OTF

Frustratingly we're still our own biggest enemy. Leave us long enough with the slightest bit of pressure and we'll crumble.

100% this is exactly what we didn't need. They've not even had to be good, their last goal was their best a very good finish.

Oh dear.

Lascelles is a championship level defender at best, how we've managed to have him firmly established as captain is testament to how lacking our investment in the squad has been.

Everything Willock touches turns to shit currently, including his hairstyle.

It's mostly because the defense is set, but most mostly because we're also quite shit.

I liked that they won the league but they've overstayed their welcome with the amount of tits they have in their side. Just an upper middling side now anyway moving backwards.

Funny that seeing as he's not done anything praiseworthy.

It's frustrating stuff, Manquillo is out there because as an actual fullback positionally he should never let something like that happen. Hope an RB is high on the January shopping list.

I think you'll struggle to find any on here who think he should be in the side.

That was way too easy. Shocking positioning from Manquillo, wrong side of his man and putting him onside.

We're really lacking direction out there currently.

At the same time we'll only get better at it by doing it, the contact on Shelvey was more of a foul than the penalty, so even though we made an error we were only made to pay because the referree and VAR made a bigger error.

The more I see it the more fucking annoying that 'penalty' is, Lascelles was actually commencing withdrawing his leg, I apologise to him as he's not really done too much wrong there was a ball there to kick. Even Dermot Gallagher former ref has said that it's no penalty. Colossal fuck uo by the VAR, Maddison should be wearing a yellow.

He has, agreed, I'm comparing it to last season.

Willock's touch has gone to absolute shit.

Will be interested to hear the half time analysis of it. Absurd how many penalties this weekend.

Unfortunate but true. Ref didn't think twice about giving it but elsewhere on the pitch there's a fair chance that sort of minimal contact initiated by the attacking player is ignored.

They've not looked like scoring.... Lascelles: "Hold my margarita"

Our shape and movement is looking good, plus we're nice and composed. Early days but we're a very different side compared to under Bruce in a remarkably short amount of time.

Operation Pasty Clock just stepped up a notch. Give an inch and they always take a mile.

Check out my intelligent glasses whilst I mutter out some of the worst Queen's English you've ever heard.

This is phase 17 of the herd immunity strategy.

Emerton

Honestly we just need to secure our status for next season and then the real fun can begin. You wouldn't begrudge someone not wanting to commit to this project because of the real and immediate risk of relegation.