S-Clarke

I wouldn't describe him as a quality player, he's pretty average and truth be told playing at his level towards the bottom third of this league. We will have to do better than Redmond if we want to go any higher. In a way, I think he sums up this team over the last 5 years. He seems to get affected by confidence really badly and shrinks so much when the going is tough (which it has been most of his time here, tbh). He seems very much a confidence player and a lot of our players are like that, which is why they all seem to struggle when the chips are down. They look great when the going is good though. My gripe with Redmond is that he's never made the right decisions. It's all well and good making the right runs, but if you can't do anything with the ball when you get it, what's the point? His decision making and his insistence on stopping our attacks and passing it backwards are infuriating, bordering on anti football. Bar a spell in 2018/2019 that's all he's done, and it's probably confidence related more than ability as he probably has that in his locker - as we saw for a short spell in 2018. I imagine he would be a decent squad player in a team doing well, I wouldn't want to be in the trenches with someone like Redmond though.

Yeah that was my only concern as well. I wasn't expecting our midfield to compete as well tonight, but he did great in there. Just need another influence in the final third to take his place if he stays in the middle (which I think he will).

I'm going to put a bet on us winning that one, you just know that will happen. Their winning run stops against the worst team in the league.

I think we've got enough gap in between this one, hopefully. His prob is when we have 3 in quick succession. I doubt he'll play next mid-week against City.

Yeah, I think he's lost what makes him a decent modern day wing back. Probably decent enough in a team who play at a slower pace and don't rely on full back width, but I think his time is up in a team who requires the full backs to get forward quickly and support attacks. He's lost the pace, lost an intensity and doesn't have the same level of physicality to get up and down the pitch. I don't want to discredit his contribution because he's been a fantastic servant for us, through all sorts of seasons. It's just a shame it's ending like this tbh, but I wish him all the best. Wonder if he'll end up abroad somewhere?

He's a huge part of how we play, it's noticeable how much better we are with a decent full back in the side. Good news is that he is potentially in contention for Saturday. if not then, next week.

Nah, gotta get him white and isolated against the full back. He'd get gobbled up and beaten up by midfielders.

Seriously? One of our best players tonight. Put in a proper shift, pressing, winning the ball back. Our best attacker by far, level above Adams. Without him we are gone, dead, finished.

I've noticed. Vanished during our good form, but back for this. Who'd have funked it.

He's been shit ever since he's been here tbh, bar a little purple patch in 2018. Really dreadful football player. We'd be a much better team without him in it or in the squad. Says it all when he's pulled from the pitch when we're chasing the game.

Get the win here, stop the rot. Off the back side of Ramsdale I don't care, just need to get the 3 points and start looking upwards again and towards focusing on the FA Cup.

People say it's excuses, excuses, but the injuries and lack of squad depth has contributed to this. You cannot ignore that clear and obvious fact. The are a lack of options all over the park and it's made it very difficult. The real criticism I have is letting Valery go, he is a better option than Jan at Right back without question. Surely Ralph had the say in that, so he needs to take stick for letting that one happen. The worry for me is that this is just a sign of where we are heading. We need to build the squad out a bit but I just don't see how we can.

Eddie Howe is the in name it seems. Or Jason Tindell. Let's push the boat out and get Paul Cook.

A point? that's got to be a win, absolute 3 points. No argument. Need to stop the rot in that game before we go to City.

I've never been sure what Kelvins attributes are, apart from being one of the lads.

I don't think you're in the minority, I think most people feel that way. The problems are deeper than the manager and I've said that for years.

I don't think it's fair to say that's a weakened team tbh. Not even close.

He's very consistent, I'll give you that. Quite frequently the oppositions best defender too.

I'm sure we will, just need to get a win off of someone's backside to stop this rot. Feels a bit of a mental block once we get into the final third as well. But this season will now be worse than last year, which is incredibly disappointing I think.

Everton were there for the taking tonight, that's the frustrating thing. They were really poor and we couldn't do anything of note at all. 1 shot on target in the 87th min just isn't good enough, no matter how you dress it up. Thought we looked better once we dropped the Jan at right back horror show, but it felt a little too late then. Really not sure where we go. We've got Adams who is just dross at the moment, and let's be truth has never been much cop. Redmond is just Redmond, don't need to say anything more about that abomination of a premier league footballer. Moussa was a bright spark, as was Ings in the final third. Luck would probably have it that Moussa is injured now. Onto the next one I guess. Fail to win that one and I've had it tbh.

We've broken up a decent partnership tbf. Jan is not a right back, he looks so uncomfortable. Unsure how to defend, unsure how to attack. Salisu isn't winning anything against DCL either, which isn't helping. This game will teach him a lot about PL strikers.

To be fair, JWP has been pretty tidy in possession and playing that role as he is supposed to. He's not in the team to be an attacking/creative midfielder. But he's kept us moving quickly when he's had the chance to.

I'd love to understand more about our 'closing of facilities/reduced access', as that seems incredibly dumb to me.

Defo think we need something extra in the middle, push Armstrong further up. Luckily we haven't been gobbled up too much in the middle, but because Armstrong is there we are lacking extra quality in the final third.

I don't think either team have played that well to be fair, lacking in real quality from either side. Ings has been leading from the front for us, pressing, forcing errors, winning it back etc. He has been everywhere and it's been good to see. Other than that, our attack has been a non-event. I think Jan has looked like a fish out of water at right back, he doesn't have a clue what to do when he's faced with the ball in front of him, absolutely no idea. That in turn is making us completely lopsided, which is a major issue because our left side is inept. So we are fully reliant on play through the middle in this one.