Smirking_Saint

Its that age old thing when a player is out of the side for a period he becomes infinately better, the thing is we are struggling to score goals, not letting in too many. Corks inclusion isnt going to change much there as Wanyama is a very effective ball winner despite the fact that his retention is poor. I thought Lambert looked ok if not spectacular. His link up with Ossie is improving but his lack of any pace whatsoever is telling. Lallana was terrible, slows down play, poor touches, poor delivery, he worked hard but was totally ineffective. J Rod was good for me despite the criticism he gets on here, his touch was off but he wasnt the only one. What he did give us was direct running and tried to get WHU on the back foot instead of slowing things and letting them regroup

Like Norwich ?

A penalty is given for a deliberate handball, it clearly wasnt deliberate. If it was given against us Id be annoyed, it should have been a corner.

Would have been soft really

I dont think Sunderland outperformed us either but I am getting worried at the lack of goals

Its obviously his fitness, the same as why Ramirez was subbed at that time too

Ramirez, J Rod, Isgrove, JWP, Osvaldo, Davis, Guly, Lallana, Lambert can all play in the top 3 positions. Punch is inconsistant and had as many poor games as good, plus he wanted to move to London due to his family. You need to try harder Dune

Really ? Boruc has always stood out for me as a very very good keeper. Pathetic thread

We arent ****, we are just too slow. Puncheon really isnt that goid, he popped up with a few goals but last year he gave the ball away a lot. Makes me laugh that he has now been elevated to godlike status and the answer to our prayers despite the fact we couldnt score last season either

Dont know why J Rod gets slated so much, he is easily our most direct attacking threat, played well today. Lallana, Lambert and Ossie seem to hold on too long and allow the opposition to regroup. Id have bought Gaston on as he is direct aswell, but there we go. Wanyama is quality defensively but he gives the ball away too much

Yup, we were scoring freeley in the last games of last season and he is a workd beater.....

Jaaskelainen played well, we dominated possession again but we are struggling to put the ball away. We seem to want to overplay but everyone was guilty of poor touch today for whatever reason

Yup, terrible, terrible manager......

Ill have to look around certain sites for a good deal soon then

Im talking about the conspiracy that Gerrard wants better options upfront with the return of Sturridge, Welbeck and Rooney who are in all honesty better options that you have described as the fact that SG wants his 'mates' back despite the fact its been reported and looks as though RL gets on very well with the England team. And then some crap about the fact that Cole didnt pass to him as being some form of old boys club bullying ? Yes I only saw the second, all I can say is that he must have been excellent in the first as his 2nd half performance was poor

I imagine he was attempting to unsettle Sharp, likelyhood is we just said we wouldnt entertain a drop in wages and mandric thought if he released this to the press it would make Sharp think the same.

He is earning enough doing bugger all here, which is part of the problem unfortunately

Maybe not ever ever But it was a pretty stupid statement

That is the most rediculous thing Ive ever heard

I always thought Yoshi was MPs first choice, but due to internationals came back to pre season needing a rest and Fonte took his chance.

I did only catch the second half, and to be honest, except for few exceptions they were all kak

And Lambert I think we need a bit if perspective that most of us lack TBH Everyone you mentioned was equally poor, but from what I saw Lambert had a bad game aswell. The result wasnt his fault, but as I said he was equally as poor as the rest

Exactly, looked a lot more assured this season, as I thought would be the case now that Jos is back on the bench. Not entirely sure what the issue with Yoshi is either TBH, obviously the latest casualty of Mr Xs ability blindness

Same as me, missed first half, the only time Ive seen him involved he has been terrible. But then so has Lampard, Walcott, young, milner and Cahill Ukraine have looked twice as dangerous as us