Positives and negatives from today.

[Zippity]

Come on, then (*sighs), let's do this.

Going to avoid the 'we were an Isak pass away from an equaliser ' type comments because they're not really positives, are they.

So...erm...on the positives front, I've got nothing. Sorry.

Maybe that Vlachodimos will get a game on Wednesday? And we get a chance to put things right almost straight away. Do those count as positives?

On the negative side... well....so many, sadly. I didn't see the game so it wouldn't be fair to comment on how we played. In wider terms, that's no win in 5, we've got Chelsea and Arsenal up next and we've had 50 corners so far this season and scored from precisely none of them.

Fill your boots.

[Cannylad]

OK I'll start, apart from Liv, Hall we were sh!t. I think they've forgotten how to pass a ball and if you can't pass you've had it. As an afterthought I thought Pope could have been a lot better.

[Zippity]

Just been reading Eddie's comments. He said he liked the majority of what he saw and that it was a strong performance.

For those who watched it, is that accurate?

[MidsMagpie]

Isak finally scoring again but not much else.

[Jammy89]

Statistically we weren't that much behind Chelsea. . . issue is in the stats that count - goals, in which we were behind them.

We just look a bit lost at the minute.

I don't know what is going on behind the scenes but we don't look like we did. I do think that Eddie will change it around but I'm becoming unconvinced he'll be around long enough to get that time.

[tinostongue]

Char and burn were very poor and that’s being polite! Our passing was way off. Watched the Arse v Lpool and we are light yrs away from both these teams in terms of quality, squad size, and footballing abilities. Gonna be a long time before we catch them up, starting January though. Today I thought burn, Schar, hall, almiron( was he even playing ffs) were rubbish most of the time, along with Isak who looks like he’s had enough, throwing his arms around, no pressing from him, disinterested. If we could get £ 100 million+ for him I would sell, we need to do a Villa, sell a star and improve the squad/ team. I’m feeling really deflated at the moment and a bad result on Wed Eddie will be gone, the players seem to have lost motivation/ belief/ interest/ ability. Time for change, either manager or team strengthening in January, but something MUST change and quickly.

[Marat18]

Positives - we looked ok sometimes and, apart from Brighton game, we actually looked like we can equalize. But it was only due to the fact that Chelsea gave us space to attack and although we had our chances to make it 2-2, Chelsea had more chances to make it 3-1.

Also if you may cobsider it as positives - disallowed Palmers goal, Isaks goal, penalty - all was 50/50 that went our way

To the usual negatives - I dont get this 2 keepers on the bench thing. Howe must know who will play in goal if Pope is injured/sent off, right? If I was either Vlad or Rudy, I would be thinking “wtf is going on?”
I havent seen their second goal, so I dont know how bad it was from Pope.

[toptoon]

Positives - we looked ok sometimes and, apart from Brighton game, we actually looked like we can equalize. But it was only due to the fact that Chelsea gave us space to attack and although we had our chances to make it 2-2, Chelsea had more chances to make it 3-1.

Also if you may cobsider it as positives - disallowed Palmers goal, Isaks goal, penalty - all was 50/50 that went our way

To the usual negatives - I dont get this 2 keepers on the bench thing. Howe must know who will play in goal if Pope is injured/sent off, right? If I was either Vlad or Rudy, I would be thinking “wtf is going on?”
I havent seen their second goal, so I dont know how bad it was from Pope.

I watched the game through a very poor stream and so didn’t get the best view of it but I don’t agree with the doom and gloom being written (not referring to on here).

I was hugely p*ssed off after the Brighton game as that is the type of opposition we really need to beat and to lose to them at home was a tough one. Not so much today, I wasn’t expecting us to win and we put up a fight and were very near getting something whether through cutting out some mistakes or finishing better (again!). I think we’re only 3 points behind (the Brighton loss) to where we should be and so - onwards and upwards.

We cannot afford to drop many points at home even against the top sides in the league and we can start to put the home form right on Wednesday.
HTL.