Btay

Gomes has had a stinker. Just chasing after people trying to leave a boot in because he has the shits. Benitez needs to tear into them here. 34% possession is pathetic. Doucoure and Gray on. One of Davies/Gomes off & Iwobi

How’s that bottle looking?

Mina eats that ball up

Someone needs to have a word to Godfrey and Holgate about these long balls. Absolute shit house

Well fuck me we look so bad at the back

Glad it was Digne, could see him trying to fire everyone up plus he has the arm band. Hope he finds his old self now

Digne shows him how it’s done. Quality in that left foot, great pass from Andros

Iwobi has to finish or pass that

Consistent from Gomes at least.

That is some of the worst football I’ve seen from us. Holgate with a nothing ball into the box. Davies done on toast. Pathetic

Kevin friend…. Gomes needs to get his head together.

Meant 0-0

Iwobi given the ball away every time he’s touched it

Well it’s a decent line up but it reflects how little we have in the way of depth

Stupid move by the club here. What ever anyone thinks of James and the situation is fine but the moment the window shut for us to be able to bring someone in all differences needed to be put aside and Rafa/coaching staff needed to get the best out of James until January. @dunlopp9987 we don’t know the full story with why the moves broke down earlier but this move suggests he doesn’t want to be frozen out here before a World Cup. I am certain he would have put in 100% for us to try and make the World Cup with Columbia.

Didn’t even know he was out of the country

Need to bounce back and get some momentum. Tricky away tie, these teams have to be respected or you’ll find yourself out of the cup however lots of injuries for us at the moment. Really struggling to put together a team for this. Begovic Holgate Keane Godfrey Davies Gomes Iwobi James Gordon Rondon Gray 3 at the back hasn’t been great but we have no real LB back up and Kenny is bang average. Doubt James will even be in the squad. Gbamin, who knows?

Thought so as well. Would have preferred to see him central with Gray out wide but he was okay.

Hard to say mate. The corner is a very very difficult one to judge, I think that’s harsh. 3rd maybe but we should have never given him the chance to go through like that and he hit is with serious power. Huge save off Mings to keep it at 0-0 early doors, we had chances after that to take control of the game. Begovic wasn’t an issue in that loss for me.

Gray. Some player he is. Thought Mina was the pick of the defenders. Begovic couldn’t really do a lot with the goals conceded. Shame but we move on. Highlights what we all know about our squad depth.

Always one isn’t there

Agree

Gray will only benefit from James feeding him. Disappointed with how this is developing.

I think Rafa had his hands tied a bit, Richarlison is strange though - even resting him but not having him on the bench for 30 minutes. Jon Jo kenny will get torn apart by Bailey here.

If Godfrey sprints he gets there. Piss poor