If he weren't a stubborn, arrogant, resolute human being then he wouldn't be a PL manager and definitely wouldn't have coped with being in charge of us the last few years. So although I'd like to see a little contrition, self-awareness and flexibility I give him a pass on that.

Indeed today's game was a Dyche type defeat. We "won" the XG and were unlucky. And I'd prefer that to the type of implosion we've seen in recent seasons. Regardless of how well Beto did with the offside "goal" had he put his header on target we'd have gone 1-0 up and the Dyche game plan would have been executed well. The manager's job is that we're hard to beat, defensively organised and players work hard. If the centre forward can't bury those chances then we'll always struggle.

I see how, when looking at the results and fixtures things look very angsty. But today just showed we're an attritional team that don't have enough clinical players to avoid needing some luck to win games, and the PL is a genuinely difficult division with no easy games.

Disappointing, but same old same old.