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Well then Dave Merrington is an idiot who obviously wasn't watching the Cardiff game.

It's the way he thinks he can dribble past players effortlessly then just shrugs when he inevitably gets tackled that gets me. One moment on the second half today he got the ball in a good position with passing options available, but he just thought he could walk the ball past the City defenders to the edge of the box without any tricks or burst of pace. Just bizarre. At least with previous signings like Gaston or Boufal you could see the occasional glimpse that they might have some talent and come good, but not so with this fella.

Please excuse my ignorance here but how is it even possible for a player to make 29 passes while only managing 24 touches?

Always up against it today, but if the ref had rightly given that pen at 1-1 it would have been a different story. Then we concede straight afterwards, just as we have made a habit of doing after scoring or missing a great chance, and it's game over. I really don't see the point of Mo elyounoossi (?) He really is terrible - just an empty shirt that contributes nothing whatsoever. I think I can see the logic in the selection today - it's a game we aren't expected to win so let's rest some players for games where we have more of a chance, but too many players just not up to it out there today. Lemina pretty anonymous again. Romeu still very rusty. Best player on the pitch was PEH, then he loses his head and now we're without him for a few games. Stupid, stupid tackle to make when the game is already lost.

Unbelievably poor. Possibly one of our worst signings ever. Contributes nothing whatsoever. Might as well start with only ten men on the pitch.

I honestly wonder if having Ali Dia on the pitch would be more productive. Moi is just completely useless. Contributes nothing whatsoever.

Great. Now we're without PEH for the next 3 games then. Just what we needed.

Yep. We committed 4 players forward for a press and that was the result.

Just seen the replay of Aguero's goal before HT. F*ck me, McCarthy has to do better with that. He has been given a lot of goodwill on here on the basis that he isn't Forster, but he has been very questionable recently.

Oh Bedders. You can't do that FFS!

Commentator ripping Long for his goal record, saying you would be disappointed with that even as a CB!

At least Valery's was a genuine attempt to win the ball. FFS Targett. Way too pedestrian. Had time to do something with that but gets caught out.

Surely Sterling was offside though? Looked clear to me from the replay.

But isn't that because he's so lightweight? Regardless of how easily he went down, it's still a blatant push in the back and a foul.

I can't put into words how f*cking angry I am with this ref. He didn't hesitate in ruling out that pen and then smiled about it. Blatant push in the back. Maybe JWP went over a little easy bit it's still a penalty all day long FFS!

Game over

Oh FFS! Yet another ridiculous deflection costs us a goal. Why does that kind of sh*t never happen in our favour!?

How is that not a penalty!?

Yep. Lemina blows hot and cold regardless of who we might be playing.

Why is Spurs losing a bad result for us?

Like I said in the match thread: to get caught unsighted by a long range shot once can be forgiven. For it to happen twice in 2 games cannot be put down to bad luck. As for the second goal - it was a decent hit but it was centre of the goal at head height. I think he will be disappointed with both of them.

I'm not going to pretend we didn't deserve to lose that, because WH were clearly the better team, but with the ref missing the rugby tackle on Bednarek right before their second goal, and Mccarthy being questionable for both of them, it's not unreasonable to suggest we might have got something out of it.

Or maybe he should sort his positioning out. To get caught out by unsighted shots twice in 2 games is not just bad luck. Wouldn't happen to a top 6 club keeper.

And he couldn't see Billing's shot for Hudds at the weekend either. Once is forgivable; twice is questionable IMO.

It was terrible defending to give WH that chance on the break, but for the first time I'm really starting to question Mccarthy. He will know he could/should have done better with both of their goals.