Vydra should’ve buried it. We totally got away with one there. Some terrible defending throughout the game and how it didn’t cost us I just don’t know.

Do you not mean Guehi?

It was MG who did the matrix body swerve to get out of the way of the ball following Guiata’s poor free kick and Maupay just lobbed the advancing goalkeeper.

it is nice to see Benteke looking like his old self but the amount of people who defend him constantly is bizarre. For 3 years the guy was a joke whilst on c£120k a week. His work rate and common sense/decision making was so poor during that period.
Incidentally at the end of Roy's 1st season we played Wilf and Andros upfront for many games, with Tekkers usually on the bench - not sure how you can say he was excellent.

Took his 2nd goal very well on Sat, so hopefully his confidence is permanently back

Given our current weakness at set pieces (the worst in the PL this season) should we not be having someone on the near post at corners. Free Kicks are a different matter due to the need to keep a high line but the ability of our players to man mark at set pieces is definitely a problem.

Yep

Olise is showing signs that he has taken on board the hardworking pressing ethos and also took one for the team against Wolves with a very professional foul! There were one or two mutters from Reading that he drifted in and out of games so think it's fair to say he's on an upward curve in team play.

Have been one of those who has consistently supported Tekkers and see he can play a role but would love to see Edouard central. The one area you'd likely back Tekkers over Edouard there is in the air but oddly he has been less than lethal in that respect - the sitter he missed against Burnley was pretty similar to the misses v Newcastle.

Possibly - however, people on the post reduces the number who can mark.

There are a few issues we need to resolve - in no particular order

1. VG rarely comes off his line and this invites pressure. Burnley has successfully exploited this in the past. We clearly haven't learnt
2. Do we man mark or do it zonally? We seem to do a bit of both
3. Should we have a couple of blockers to stop/slow the runners e.g. Mee for 1st goal had an uninterrupted run
4. Tekkers - isn't given a man making role since the 5-4 Swansea game when he lost his marker 3 times. So if a team has more than 3 tall players we struggle
5. General organisation - there don't seem to be enough leaders organising things on the pitch. I've noticed this for a few years now. We seem to let players stand in front of the keeper unopposed etc or if the opposition make a sub we don't adjust accordingly.