Worst performance of the season but a long margin. First 25 minutes were the most embarrassed I've been as a fan. We literally just gave the ball and allowed them to put ball after ball through. On another day, with better delivery and if it wasn't raining, we would have been at least 3 down before halftime. We picked up briefly in the second half and actually pressed them high but that lasted about 10 minutes. We then just regressed into the negative lacklustre side we've seen most of the season. Kind of running around but never really having any confidence that it would amount to anything. The starting line-up was quite clearly, to just about everyone, wrong. I mean, We strengthened the midfield, at the cost of the defence, when they have 4 attacking players that will just run in behind us all day. Made no sense.
Ramsdale: 6.5 - Didn't really do much wrong today. A couple of crosses he should have claimed but made a couple of very sharp saves one-on-one. Distribution was poor but otherwise, by default, our best players
Stevens: 5.5 - Ridiculous booking which could have been more and made a few ricks today. More solid than Lowe, but maybe less going forward.
Jag: 4 - Lost every aerial battle, looked slow and they played off his shoulder. He keeps going and showed more effort than most but he's past it and should be nowhere near a Premier League starting line-up. Why he got handed a new deal is beyond me.
Egan: 4.5 - At fault for the first goal and looked like an accident waiting to happen on several occasions. Made a couple of good blocks but a bad day at the office.
Bash: 5 - Didn't notice him once first half, which probably works in his favour. Started the second much further forward and looked dangerous but that didn't last very long. Pulled off as per always for the same change that never works every game.
Baldock: 5 - Too slow at times and caught on the ball. Hardly got forward but actually put in a decent cross today. made a couple of good blocks and recovering challenges
Ampadu: - 4 - On the occasions he had it at his feet he looked edgy and lacking confidence. Nothing going forward. Players ran through him, as the defensive pivot, at will.
Fleck: - 4 - Made a couple of decent runs forward but then again gave the ball away badly a couple of times again. Zero impact on the game
Berge: 4.5 - Get a point for having our best 2 chances but loses half a point for messing them up so badly. Again, nothing from him. Could have played anyone in our midfield today, would have not made a difference.
McBurnie: 5 - Decided to play foul his man and managed to injure himself bwung a nobhead. Came back into midfield and helped out but then no one in front of him
Sharp: 3 - fuck me, this is your saviour? All he does is try to fall over and get a free kick. Did zilch. Nada. Nothing. How he started ahead of Brewster is a joke.
subs:
McGoldrick: 5 - Gets a point for at least winning some headers and managing to hold the ball up a bit. Loses one for being incredibly slow and getting caught on the ball multiple times
Brewster: 4 - I'm kind of assuming he came on the pitch then had to go off for a very long shit because didn't notice him once
Mousset: 4 - He looks exciting and dangerous, until he gets on the ball. Looked shattered after 2 minutes. Made the least effort possible to close men down after that 2 minutes.
Wilder: 1 - The starting line-up was clearly terrible and yet here we are. The worst 25 minutes under his management (I do wonder what he says to motivate them, I wish he'd shut up instead). We were playing a team on form with 4 quick attacking player so plays a 38 year old in a back 3, who was immediately targeted. In playing him at the back, it meant our wingbacks couldn't get out because there would be acres of space to run into. Playing Sharp upfront, which makes no sense since he's not even been on our bench and the Sharp and McBurnie pairing we know doesn't work (and shit, shock, horror, it didn't work). The formation that has seen us fluke a draw is not the problem though. Awful. May as well let Knill have a go again. Can't possibly be worse than how he's doing.
Southampton - They have had a great start to the season but the conditions didn't help them at all. They were poor today. If they were on form we could have picked up the record for heaviest Premier League defeat.
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Live TV Coverage: TO BE UPDATED.
...just couldn’t watch anymore.
