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Archer, and Aaron Ramsey on fire at Boro! Ramsey looks like a stronger, faster version of Buendia!

Di'Maria is too old, and was poor for Man U in the Premier league when he was in his prime. I'd stay away from him personally.

You just made my point. Buendia needs development! He isn’t rubbish, neither is it his teammates fault he didn't perform. Buendia continually plays himself into trouble. Isn’t strong enough, tricky enough, or quick enough too avoid losing possession when under pressure. He always wants to play that perfect through ball or clever flick, even when it isn't on (which is often the case) None of these are his teammates faults, they're his. He has had a couple of good games lately and is improving. But if you judged him on his attacking play upto now, it's not been good enough overall. We love him because he harasses and works hard defensively, but most of his bluster doesn't even lead to a turnover because he's so slow and lightweight. I want him to succeed as much as anyone else, when we signed him I was salivating over him and Jack in the same team. But the reality has been depressing. He is creative, but limited, he needs to get smarter, and choose his moments better, to become a useful player.

This is utter rubbish. We played 2 10's under Gerrard the system was practically made for someone like him. And Smith and the scouting team had their eyes on him for a while. Buendia's good games can be counted on one had. He has literally had 3 good games for us. That's it.

Or if McGinn could finish the nice cross Bailey provided with his wrong foot!

But Bailey isn't being used in that way. Bailey is being asked to stay up and be a threat with his pace, which he does have. His teammates have said so themselves. Buendia is slow so has to play deeper.

My personal feeling is that neither Bailey, or Buendia have been good enough on a consistent basis. They have both had very impressive moments, and matches, but mostly they give the ball away the majority of the time. Coutinho for me is the most intelligent of our 3 creative player, and thus I consider him to be better than Bailey and Buendia. The thing with Bailey is he is the only one with genuine pace. And Coutinho and Buendia have similar games, when on the ball. So we have to get an alternative to Bailey at least as Traore is obviously not favoured.

The other two didn't get sent off in the process. Also the other two were put in a tricky situation by being passed to in the process. Martinez made the wrong choice of pass. Not hating but it was a poor mistake, which he followed up with a stupid foul and red card. That's just the reality. Best man to step into the team regardless. Defends well, is good in the air, and with Luiz alongside him, the playing out shouldn't suffer too much.

I'm not saying his going to be starting every game. What I am saying is I expect Emery to see him as someone who in 2 or 3 years (maybe sooner) would be the perfect partner for Kamara. He was doing exceptionally well before Beale left, and since then the team has dropped like a stone. He has underperformed, like everyone else at QPR. As for KKH his situation is a little different. Firstly he is a couple of years younger, and hasn't even got u21 caps yet I believe. Secondly Iroegbunam has won the u21 euros, as the primary DM. Thirdly Iroegbunam is being chased by a number of top clubs. Iroegbunam is further along in his development. KKH has to mature as a defender.

He has massive potential, I'm sure Emery will love him. Iroegbunam just needs to find consistency, which Emery can help him with.

I regards to defenders it's important that any incoming defenders have pace. The high line Emery wants to implement at home necessitates pace in the back 4. Andersen isn't particularly quick. Also I expect Iroegbunam to have place in the squad next season who is 6'1 and aggressive, and can pass. Literally all the qualities we need alongside Kamara.

If we are signing Chelsea players I would prefer Hudon Odoi to Pulisic.

Ironically RLC and Ziyech started against Tottenham yesterday!

We have to say what we see. Any criticism I give is meant as constructive. We are a work in progress. Emery has instilled the ability to won ugly, but we can't do that all the time, football doesn't work that way. The best teams can play well and win against weaker teams most of the time, and win ugly against their equals and lessers when they need to. We need to play well and win against the likes of Bournemouth, Southampton, Brentford and so on. Especially so when at home. For me Everton, West Ham, and Wolves are exceptions down there as they have real quality. Onana, Doucore, Tarkowski, and DCL (when fit) at Everton. I probably wasn't entirely fair as Everton are a big strong outfit of the type that tend to make us suffer. However they lack quality in the final third and aren't a possession based team, but they dominated us for periods, and created more then us.

Just because he has been okay in previous games, doesn't mean they were good performances. Under Gerrard he was total wank! Now he has been decent, with one good performance. That's how I see it.

Seems to me we are either trying to play at 200 miles an hour, or totally pedestrian. The players still haven't found that sweet spot where we are patient, yet moving the ball at a good tempo.

Ollie is confident and looking a force infront of goal. His workrate, pressing, ability to work the channels is still his bread and butter. The first touch still lets him down sometimes, and he isn't great one on one (but capable). He was poor with his one on one's yesterday, little to feed off as the supply was poor, good penalty.

One good performance in a poor team performance doesn't make him reborn. This was a game that suited his skillset. He played well and was my man of the match. But he needs to do this consistently.

Felt he had his best game since he came back from injury. Feel he is playing very defensively, we need to give him more freedom to find the space and get forward, because defending the left flank isn't his strong suit.

Bailey is being played very high.up the pitch, and when are defending corners he is higher up than Watkins. He simply didn't get the supply he needed yesterday. He had a couple of moments in the first half, where he looked sharp, but wasn't able to fashion anything significant, the supply dried our after that. Buendia came onand he plays deeper, he dropped into midfield, and did well with the goals, but otherwise consistently gave the ball away. The team in general was poor yesterday. McGinn stood out for his aggression, and Mings as he was the only one in defence that looked like he could be relied on. We got away with that one, Everton were better than us, fortunately we have found our scoring boots under Emery, and Everton don't seem to have any.

The win was most important, the clean sheet a lovely bonus. McGinn put in a beautifully dogged performance today. My only complaint in regards McGinn is that sometimes he wasn't quick enough to help Cash. Digne is really struggling for form. I understand why he started, as Everton are a big strong outfit, and Dyche has injected some extra aggression into their play. Emery clearly selected the biggest, strongest defense and midfield he could have fielded bar Dendonker. Poor performance overall today though. Struggled to play out, struggled to find teammates with the ball, struggled to build attacks. It was a backs to the wall effort against a poor (but improving) Everton team. Not what I want to see going forward. The defense as a whole is too slow with the ball, when playing out, defenders taking too many touches. This really needs eed sorting. Ref was poor today, as usual. Got the important decisions right though. Buendia did two lovely things, contributed to a goal, and scored one. Otherwise he was constantly giving the ball away. Konsa was poor today, he was getting bullied out there today, lacks conviction in possession. Cash was dogged, but let McNeil look like a good player. Mings was solid, looked the most assured of our defenders. Martinez made a couple of important saves, and his distribution was improved on last weeks showing. Ramsey worked hard and got Digne out of trouble a couple of times. Gave the ball away less than most. Kamara had a poor game struggled with the power of Doucore and Onana. Luiz was good on the ball, but overpowered at times. Watkins made it 5 in 5. Workman like performance, got tackled everytime he tried to take a defender on. Bailey worked hard, looked lively, but like Watkins had very little service, unlike Watkins lacks the strength to compete for high balls, and balls over the top. Important win, which was needed to get over 3 disastrous results. Barely kept a clean sheet against a team that's only scored 16 goals in 24 games. Good result, must improve!

Thought Ramsey has had a solid second half. Very good defensive work. Has been the only one on that side not consistently giving the ball away.

Good goal Buendia, terrible defending from Coady.

Buendia seems to be giving the ball away at every opportunity.

Coutinho is a classy player, I think Moreno on the left helps him a lot. I also think he is our most creative player, and definitely our most intelligent creative player. For me he would start ahead of Buendia.