Whoevers idea it was to go on a high profile US tour with this gang of shabite wants burying under a slab on Everton way. Done zilch for our club profile over there probably done more damage than good. We should of stuck with Moyes classic PNE...
Far too many players playing out of position.
Jake O'Brien moving to right back 2nd half because Patterson was woeful (O'Brien actually put in the only decent ball of the game)
Garner playing right back at one point amd was dreadful
Harrison...
If i was part of a management team id be looking at what Patterson costs and what Patterson has cost from a secondary point of view.
If he was a live option there would arguably be no need for some of a Coleman, Extension, Ashley Young, Keane...
The bench is absolutely grim so no it isn’t. It is 2025 and teams are bringing half a fresh team off the bench on 60 minutes to change games, are we gonna respond with Tim Iroegbunam? What about when Gana’s minutes need managing because he’s, you...
Yes and no, honestly. It's enough to see us through short term, but once one non-GK/ST player is missing, we're pretty goosed.
As for the formation thing - JOB isn't a right back, Keane isn't a footballer. Tarkowski and Gueye will start missing...
We didn't win a game of actual on the pitch football for 4 months and it was only due to the deduction and not performance?! :lol:
Of course bad starts are part of that - we're due another one as we're gonna start the same team as last year in...
The club really wanted Diao last summer. Maybe if the friedkins didn't take 6 months to come in they could've got him in Jan when he went for 12 million