[Slick_Footwork]

Honestly think we're doomed now. I can't see us having an easier game all season than that.

Player for player, on paper, we're alright. But on the pitch, we're a completely unbalanced side.

It's very worrying that the side selected looked close to our best XI, but despite being at home against what I believe is a real poor Everton side, we don't have the quality to create from open play. We huffed and puffed and should've scored, but the lack of quality stands out like a sore thumb.

There's no play between the lines, nobody finding the pockets of space to thread balls through the strikers. On the rare occasions that the forwards do get the ball, they aren't good enough.

There's no plan B whatsoever. We won several corners, put dozens of crosses in, but simply don't have anyone who gets in amongst it. Why not throw big Gaz McAuley up front for the last 15 minutes and give us a chance? Phillips for McLean is just like for like, another player dumping balls into the box that our statues up front will never get on the end of.

Easy to say with hindsight but the summer transfers were terrible. Rodriguez looks a shadow of his former self, which perhaps isn't surprising given his injury record. Krychowiak looks like a completely different player to what I remember at Sevilla, probably because he had better players around him there. As for Burke, what a huge waste of money at £15m. Can't even make the bench when we have dross like McClean and Robson Kanu there.

It's clear to see most have never been in a relegation dogfight either. They don't have a second gear.

Took Pardew way too long to finally grasp the best team, but having seen the best team play together, not sure even Harry Houdini could get us out of this mess.