Last night I would have liked to give each and everyone of them a bollocking they'd never forget with spit in their faces and the hair on their heads standing back from my screaming.
This morning I've calmed down a bit and can at least recognise that a couple of players were slightly above abysmal.
Big Willy did his job and can't really be faulted for any of the goals.
Stones showed a lot of heart in the second half and was one of the few who actually looked like he gave a fuck. Kolarov was dogshit for their third, but played OK apart from that.
Our fullbacks were atrocious.
Fern did a lot of good defensive work in the second period, but as expected couldn't fulfill his role as an outlet for the defense in the first. Silva and Tintin were very ineffective and the latter looked sluggish and hopelessly out of form (which he has for quite a while now).
Sané and Sterling didn't look young and exciting last night, but rather naive and lightweight. The quality of their crosses was just terrible and neither was able to beat his man particularly often (Sterling hardly even tried to).
Kun was isolated and, when he did get his chances, not sharp enough.
Personally I go for Stones. He's been quite heavily criticised in the matchday thread and the "how many new players do we need" thread, but I thought I saw a glimpse of the player he can become last night. I don't think he was to blame for our defensive shambles and he - contrary to most of his team mates - played with his heart on his sleeve. Runner-up: Big Willy.
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