one of our biggest domestic rivals. Maybe I just think differently than the fans who go regularly, but I could not fathom going to watch a game like this and not making a noise or trying to show your support. We have to be better, because sometimes we're pathetic

So so glad the days of watching the ball moved slowly and aimlessly across the midfield to the wing back, only for it to be passed back the same way to the other wing back for 90 minutes are long gone. We have great players, and playing any other way than fast, attacking football with this team is a sin. We'll have setbacks this season no doubt, but thank you Mauricio for bringing fun back into the club after a miserable year

That's absolutely superb

Pawson really is an atrocious referee