19 Oct 2025 02:45:29
Lost for words. That was atrocious. Talk about curb my enthusiasm.
Honestly. That was the worst I've seen us play for I don't know how long. Not one good thing to say.
Looks like the whole team lost their form during the international break. No thumbs up to any player.
Clueless in possession. No imagination or attacking ideas. Far too slow going forward. Bullied off or from the ball.
Good we are practicing shooting in training. That's really paying off.
Sach and struik and cal should not be starting.
Genius idea to bring ao on in defense. Full marks Farke.
I could go on and on.
Strange we didn't buy a striker in the window. Bambi is better than cal and I never thought I'd be saying that.
This team is not better than last year.
This team is in deep rubbish chaps.
Still I'm glad we sensibly withdraw from negotiations on some of the players and let Sunderland buy them.
This is one major major major **** up.
I'm back opti mate.
19 Oct 2025 08:26:16
Thought Gudmundsson played really well.
Draw the positives out of a negative, they are always there Aus ?.
19 Oct 2025 09:08:51
Think he played ok. Our best. But really well a stretch opti.
He did the best he can in a team that obviously hadn’t played together before.
19 Oct 2025 09:12:38
It’s just so demoralising. I slag us off but I really did not think we could be that bad. That’s a bad worse than Burnley who are themselves bad.
I was flummoxed.
You can look at 49ers bravado, underwood, Farke. Transfer policy, recruitment, players form etc etc.
it’s not looking good. Let’s hope we can win 10 at home.
19 Oct 2025 10:19:17
We created chances Aus and should have scored at least two goals.
We, for some time now, have had difficulties in converting our multitude of chances into goals, even during the Bielsa era.
This is simply down to the quality that we can afford and quality goal scorers in the top flight are at a premium value.
When we stop creating goal scoring chances that is the time in my book to be very concerned.
We need a little good patch with a back to back win and some of our players getting on the score sheet to build some much needed confidence.
To me we look frustrated and that probably leads on to trying too hard which is never a good thing.
We are due a good spell with some luck, let’s see if that happens, how the players will perform.
Yes it’s frustrating atmo, but from what I’ve seen so far in the way we can play, it will get better.
We do need Okafor, James and Gnonto adding a bit more zest to our attacking and hopefully some much needed goals.
Don’t give up there’s a long way to go yet.
19 Oct 2025 10:41:55
Gudmondsson was at fault for the first goal, leaving Harrison with two players to mark!
Probably our best apart from that though.
19 Oct 2025 11:25:38
Think the most frustrating thing lads is lack of imagination and use of what we have. Surely if we had hone with Rodon Struik and Bijol, Boges and Gudmundsson as wing backs then the 3 in mid, we could then utilise Ao or Piroe behind DCL. Gudmundsson has played many matches as a winger and we know Boges is capable. BA just don't cut it, too slow to make decisions, then makes the wrong one and is so negative passing back or sideways.
19 Oct 2025 13:29:27
Nail meet head, good assessment Vid, irrespective of what we can or cannot do in January, I believe Farkey has to look at formations (if wingers are injured) and rotate the squad, if we’re creating very little. It’s really not a personal campaign against BA but neither he or Jack wanted us, conversely, I’ve never wanted either of them since, but believe there are far better options at the club.
I agree with Vid and would push both full backs into wingbacks
With wages BA is a £35 million pound investment and our returns on that investment, are woeful, he’s fit, but then so is next doors jack Russel, he runs all day with very little tangible benefit too!
But BA cannot stay on his feet, he is so easily knocked off the ball, change the system, until wingers are fully fit, we lack a spark and enterprise, that’s why AO should be back in, play him as a 10 or Piroe but this intransigent painting by numbers approach, just isn’t working, Burnley and West Ham are as good a chance as you will get in this league.
19 Oct 2025 14:32:43
Hopefully our wingers will be back sooner than later and we can stick with plan A. Changing formation I feel could send everything sideways and actually be be worse, Jesse Marsh style didn’t work well for us last time in the Prem if that’s what you’re talking about.
Although we looked a bit off it yesterday I still thought we were the better team and created plenty of chances to win that game. Besides Parker’s team at Turf Moor are still very difficult no matter how rubbish everyone wants to think they are, even Liverpool had a frustrating time there. I think we’ve created more opportunities at their ground than any team has so far this season.
Still, there’s no excuses for not racking up at least two goals yesterday, it was unacceptable finishing and our players must do better if we are to survive this season.
19 Oct 2025 17:17:21
BA could play left back (ie left back in the changing room) .