I didn't see the game today, so please excuse me if I'm seeing things wrongly.

To all those who think that Wilf is a liability; he is not. He is a cancer.

It is absolutely unforgivable for conflict with the manager, and neither is it any kind of benefit for the team. The solution is very, very simple - he needs to be exiled. Starting with Watford.

To those who think he is our talisman, he has been and still could be. But he no longer is. Fact.

I will only be happy when he's gone. And that is the saddest post I have ever made.

Edited by Harpo (21 Aug 2021 8.59pm)

Guaita: what’s with all the punching? Catch it man.
Ward: not good enough at this level.
Andersen: what a quality operator. Lovely range of passing and so composed.
Guehi: hit the byline in the first few minutes, which was great to see, and had a really sound game. We are in good shape as far as CBs go.
Mitchell: not one of his best days but that’s okay.
Zaha: awful display. His excellent pre-season is a distant memory after two rancid efforts. Feeble petulance a worry.
Kouyate: loads of energy but not much to show for it. Clumsy at times.
Macca: nice work skip.
Schlupp: appalling again and simply not good enough. Had the cheek to look angry when he was hooked. We must avoid using him.
Gallagher: lovely player, unlucky not to score and a rare bright spot in a generally gloomy day.
Benteke: didn’t really happen for him today.

Agree with this well said. I can understand why people had the hump with him today but some of the language on the back of one game is a joke.

It was great to be back and see so many friends and faces.

I don't think either of the full backs are good enough to adopt the tactics the manager has and that Mitchell in particular seemed to be targeted in possession.

Both Schlupp and Zaha were played too close to the touch line leaving Benteke very isolated in a front three.

Gallagher was really good first half and brought intensity to the midfield we've not seen for a while but faded badly second half.

MacArthur was our best player but the central defenders were both excellent.

Ayew cant be considered as a wide player. Perhaps still ok as a cf,

Generally the players currently available lack intensity and quality and allowing for the fact that there will always be injuries we need four or five players. Two full backs, a wide forward and a centre forward, Ideally a rounded midfield player.

Agree with this ^^^

Wilf had a very poor game (again) and has lost his turn of speed, something we have been saying for well over a year now. He couldn’t even out pace the huge lump who was their No. 20 (Kristoffer Ajer) and that was without the ball! His petulance and attitude was also shocking for the first home game of a new season. If anything it was worse than last year and I lost count of the amount of times he was out of position (and out of the game) because he wanted to just moan at the ref whilst the game carried on without him.
Some have commented, “Who would we play if we dropped Wilf?” Well, for all that he gave us today we couldn’t have got any less from Banks or Rak-Sakyi!

Kouyate was caught in possession a number of times, as was Mitchell and both players gave the ball away needlessly in dangerous areas.
We desperately need upgrades on both Mitchell & Ward as neither are good enough for the Premier League, as much as Ward has been absolutely fantastic for us he just cannot cut it any more and Mitchell is simply not up to it.

The three new signings looked great today and having Andersen and Guehi as our first choice centre back pairing vastly improves us in that position compared to recent seasons.

Whilst the return of Eze and Olise is of great importance to us I’m hoping we can also add a few more pieces of the jigsaw before the transfer window closes.

If you look at when Wilf is most effective it is when there is a second offensive outlet. This happened years ago when we were much more effective once we signed Yannick. Teams have to double or even treble up on Wilf. This draws players to him but frees up space on the pitch for others to exploit. It happened years ago with Yannick and at times last season with Eze. Problem at the moment is we have no other outlet.