Workrate of our entire team not good enough. Add to that some sketchy technical skills, some pretty weak players and this is what you get. The manager had to be seeing our running stats too. As others have said, most teams don't have a brilliant striker.
The guarantee is they work harder than us, and probably smarter.
This points to a failure in coaching and management.
I agree the squad is average, even quite poor, but better than how we've played for a few months now.

Red and Blue Army!

there doesnt seem tobe any infighting just lack of belief , 2 week break has come at the right time , regroup maybe new manager before the 1st game , problem may have been PV was to close to them , more like a friend than a manager .

I still believe we we will be ok , little bit of luck and we can get going , i played golf alot when i went through my bad spell didnt get any luck well tell a lie bad luck , then got a bounce my way a chip goes in and then 12 weeks of no idea , back to playing off single figures .

Bottom line is start up again and lose the first 2 were really in big trouble , start of with 4 points min and we will be ok COYP

previously, we had the oldest squad in the Premier League. Does anybody know the stats for currently ?

there are at least a 3 old men on our team who are really not fit enough for the rigours of the Prem. They were legends, but the Prem is very unforgiving.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Didn't say we should opting for relegation. What I have tried to express is I don't think we are going to get a miracle cure now. The massive imbalances in the squad are what have primarily put us in this position, that can't be changed.

I don't believe in a Red Adair who can come in and firefight our way to guaranteed survival. Roy and Sam failed in their last jobs. Ahh, Watford were a basket case and didn't have good enough players. Have we? I'm not sure.

Be prepared for all options. To not be is fvcking stupid.

I read the average age has gone down down from something like 27.3 years to 26.9 years.
I thought this didn’t sound right as we had bought some younger players.
However, on closer analysis we have Guiata, Clyne/Ward, Schlupp, Ayew and Zaha often starting and then squad players such as Luka and Tomkins and then a few players in their mid twenties.
We’re still one of the older teams.

On a separate point is it ideal going into a relegation battle with so many players we will depend upon going out of contract? (Ward, Clyne, Zaha, McArthur, Luka, Tomkins and possibly Schlupp and Ayew).
It means they may have less ‘skin in the game’ so to speak although they would possibly have to forfeit a staying up bonus.

Facts are that yesterday's result was our second worst this season and surely underlines why we need an effective,motivated manager appointed quickly to arrest any slide to certain relegation.
Do not need SP,endless prevarication,dither and delay!!