I agree with the majority of your response apart from
Townsend, average first half, shocking second half. Which is disappointing, as he has had pretty good spell recently.

The stage was set for Benteke to salvage a point, and yet again, he finds a way to f*** it up.

World class save indeed, but he has totally lost his eye for goal (and that was a couple of seasons ago).

Yeh he is good in the air, yes he can be physical sometimes, yes he is useful in some ways, but can we really afford to have him on the pitch when a golden chance comes, because he just cannot score goals anymore when the pressure is on.

He should not be at the club anymore.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

100% Agree He has had service , and I ve mentioned on numerous occasions on here he has to go he is just not up to it. Seriously can't believe there are people on here who still think he will score goals for us .

Defense definitely was but I don't include Guaita. How many times did he come out from his box to play defense... seemed like a lot to me. That is a GK who doesn't trust the guys in front of him, and he wasn't wrong.
I'd also take PVA off the list. Not a great game but he was trying.

Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.

Well, he was not trying much when they scored the winner. Just watching when the assist for the goal fell into his area.
Will he ever learn to defend as a defender?

LOL
You forgot the "not played to his strength" bit...

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With the current forwards at our disposal and playing 4-4-2, with Zaha as one of the two, the best partner for him is Benteke.
They have played well previously together and Zaha knows how to play off him and read Benteke’s flicks and hold up play.
There is no sign of any partnership between Zaha and either Ayew or Batshuayi.
Zaha made a goal for Ayew v Leeds and Batshuayi made a goal for Zaha v Fulham, but these were very much isolated incidents.
I’m not suggesting Benteke is the long term solution or the player he used to be, but he still seems the most natural partner for Zaha amongst the current options.

Townsend had a solid first half I can not see what other fans are criticising him for, but as the second half wore on the whole team seemed to freeze with horror of not being able to break Burnley down, we had two to three really easy moments to get at Pope and I understand he is brilliant in positioning himself (much much better then Pickford) but poor ball control overhit and underhit passes undermined us and the frustration eventually culminated in Benteke's unfortunate control for what should've been the equalising goal with the last kick of the game.
The problem we have is that our players do not seem to be able to learn from these silly mistakes no matter how much I keep on believing they will, this is purely the reason they do not play for the likes of Chelsea or Liverpool and something we have to just swallow because if they didn't make these very silly mistakes they would be.

Hodgson is playing 4-4-2 this season and has been doing so since pre-season.
He’s a methodical manager and is unlikely to change the system any time soon so anything else is wishful thinking.

My opinion, Benteke should have started, We need someone that can hold the ball up, take the pressure off the defence, bring players like Eze and Andros into the game, create space. Ayew just runs down blind alleys, no one rants when he passes the ball out for a throw when it was an 8 yard pass, he did nothing in 75 mins, yet Benteke has max 15 mins and is expected to turn things around. Roy got his tactics wrong, Benteke could help at defending set plays , everyone could see we were struggling. Yes he had a chance at the end, keeper saves it. Others missed easier chances but that’s ok.