Roy smiled when he shook hands with Mikel Arteta.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

We played ok in a game of few chances, after the penalty went against us Arsenal spent the rest of the game time wasting. It’s a shame Edouard can’t head the ball as that looked like our best chance. Glen Murray would have buried that opportunity!

Not a bad performance against a side that will again be title contenders. They have quality throughout the team and a quality bench. Our bench sadly is lacking and the first 11 requires strengthening so that some of tonight’s 11 make our bench stronger. Schlup being one of them. Final ball and half chances let us down and perhaps more urgency in getting the ball into the box quicker was needed. Ayew is playing as well as ever but lacks a good final ball. Appreciate he made Sheffield goal but tonight he messed up a few. Edouard also had a chance with his head that he messed up. Good performance but could have done better.

Not a lot to add but was well impressed with the chips on Thornton heath high street , best Ive had in ages

We still need a centre forward

And we still need a striker

Rak-Sakyi was better than I expected. Based solely on today, I'd keep him around.
No one was particularly poor. Our final ball and forward runs off the ball aren't good enough. We're clearly not good enough wide meaning teams can force us to try and play through the middle. We're continuing to play out from the back but we're too slow on the ball. Defences have time to get back.
When we break - there's no one lurking in the box. So many balls go across to no real oncoming attackers. We're always a yard behind the ball.
I'm probably in the minority but think Edouard is improving - very technical. If he can get a bit more direct and link up with Ayew, they could act much more as two up top. Edouard robbed defenders a couple of times in this match and in the previous match. Looks like he's worked quite hard - relatively, for him. Still the head drops and he stops trying around the hour mark and starts to drift.
The whole team needs the confidence of a couple of goals. Shame we didn't score today or more in the Sheffield match. Eze never fully fired today - he may have been better to dive less obviously but that's life. You wonder do we work well enough on set pieces - as usual. Bad free kicks happen I guess.

Edited by ASCPFC (21 Aug 2023 11.50pm)

Red and Blue Army!

We were solid enough but a horrible lack of quality in attack from starting eleven and the bench.

Hard to see where the goals are coming from.