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I think there is at least 8 worse teams than us Tinker.

Interesting post LC. My view on Emi is that i like the fact that he always wants the ball, and tries things, but he does give the ball away a lot. Everybody seems to have a downer on PC at the moment, but he is a notch above Emi, and doesn't give the ball away as much. When we have a good team, i think he is a useful squad player

The amount of times we was in good positions last night, and the final choice/pass was poor. Watkins shouldn't be offside, Ramsey should shoot across the goalie, McGinn and Archer should do better. Thats not including the amount of times the ball is wide and the cross fails to beat the 1st defender.n't taken the max points we should What Gerrard is saying imho is some of the players aren't good enough to take us up the table. McGinn, Ings, Bailey, Watkins are not top 10 players, Buendia, PC, and Ramsey maybe. Replace Watkins and Bailey with better players, who have better touch, make better runs, and are better players and Ramsey, PC, and Emi become better players as well. Kamara has probably been the best signing in 10 to 15 years, because he is exactly the kind of player we needed, we have a ready made replacement in Tim, we need better players around him. I'm not sure that is Gerrards fault. I understand the temptation to buy Sarr, but maybe SG thought that he was not the right player to take us forward, and I think his signings have been very good so far. We have shown in the last few games that we are much better than Leeds, Forest, and Southampton , but our limitations up front means we have taken the maximun levels we should. I know its an unpopular view, but i would give him until the summer, allow him to buy a couple in Jan, and then if hes still here , improve the squad in the summer. I watched the last 2 games, and i didn't see tactical naivety in our play, jus bad decision making. I think Jack hid a lot of our problems. He was probably worth about 10 to 15 points a season

Luiz had a better game last night, but moves the ball too slowly, gives silly free kicks away, and looks for free kicks instead of getting back into position. Hes nowhere near as good as Kamara in that role. He falls into the category as nowhere near as good as we think he is. If Arse offer over £20m i would let him go

Emery bought Pepe and Luiz for Arse. Gerrard got Kamara on a free, and Carlos for £30m Just saying, careful what you wish for

Whats the record been since Jack left? Not sure some of the players we thought were good , are as good as we think. Keane was right, McGinn, Ramsey, Watkins and Coutinhio were not brave enough on the ball. Ramsey has to shoot, Archer and McGinn have to do better in them positions, choice of final ball is poor, and quality in the final 1/3rd is very poor. Regardless of who the manager is, those issues do not go away. Did Ings touch the ball?

To be fair to Gerrard Zatman, Traore, El Ghazi or Trez were never going to be good enough. I'm not convinced about Bailey, and maybe Sarr didn't convince in an interview. We nned more quality and pace up front, and then you would see the best of PC and EB

All the experts on here. I think we are in a rebuild, he needs better quality up front, he hasn't been able to bring in any players up front yet. If SG had bought Bailey and Watkins then i would ne worried about his ability. For me all of his signings have improved the team, but Bailey, Watkins and Ings are all unreliable and average at best

I would give Archer a go, Either start him, or bring him on after 60 mins. The problem is if SG does he will get slaughertered because he didn't play Watkins or Ings

Ings is finished

Leeds were even worse

Replace Watkins with an average player and you win that game. Blame the manager all you like, but Ings has done nothing. Still try Archer though, although might be too much pressure on a young player We will only improve when we bring in better players than Watkins and Bailey. Gerrards buys so far have been better than DS's , that is why I would stick with him. 2 good buys in Jan would make all the difference.

Some of you have forgot the rubbish we had under Lambert. Some of you kept telling me Westwood was a good player. 3 1st teamers out today who would have made a difference. The average players, who need replacing, Watkins, Ings, Bailey, are all DS signings. I like Poch, but I think he would struggle with some of the players we have

Same limited arguement, we didn't win so sack the manager. Watkins is so poor that Keinan would do a better job. Good chances for Watkins today, and he didn;t take one. Thats not the managers fault

We have to try and get the ball to him quicker.

Good on the ball, terrible off it. Hes better than McGinn atm, but we need better. Now Kamara was very good, and JJ shows glimpses of real quality, those 2 should start.

Against the best team in Europe they showed some fight and bottle. SG certainly hasn't lost the dressing room, we was lucky, but i'll take it. Young MOM, Ramsey and Kamara are going to be very good players, Bailey is our match winner. Martinez and Digne played well, Konsa and Mings better, Luiz on the ball is fine, not sure off the ball.

His runs and positioning suit Emi and PC better than Ings and Watkins. Ings is too slow, and Watkins doesn't know where to run. Archer and Bailey stretched the game

For the future, Massengo from Bristol City

Zaha and Eze run the show today, a bit like 2 seasons ago. I was advocating Eze years ago, but that ship has sailed. SWe haven't got anybody in our team who is better than Zaha

Tayls, i watched todays game, i saw Emi getting the ball and having no options because nobody was making runs, i saw Watkins consistantly giving the ball away, i saw Bailey constantly trying to get free kicks, i saw lack of ability in the final 1/3rd. If we had Zaha today we wouldn't have lost. I'm not sure about SG, but i do think he has been left some duds, and i do like his signings, so atm i am prepared to give him more time

Good Tayls SG is getting the blame for previous signings. He might not be good enough, but i would defy any manager to get a good midfield out of our squad

Theres only 3 current midfielders we have now , who i want in 12 months time. Thats Tim, Kamara, and JJ. The rest aren't good enough, full stop

Or don't play Emi or PC. I think it will be either Emi or PC, and Sarr or Bailey. I would play Tim and Kamara in next weeks game and play, if we have Sarr, Sarr, Emi or PC, and Bailey. Still need a decent forward though

I think he will sign a midfielder before the end of the transfer window. If i was SG, i would want to die on my sword and be given the opportunity to get in the players i want. I'm not disappointed with any of his signings tbh