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Very lucky not to be 0-1 there. Defence completely missing, again. Two men at the back post, completely unmarked. No excuse for that not being buried. We’re utter shite, here.

Dismal watch this is… 🙄

Considering we got battered by Arsenal and owe that result to the Fraser having the game of his life, that is quite a staggering run.

Eeeeeeeerm... I think you'll find it's around £6m per year. He is (albeit according to the figures published in the gutterpress this summer) the ninth highest paid manager in the Prem. Highest Paid Premier League Managers (according to The Sun) 1. Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) – £19m 2. Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) – £16m 3. Antonio Conte (Tottenham) – £15m 4. Brendan Rodgers (Leicester) – £10m 5. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) – £8.3m 6. Ralf Rangnick (Man United)– £8m 7. Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds) – £8m 8. Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) – £7m 9. Ralph Hasenhuttl (Southampton) – £6m 10. Frank Lampard (Everton) – £5m 11. David Moyes (West Ham) – £5m 12. Steven Gerrard (Aston Villa) – £5m 13. Roy Hodgson (Watford) – £4.5m 14. Patrick Vieira (Crystal Palace) – £4m 15. Sean Dyche (Burnley) – £3.5m 16. Eddie Howe (Newcastle) – £3m 17. Bruno Lage (Wolves) – £2.5m 18. Graham Potter (Brighton) – £2m 19. Dean Smith (Norwich) – £1.5m 20. Thomas Frank (Brentford) – £1.5m

This is exactly my issue.

He has there at least admitted that this back five doesn't work. "We thought we were better defending this way, but the reality is different."

Djenepo was woeful. Assist or not, he is nowhere near this level of football. Flash in the pan, but entirely headless and doesn't really know what any of his running is trying to achieve.

In any sane world, that would've been our starting XI today. But I doubt we'll see a line-up as simple as that all season so long as Ralph is here.

If he makes it that far, we're down.

Nailed it. It's so bad it's almost funny.

We are a totally predictable mess. Don’t get me wrong, I expected nothing, but to get it so wrong is unforgivable.

So... We really are going to do this Stu Armstrong striker experiment, then.

Yan Valery is a car crash.

Nobody said he his... But he is responsible for holding up the ball and being of some use when we get the ball. He does neither. To be fair to him though, we already knew this, so the question really is why is he even on.

You'd think...

Exactly what I was thinking. Reminded me of the guy who won the auction to play the second half of Claus's testimonial v Celtic.

WTF is Adam Armstrong doing on this pitch...? Nowhere near it.

Neither should be anywhere near a Prem starting XI.

Absolute crock of sh*te at the back here.

GTFIIIIIIIIII

Valery and Bednarek in a back three over ABK. 🙄 FML. Biggest surprise for me is Ralph actually dropping McCarthy.

Scenes when we start McCarthy in sticks, Djenepo at LWB and Bednarek causing us chaos at the back. We’re in for a hiding.

Nail on head here. Woeful defender. Mind blown he is seen as a fully fledged international. Has zero athleticism or positional awareness.