At some point today we may remember there’s a game to play

Well, this is exciting 🥱

As usual we do f**k all first half and will have to wake up second half chasing the game

For a player with such an imposing figure, Delap has not offered anything so far.

Is that due to a lack of quality or due to manager instructions, I have no idea anymore. Maybe both.

Christ this is like pulling teeth

Least Santos has been good

I’ve seen better garbage being picked up by my trash collector on a Thursday …this is utter trash. Pedro..done nothing along with Gittens, Delap, Enzo to name a few.

3 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Forgot Tuanzebe went to Burnley. We must be pretty close to a 'domestic injuries' XI:

Tuanzebe - almost cut his thumb off making Christmas dinner
Palmer - broke his toe while taking a slash in the middle of the night
Beasant - broke his foot by dropping a bottle of salad cream on it
Carroll - injured himself somehow falling off a bar stool

Any others?

Rooney shattered his dignity in a Granny?

He has adjusted the team due to internationals so it is like our B team away at an EPL side which is a gamble.

We have enough on the pitch to win yet they need to play like a team.

I have a good feeling about Garnacho today assuming he gets some time to do something.

In the meantime we cross our fingers and hope.

We put the ball into Burnley's box for one millisecond! I need to recover from that.

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Attack has just been shambolic. Wrong decision or poor final ball every time.

Literally no reason why Garnarcho shouldn’t be playing, he’s been decent recently and didn’t get picked for Argentina so isn’t tired either.

And Gittens has been rubbish thus far.

In all seriousness who would pay money to travel up there for this type of dross. This doesn't even register as football to me.

Delap, Gittens and Enzo look more out of their depth than Warwick Davis in a swimming pool.

Sorry, but Delap is so sh*t. Everything just bounces off him.

If Delap doesn’t sharpen up soon for this festive period he is 100% gone in the summer.

Another sh*t performance. 3 subs again at half time because of a awful starting line up by Maresca

Well this is exactly what I expected

2 forwards run in behind, make space and a decent ball opens them up.....nope, back to the keeper we go.

If I run I should be able to get to the pub during half-time

I feel sorry for the travelling ticket paying fans. This is absolute garbage. Entertainment? TNT can f**k off too once it loses CL

Just now, Aussie79 said:

Another sh*t performance. 3 subs again at half time because of a awful starting line up by Maresca

It's not just the starting line up, it's how he has us starting games. He wants us starting by playing slow and gain control of the possession.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

Sorry, but Delap is so sh*t. Everything just bounces off him.

He's a championship footballer. He doesn't even get any chances yet. We haven’t yet seen him take the obligatory 6 attempts before getting one on target as is normal with championship strikers.

Just now, Aussie79 said:

Another sh*t performance. 3 subs again at half time because of a awful starting line up by Maresca

Can't argue with that. Garnacho for Gittens, Caciedo for Enzo and either Guiu for Delap or put Pedro at 9 and hook Delap for Esteviao

Just now, Scott Harris said:

It's not just the starting line up, it's how he has us starting games. He wants us starting by playing slow and gain control of the possession.

His inclusion of Tosin 100% confirms this as well. He wants a sweeper to slow it down.