Give the bloke a break ffs. I say before the game, whatever happens we need to give him some slack. What service did he actually get? Ziltch. We are rubbish atm but to have a go at a young debutant in that display is very poor and unnecessary

After watching us, he's probably happy he only signed on loan and can join a footballing club afterwards.

Yes, Sorloth, Benteke, Batshuyai and now Mateta. They can’t all be totally crap playing at this level and why we need a fresh approach. We keep trying to change our centre forward to score goals, whereas in reality we should be changing our ageing midfield and our way of getting the ball to the striker in the first place.

He didn't look great but it is way too early to judge a young man.
The Premier League is a fast and fierce league and he came in to a team that was on the back foot all night and where he had no service.
When he tracked back he looked good and he won the ball well and made some interesting passes.
He is way better than he looked last night and when Premier League match fit then it will be time to tell what he is really like.

Hallelujah...spot on! (plus of course we should be changing the dinosaur managing them)

Wise up Mr Parish

If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong

I lost count of the number of times last night i was saying just cross the bloody ball.

We need an out and out winger who doesn't like to cut in and shoot but prefers to whip the ball in.

We can't expect Mateta to score unless he gets some decent service.

As for Ayew he does some good stuff but I have tw complaints:

1. His decision making last night was poor shooting and dribbling in stead of crossing the ball.

2. He doesn't know how to play in tandem with his strike partner, he plays too far away from him and not off him.

Edited by Badger11 (09 Feb 2021 10.11am)

One more point