Indeed. We can't expect to beat Chelsea but we can improve. Sakho would probably not be playing if Cahill or Tomkins were fit but our absence of fire power and creativity in centre midfield must be addressed.

I'm not really a fan of playing two in midfield. It worked against Southampton and Man U who hadn't prepared, pressed high and got sucker punched early, plus Schlupp is better defensively than Eze.

But it's an out dated system. 2 wins from 12 now for Roy. Bizarre substitutions once again, which didn't prevent us getting a hammering.

Its reminiscent of an era in English football where all managers tried to shoehorn players into positions that didn't suit them, rather than coming up with a system that suits the players.

Brighton and Fulham next. Two games I'd expect us to win.

The actual nett spend is 10mil when you take in to account the reported 10mil that we are supposed to have got for Sorloth. Zero shots on goal today so normal service is resumed. We can make excuses about injuries etc, but frankly we were very poor today. We desperately need a striker and creative attacking midfielder at the very least. Looks like we are heading for another long season trying to keep out the bottom three!

I am beginning to doubt if we get relegated that this team would be competitive in the Championship having just seen snippets on Sky of today's matches.

Expect? Fulham maybe but weed..?

It's the same old s*** but with a new lick of paint - zero shots on target says it all.