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How on earth are we losing that?! Van Erwijk is really starting to get on my nerves with his performances. He is so careless in possession and his crossing from good positions is so poor. We need more runs driving at their defence. Its all too deliberate.

None of our middle three are getting on the ball. Eccles the most involved out of the 3. Sakamoto gives some creativity but we need more. Too slow out from the back too. We are looking defensively stronger on the whole.

Normally a favourite of mine is a talented player who comes across us being 'nice'. Unfortunately, there has been noone that has stood out for performance. As far as how they come across, I would say Thomas-Asante and Latibeudiere. I also like Jamie Allen for his workrate. So, probably some of...

Ownership, managers and pundits need to stop saying that we have a quality squad and are in a false position. I feel we're actually quite fortunate not to be in the bottom 3 on performances alone. If we had a 'lesser quality squad', maybe they would realise that success will be determined by...

Thought he was involved in most things going forward and I was watching how he was taking up excellent positions. Would have scored him a 8 first half but then he couldn't maintain his involvement second half but he still retained the ball okay.

Collins 5 (when you want a brick wall you get paper) Van Erwijk 4 (starting to wonder if pace is his only asset) Thomas 5 (passing woeful) Binks 6 (part of a shaky defence but at least he is willing to drive forward with the ball) DaSilva 6 (retained the ball better than most but is always going...

Didn't think Sheaf went hiding but agree with the rest

The disgrace of the recruitment is that Van Erwijk can put in performances like that, knowing that there is noone to replace him. Collins hopefully will be dropped and Torp to come in for Eccles, who has been very poor since signing a new contract. Rudoni and Sakamoto started well but faded...

All over the place defensively. Really pleased for Mason-Clark. Bassette should have scored two headers. Needs to work on his timing. I think Rudoni has been excellent. DaSilva and Sheaf okay. Van Erwijk and Thomas look very unsure.

Howley's potential and early promise has unfortunately not materialised. He is hardly getting game time with Ayr, let alone being Championship ready. I would bring him back in January and have 6 months of development under Lampard. It would be a great opportunity for him to show that he has the...

I imagine the negotiations was partly about reaching a compromise with staff in/out. I wouldn't be surprised to see others leave over the short period though. Shame Boatang is the one to go though. Would be easier if he was one of a few rather than being the only one.

I don't think we need an overhaul. Players performances lift with 2 or 3 quality players. Hamer and Gyokeres carried us for most of the play-off season. And look at the change in Arsenal since Odegard returned.

Yeah, the pre-season preview was great. I couldn't wait for it coming out to ramp up the excitement for the season ahead.

After time to reflect, I don't think Rhys Carr did much wrong. To go in at halftime restricting them to very little offensively was good although not pretty. He tweaked things during the first half too. Torp didn't work out playing a wide role but there was no reason to suggest he couldn't play...

Used to love checking his post match player ratings in The Pink

Collins 5 Van Erwijk 5.5 Thomas 6 Latibeudiere 6 Binks 5.5 DaSilva 5 Eccles 6 Sheaf 6 Torp 4 Bassette 6 Sakamoto 5.5 Simms 5 Mason-Clark 5 Rudoni 6 Thomas-Asante 4 Bidwell 5

Don't think we had any player who would score more than 6/10. That won't get us any points. Think 2-0 flattered Burnley but they had better quality on the ball,which made all the difference.

We have defended really well as a whole team. Carr has got us well organised. We just haven't used the ball well enough when possession is turned over. Torp particularly has struggled getting involved. Think Rudoni might be on soon for him. Burnley have not given us any time on the ball, which...

Yes you're right. I think as he was taken off I had forgotten how he played. Totally forgot about his assist.

I hope Bassette will be able to balance his enthusiasm/petulance as the season progresses. Can be a real asset, as it was today. However, it is fine line and hopefully he can temper enough to avoid bookings and worse.