Raymond

1 minute ago, maqroll said:

Duran please

Watkins in Bailey’s spot and Duran in Watkins’ makes so much sense to me. 

I get we don’t want to play Chambers at CDM, but I worry we have weakened 2 spots by moving McGinn back. McGinn gets forward once and creates the best move of the match. 

Beautiful move. Ollie has to score. 

That deserved a yellow for the dive. Absolute horseshit.

We should just start falling in the box and see what happens. . 

We will be in a decent position if we can win tomorrow. I am not holding my breath about getting into Europe, but I thought it was done and dusted after the Leicester loss. 

That pass deserved an assist. What a ball. 

1 minute ago, srsmithusa said:

i'm not too bothered by the plan to play it out... but keeper to center half to wing back to center mid and then up is too predicatable.   We don't always get that far becuase the opposition has learned it from too many game tapes.  The first to figure out (i think Liverpool) sopped it by collapsing on the center mid to dispossess.  other teams have tried to break it open sooner.  Everton puts pressure on center back then wing back then drops quickly to intercept the balll into the center mid.

I have not problem playing it out, but need to get better at playing it to the man showing and open, not in the same pattern repeatedly.  But maybe this is incremental Emery ball.

I think a lot of this comes down to our CBs, specifically Konsa, struggling on the ball and struggling to find more incisive passes. I’m hoping it gets better when DC is back. 

Mings might be the most frustrating player I have ever rooted for. If he was just shit it would be fine. I have seen a lot of shit players. He isn’t one of them. And yet, all too often he does some dumb shit like that. 

Just one of those games. 

This ref is so bad I spent most of the game thinking it was Michael Oliver. 

He needed that. Happy for him and great finish. 

Olsen is awful. Literally cannot play him. 

Olsen is dogshit. 

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Nice to have a manager who can make impactful in-game changes. Feel bad for Bailey. Looks genuinely broken by missing that chance. 

Yeah. Done for today. 

Emi fouled. Luiz fouled. Joelinton offside. VAR: Silence

It might work. It might not. None of us know.

That said, he has one hell of a track record and left a club consistently in Europe to join us. That is a hell of a get on paper. 

I like this. Get McGinn some minutes in a low pressure situation. He is not suddenly the worst player in the league. 

Happy for Ollie because it is deserved, but what a hilarious goal. 

Imagine if CP had the guts to make the change when it was obvious a month and a half ago. We might be top 8. 
 

I know I should just be happy, but I’m worried that wasted time and those dropped points are going to haunt us. 

MOVE THE **** THREAD! WHAT A DAY!

This is about as bad as I can remember. I haven't been checked out like this since the relegation season. I'm not even really mad. Just numb. 

Gerrard obviously needs to go. Purslow needs to go for letting it get to this point. It has been clear for a month what needed to happen. 

Sent off for standing his ground? Cool. 

I guess thanks for the help getting Stevie gone, VAR. 

1 minute ago, Villaphan04 said:

Robbie Mustoe just now on NBC

"Aston Villa were terrible" 

Completely agree 

Paraphrasing, but before the game he basically said "Gerrard has to do something, anything different." 

I don't know if he can say it, but he is basically saying this guy has to go.