Peanuts

Thought watching it live that it looked iffy and he was lucky to get away with one. Fisher also went over the top of the ball and I don't think he even got a yellow. Referee was really poor, as per usual. It's the selective application of the rules that is baffling. Van Dijk on Gordon was far worse and looks worse every time you see it, not to mention his kicking out at Havertz. No punishment for either incident.

Will all the players be wearing armbands made to look like brown envelopes full of cash?

They've spent over 100 million quid and are still so far away from being competitive. Shame.

I thought Crnac was a centre forward though? He was described as a striker when we signed him and the Rakow SD said they saw him as a number nine. I also don't see why Thorup put him back on the wing. There's definitely a player there but he's young and new to the league and is going to take time to settle and come good, much like Sargent did. I guess this means Barnes will be back after the international break. Hardly something to get excited about.

For the stats fans the total opposition xGOT for the last 6 games is 10.16 with 12 goals conceded. That puts Long somewhere between below average and pretty terrible.

He plays like a player who is happy to sign a new deal to sit on the bench. If he had any get up and go he'd have got up and gone years ago.

Mrs Peanuts and I drove straight to the ground from Stansted after a lovely few days in Europe, bookended by two miserable games. We needn't have bothered, but we have kids and busy lives and going to the football is time we spend together as a couple so we just keep turning up.

I had thought I read something once when McNally went that Delia and Michael thought he had too much power and they didn't want one person running the show again. It feels very much like Webber (either or both) have been running the show for quite a while now and have been (not so) quietly running the club into the ground. I think his success with Farke, Pukki, Buendia (the signing not the selling) have too long overshadowed his very major shortcomings. He talks a very very good game but I'm not sure there's a great deal of substance there. Zoe is clearly the front of that particular pantomime horse. I'm also not sure how usual it is for a sporting director to have such a high profile? Maybe I don't follow wider football as much as some, but I'd be hard pressed to name the sporting director of any other club. The handover thing is weird too - is Knapper still at Arsenal? Surely he's on gardening leave if it's been announced he's leaving, if so just get him in now. The whole thing seems like an arrangement to suit Stu and his ego.

Yes number one target, just like Dean Smith... Sadly the tame local media won't call this obvious **** out.

I don't know really with Sara. He's definitely got quality about him that none of our other players have, barring Rowe, but I don't think he has enough influence on games. Maybe it's the tactics - I'd play him further forward with Forshaw alongside Kenny - but presumably the manager knows best. Last night I thought he was hiding a bit, maybe he's had enough or has seen the writing on the wall and has one eye on January.

"Somebody once said that climbing Everest is a challenge, but the bigger challenge would be to climb it and not tell anybody." Definitely a challenge too far for Webber.

Liked Bailey's question about the drink driving incident, obviously making sure those bridges with the club are well and truly burned.

I've said before that the mistake we made with Smith was appointing a manager on the way down rather than on the way up. With Farke, Neil and Lambert Norwich was their big opportunity. I'm not sure that applies to Wagner. Perhaps you could argue it's his big opportunity to prove that Huddersfield wasn't a fluke as his career since has been pretty unremarkable. I feel a bit meh about him, but probably better than a celebrity big name or dinosaur journeyman.

He doesn't really address the main criticism that the style of play is both unattractive and largely ineffective. Our last two championship seasons we played much better football and won more games. It's not entitlement or feeling we have a divine right to win the Championship that has fans questioning why after another season of Premier League money and a squad with several £10 million plus players we're performing much worse than before, in terms of both results and performances. There seems to be this strawman argument that if we played badly but won every week nobody would complain, but of course teams that play as poorly as we do never manage to win every week. Without change we are going to keep sinking further down the league table.

Love to see this type of content from the club. Comes across as a really great character with all the mental and physical attributes to succeed. I've been critical of his touch and technique, but never doubted his work rate or commitment. Also, was Deano channeling Farke with his black Boss polo shirt?