The 7 game run last season was the warning sign and the summer additions weren’t enough. One plays, one on the bench and one injured. Couple that with a Manager who refuses to rotate and we are in danger. We were being massacred out wide today, both Ward and PVA caught out further up consistently. We need pace at the back and in the covering positions. I think we are in real trouble.

I have now tipped to the WTF is Roy doing with starting line up side of the fence. If Tomkins is fit how can he not start as CB. Ward selected over Clyne???

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Sorry - I haven't read the thread since the end of the game yesterday so excuse any repetition.
Our league record over the last 38 games is played 38 - won 10 - drawm 9 - lost 19 - GD is -23.
This would just about keep us up in a normal season.
I don't expect to get in to Europe or to win the League but I do expect us to be safe each season now without a worry - mid table mediocrity if you like.
Yesterdays defeat - there is no shame in losing away at Villa.
After all this is their second season in the Premier League and they narrowly avoided relegation last year so we fully expect to get embarrassed and thumped by them - of course we do!
We were clueless yesterday - part because of our ageing squad of course but more because our Manager puts square pegs in round holes ( just like Pardew)and then, when given the gift of playing 45 minutes against ten men does absolutely nothing to change tactics at all and just watches us turn up blind allies whilst letting in more goals and that to me is very scary indeed.
We have enough good players to have got a least a draw yesterday but we cannot do it.
Yes of course the players must take some of the blame but they play the way they are told to play bar some individual errors which happen to every team in every game.
There was no plan, no togetherness or team spirit, we played too slowly whilst Villa played at speed, we gave away needless free kicks - the list is endless.
The players do not look like they want to play for Hodgson now - it really shows in my opinion.
So many players playing out of position and one or two just not doing their jobs at all with PVA being the number one example of that - he is everything that is wrong in football today, bling and flashy with no substance - like Wickham - in love with being a footballer but not in love with football.
If the teams below us win their games in hand we are in 16th place albeit 7 points off the relegation spots and we shouldn't be.
We have Leicester next and let's be fair, they should on paper give us another thumping.
Our Manager needs to be relieved of his duties and we need someone who at least has a plan because right now we are absolutely not too good to go down this season.

But then Leeds are easy to play against. When given the time and space ( Leeds, West Brom - and to a slightly lesser extent, Fulham ), we have players that can take advantage. When that time and space isn't there, we have problems.

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In relation to the Traore effort that hit the post,the player was able to get through the middle of TWO of our players with such ease and then Milivojevic made a half-hearted effort to challenge before Traore unleashed his shot.A similar Milivojevic token effort in about the same position on the pitch when Salah cut in and scored Liverpool's 7th goal.

I garland these comments with concurrence.
I tip my hat.