Match reaction v Norwich (away)

[Bumble]

He's been around the club, he should know the players inside out, no excuse for the lineup IMO.

Don't agree, we're not a charity, if you're not good enough you don't play, we need to be more ruthless we've been too soft fo years. We don't need to turn to these players to be honest, we have enough that we don't if we play them in their right positions.

but football is till 11 a side sport... so we need to keep some players and as you think most aren't good enough then not playing all those not good enough would in turn make us struggle a bit.

I think the options at the back and central midfield are thin. Holding and Bellerin are injured, meant Chambers had to play right back. Sokratis has been really poor so was right to be dropped. Anyone else is a total unknown quantity.

I do think Gendo needs to be rested... think it is too much for a 19yo to be the main stay of the midfield.

[fakeyank]

What does Bould bring to the table? That man lurks around in the background but I still dont know his function to the team. For a man who was a great defender, our defense is definitely not even a 1% reflection of what he was.. why not bring Keown back into the picture? He worked wonders with a bunch of nobodies in our run to the CL final.

[Globalgunner]

Agreed. Why Freddie decided Merts was to be his assistant i do not know. Bang average defender with no heart in my opinion. Keown would be up those twats faces like he did to Van Nastilrooy at OT. Someone needs to tell our dunces in defence what they really need to hear. If they listened to what most TV pundits say about them most weekends they will want to jump off a bridge.

[I am invisible]

I feel for Pepe a little bit - he’s new to the club (and league and the country), he’s walked into an absolute shit-show, he didn’t get much of a preseason with us and he’s got all the pressure of that price tag to justify. I’d be feeling a little tense if I were him.

Of course then I remember he’s a multi-millionaire who only works a couple of hours a week, so my sympathy only goes so far...