We were let down by a few key players today. I don't blame Martinez for that, but the subs were just atrocious.
Kone is just bad and Osman is well past it. Del is fab, but why would you take off our best player in 3 straight games? Nonsensical.
Actually felt like we missed Naisy today. Seemed like the kind of game perfect for his style.
Rom looked like he just didn't care, there was a moment toward the end where Kone was running up with the ball on the left and rom was near a good position to receive a diagonal like he had been earlier in the season, but he made no effort to get clear of the defence and run into space and it went out of play and made Kone look bad (or worse). Can't blame RM for that.
Why he was trying to play out wide so much I haven't a clue. We needed him in the box to at least put a cross on his head when we couldn't play through 10 defenders. Perhaps this was on manager instruction? Hard to tell. Think he had less shots than 3 or 4 others. As a striker, he should always have the most.
Barkley tried but it was obvious he was out of ideas. That clear chance of his is one of those times you just want him to smash it low, not try anything showy, and he did the latter. Can't blame RM for this either.
West Brom parked the bus and scored a flukey goal which RM will use as reason to never give Joel a chance again.
I think responsibility for today's shambles lies with both players and manager 50/50. Not good enough from the players, bad calls from the manager.
