aimaad22

Aye what a monumental bellend that man is. Everyone's disappointed but no one can fault the effort from the players. It's been a brilliant season and these lads have worked their socks off. If you look at it as a whole over the last few weeks, we've done so well to stay in the CL, the league cup and a good position in the league all the whilst dealing with an injury crisis in the first season at this elite level for this squad, many of whom have never been in this position before. Not to mention we've drawn basically the most difficult opponents at every opportunity. Massive respect for Eddie and the team for remaining in a competitive position in all competitions through all of that. These are the motions we have to go through, over the next couple of years there will be more days like this as we become used to the rigours at this level and the squad expands and adapts. And don't forget this is all happening years ahead of schedule, and with the league and other big clubs doing seemingly all they can at every turn to stop it.

I understand this sort of game was on the cards given the circumstances I'm just disappointed with the performance on the day. I'm not saying we should be blasting them away. It's still only November, we're playing a very shite side that could easily have had 4 or 5 today. Just put this aside get the rest needed over the next 2 weeks and hope to hell a few players get back.

With the players out there we still should be giving a much better account of ourselves. The contributions from Joelinton Willock etc not nearly good enough and they've not played a lot. Obviously we're having terrible luck, no denying that. But it's felt to me today that we've gone into this game feeling sorry for ourselves.

Joelinton having a proper Steve Bruce game

Circumstances and all but they need a bollocking after this. Not nearly good enough. Looks like we've felt sorry for ourselves from the start and just not had a go

There you go. This is embarrassing

They've all been utter gash. Joe Willock Trippier longy.

At some point you've got to ask what we're doing here. Bad luck small squad and all but wtf are we doing wrong here with players falling all over the place? We're not the first team to play in the CL ffs

Parkinson on. Desperate times

Ah surely Gordon should be feeding the unmarked Longstaff there. First time we've really gotten in behind them.

Maybe this wakes us up. But we have been useless going forward

Rubbish defending from Schar and Tino there to be honest

Ffs wtf was that. Just shite

I predict a Schar thunderbastard

I don't think Eddie will be too unhappy with that. Realistically speaking he'll be hoping to stay in the game and hope to knick a goal somewhere. We look absolutely drained. Willock needs to do more. And Joe is wasted up top. Longy looks absolutely battered too so at some point I'd seriously consider putting the academy lad on and taking longy off with Joe moving back on the middle of the park.

Just get to half time and then hope for a miraculous change in performance second half

Thank goodness this Semenyo lad is shite

Aye lucky they can't finish and Pope is in full flow.

Get Joe in the middle to boss the game a bit? Or even back on the left. Seems wasted up front

I'm sure we'll see Tino early in the second half.

Pope brilliant there again, keeping us in it. This is painful like

Ritchie on. Shame but Miggy looked well off it from the start

Miggy could have easily gone down there with the shirt pulling

Miley looking decent again so far. Probably because he has more energy than anyone else

Joe playing CF for now