Baird of the land

Feels like a game that's going to make me regret the feeling 'there's nothing worse than the hope of playing well and taken the lead only to see it demolished in the second half'

If you are looking to get rid and bring in someone who has done a decent job in their first job but is available, the obvious candidate would be Steve Cooper. Did well at swansea getting to playoffs twice despite owners selling squad.

I thought last year for West Brom Semi Ajayi looked quite decent, and big and strong. Looks like he's not in their team this year. Wonder if he could be an option.

I was yelling at my screen from 60 minute mark onwards to get KWP on. Even bring him on at left back where Perraud was struggling.

I don't think we should be appointing a manager on the hunch that he'll learn to be a good manager one day. Terry needs to go to the championship or Scotland (like Lampard/Gerrard) and earn his spurs imo.

If he switches and Fraser commits an absolute howler then he will be under massive pressure to switch again which gets us nowhere. Think both are very average but that's where we are.

A small proportion pay off(the likes of Zidane massively aided by having the best players in the world to work with). You could equally at how badly Arteta is doing or any other of tonnes of ex footballers who flop trying the top job. Guardiola managed the Barcelona B team before he was thrust into Barca hotseat)

Think you need glasses. The ball is in the picture. It's the white thing between Richarlison and Slaisu.

Did very well at Villa. In what capacity making the tea! Wigley and Gray were such terrific managers

That just sets a precedent that if we concede a few to change keeper again.

No he couldn't have. Where Richarlison hits it is well in advance of where Mccarthy stopped coming forward a second before.

No it doesn't.

Hopefully Ralph sticks with his pick Mccarthy for a period rather than flip flopping like the end of last season.

Find the notion of appointing Terry completely comical. Why not appoint John Barnes he was once a good footballer too.

No its 100% on Salisu. Neither keeper is going to get near that before richarlison even i believed yout odd Fraser would have tried to come hypothesis

Yeah what stats because it's clearly not overall Win %

Personally don't see it. At the point Mccarthy stops coming and decides to set himself instead, Richalison clearly would have got there first and the same people criticising him for staying would be criticising him for coming for a ball he was never going to get.

I don't see how you really place goal blame on jack for the skewed clearance. You might as well blame livramento then for his failed clearance that led to jack having to try to deal with it. You'd hope coaches would be drilling it into him though about the way that he too often ball watches and let's his man drift off him. Happened in the first half and fortuntely calvert lewin put it over the bar but there was no let off for that third goal.

McCarthy, kwp, bednarek, salisu, perraud, Romeu, jwp, Livramento, Armstrong, Armstrong, Adams.

Bizarre he didn’t trust one of his best players from last season who also had a full pre-season to come on and try and help at 1-1.

Don’t agree we were very much in today’s game in the second half. the difference Rafa brought on fresh legs in 70th, whilst we didn’t.

Curious did any journo ask about KWP? Was he just dropped or not fit enough to start but for some reason included on the bench. Still found it bizarre he didn't come on at 1-1 if he was in any shape to play.

No i don't think so. We've played very well at times in his formation. We were excellent in the first half today playing it. He's somehow got to get the team to switch on after half time and then he's got to learn how to use subs to effectively freshen things up as the second half progresses.

While i’d Prefer we had Johnstone I just don’t see how using our remaining budget on that position, when today showed we desperately need a cb would be crazy.

Eddie Howe, no thanks.