BrummieBoyo

When Lambert told Bennett to stick to Valencia, he did'nt mean the Valencia in Spain,cuz that's about as far away as he has been from him all game so far.

Our ball retention is shocking. One thing you must do is pass the ball better. They are all professionals .Not one of our players have got anywhere near Rooney. Damage is done already. Utd don't even need to get out of first gear. Second half is damage limitation for us now.

why are our midfielders standing off so much. were inviting them on.

Evra dirty ****

Rooney's not even playing as a striker,he's playing in midfield. We have two central defenders trying to pick up one striker & neither have a clue where he was. poor defending whichever way you look at it. does'nt take a genious to work out that Bennett is the weak link.

Thats a poor free kick by Nzog, i expected him to at least hit the target

Guilt edged chances goin begging here. need to finish these

What a chance there for Nzog. NO COMPOSURE AGAIN

Lambert needs to grow some balls here & go for the win by making an attacking change here before Reading get the equaliser. 

Andi could made that so much easier for Gabby there, a bit more care with the pass

Hopefully Nzog will be make the difference for us now & finally kill this game off. Nervous much?!!!!

Why are we so shit at defending crosses we are living very dangerously here. so poor. its basic defending.

Fell asleep there at the throw,not good enough. Next goal is crucial. better movement there.

I know its a gamble but i'd like to see Carruthers on in centre Midfield. Were having plenty of good possesion but wasting it at times. He's a good player who knows when give or go.

We need to get back to retaining possesion agen, we dont have to rush trying to get forward just be patient, something we struggle to do.

borderline offside there could have gone either way. Lucky Villa 

Great tackle by Bannan then after he give it away,good to see that

Some people moan about Bannan but at least he can pass & keeps the possesion ticking over nicely

Unlucky for Bannan, his shot came off the post, and that will probably be forgotten post-game.

 

Don't worry, I for one will remember the sitter Bannan missed from 6 yards.

At least Bannan was in the right position to miss? I don't remember many of our other midfielders gambling on getting forward to score?

Gabby needs to get in the six yard box more often thats where the chances are going to fall. Just needs to gamble a bit more & find the spaces. Good half,more neat tidy ball retention like we saw in the move for the goal & we can take the points here.

that was a great passage of play, finally something at the end of a good passing move. patience & composure. end product. get in Villa.

Bannan just needed some composure then n settled himself before shooting

Why do we persist in only looking for Benteke with free kicks,its too predictable. Would'nt it be a nice change to play the ball into a different player. You don't need to be big to win the ball. Reading are wise to it & doubling up on Benteke so we need to mix it up a bit & use some imagination.

Long ball up to benteke, thats all we've got. We seem incapable of playing basic passing Football.

what's wrong with giving our subs a go. can't do any worse than the rest of em.

Lambert is to blame for tonights result, he got the tactics all wrong for this game. Newcastle play Cisse up front, so we play a 5 at the back where the width is supposed to come from our full backs who spent most of the time defending. We needed to play wide & get Nzogbia & Gabby to stretch them in order to get decent service to Bent & Benteke. Play 442 which every pro footballer can play.