Dr Gloom

i quite enjoy it when we win. quietly smiling to myself amid the seething home supporters.] also, i had a cracking view of the game, unlike last time i went and sat in the upper tier of the away end, which requires binoculars

also, we won the last two games i went to, so UP YOURS

my best mate is a west ham fan. he comes up and sits with me in the home end at SJP too. or at least, he used to. it was an annual tradition until the ridiculous ballot system made it almost impossible to get two tickets together

did we even test their keeper second half? i can't remember

they out xg'd us by more than a goal. 3-1 felt about right give how abject we were second half

first half was quite even, i felt. we had a few good chances though i didn't like how we invited pressure after taking the lead. second half was shambolic. we looked completely useless going forwards and vulnerable every time they broke on us

unfortunately it's brentford away next before man city at home. we need to play much better to take three points from brentford

plus you never know when he's going to go off

we deserved to lose. that isn't up for debate. it's up there with leeds as our worst performance of the season.

i hear the ball sticks to him

anyone heard why trippier wasn't in the squad? or why big nick was hooked at half term? i'm hoping neither are injuried

Ah man, that was such a frustrating afternoon. Especially as I was sat behind enemy lines. The atmosphere in there was non existent and if we’d got that second goal, it would have turned toxic and we could have buried them. I can’t figure out why we were so passive after scoring yet again away from home. They were there to be beaten if we put the foot on the throat while on top. Instead we sit back and invite pressure. That must come from the manager. I don’t know how he fixes it. He’s the football manager and knows a lot more than I do but surely we would have a better chance if we approach the game like we do at home - play positively for longer periods and try to kill games off instead of trying to be pragmatic. It doesn’t suit us.

I’m behind enemy lines today. In the home end with my West Ham mate. Hoping for a toxic atmosphere

He’s hardly going to move back to a farmer’s league now he’s had a taste of the big time

Newsflash: lots of people like Nigel Farage

How can a random stabbing spree on a train be anything but a terrorist attack?

Paging Dr Newcastle 😂

It can’t be made into a film, can it?

stronger squad and a stronger team on the season so far given Nick and the rat’s respective form

his unwillingness to rotate and tendency to overuse favourites in the past has been eddie's biggest weakness but it's one he seems to be putting to bed this season. he's helped, of course, by having a much stronger squad.