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Wonder if we'll eye up a few loans, given our lack of funds. A lot of very good fringe players gathering dust at better clubs. Someone like Hamza Choudhury at Leicester might be a good fit. Needs the game time for his development, and is ideal for our midfield: dynamic, quick, physical and very good on the ball. Bit of a nasty streak too. Similarly, Maitland-Niles has fallen out of favour at Arsenal (albeit he got a rare start last night) and might like the chance to play regularly in his proper position (cm) rather than as emergency right back every now and then. Classy player with a bit of everything. Kyle Walker-Peters is a promising right back getting no action at Spurs. I think there were a few board rumours in the off season about us having an interest. Phil Foden could make England's Euro 2020 squad this summer, if only he played some football this season. Wonder if he could be tempted to leave his comfort zone for six months. Chelsea might be worth watching during January now their transfer ban is over. If they go big for a centre back, and Rudiger returns to full fitness, Fikayo Tomori will drop way down the pecking order. He might need a loan to stay in England contention. Superb prospect: pace to burn. If we genuinely could swap some or one of our outcasts for Kristoffer Ajer at Celtic, that'd be good business too - although a 21-22 year old centre back doesn't fulfill all the criteria we're crying out for, beggars can't be choosers. Tall, rangy, decent turn of foot, good on the ball. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It's not that he's good, it's that the alternative - Valery - is appalling. Did you not see the 0-9? Wouldn't have even gotten a game for a Tyro League u10s on that performance. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Need to get a lead to hang onto for when we inevitably hit the wall after an hour. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Probably busy organising the lads' Christmas party. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

He'll prove a good buy if we're in the Championship next season. He's a trier, but not with much quality. The new Shane Long. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

He's not good, but he has never put in a more inept display of defending as Yoshida - our most experienced centre back - phoned in against Leicester (0-9). I think it's perfectly reasonable for the manager to never pick him again. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

How can we turn this around? Our midfield consists of one guy - let's call him Pierre - who loses the ball whenever it bounces towards him, and another guy - James - whose first, second and third thought is "how can I pass this backwards". All our best passing moves in this match have ended up back with the goalkeeper. Absolutely pointless football. You could take off anyone at half time and they'd deserve it. And equally, it'd make no difference. We're so bad it's unreal. This is going to finish 3 or 4 nil. (That's my three pearls of wisdom for the day. Good luck everyone else.) Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Deary me. One hopeful long pass, Sarr outpaces Stephens, 0-1. We look clueless all over the park. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Sarr and Deulofeu are an absolutely rapid front two. They'll ruin us on the counter if we're not careful. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Slattery's a slow plodder too, unfortunately. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Way too lightweight to play in the middle of the park. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I'd forgotten how injury prone Armstrong was. When he was a regular starter at the beginning of last season he was always picking up knocks. These two being injured is actually a disaster as we can't play the same tactics as last week without moving Ward-Prowse further forward and bringing in Romeu - our brief flirtation with a mobile midfield grinding to a sluggish halt. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I'm not sure I'll ever get over Ward-Prowse shooting from the halfway line when we were on a 4 on 3 counter. I mean, how can you even begin to explain the complete lack of professionalism? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Best performance of the season by a mile. Not taking our big chances - they weren't half chances - or being ruthless enough in really promising counters (Prowse and Hojbjerg making terrible, selfish decisions) killed us. Should've been 3 or 4 up before the inevitable late equaliser. If we could play every week with that level of commitment and endeavour, we'd scramble to safety. But I suspect we won't - there was no pressure on this game; a shot to nothing. We'll be expected to win the next few, and totally **** the bed. Thought Bertrand had a great game. What a difference he makes when he decides to turn up. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

For what it's worth, we've played okay. Look like conceding every time they attack, but what's new? When we inevitably lose in the second half we can at least take some comfort in having given Arsenal a good game for 45 minutes. Ward-Prowse shooting from the centre circle when we're on a promising counter attack, though... Never been a player. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Notice how Spurs were able to give Mourinho FIVE personally chosen coaches (all employed at other clubs) within hours of appointing him. He's apparently also steered them towards his preferred DoF. I could be wrong, but it feels like letting a new manager bring in just his own data analyst and expecting him to make do with the rest of the crap staff already on the books isn't really "backing the manager". Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Pretty much the only thing going for us is it's pretty toxic at Arsenal right now. The longer we can frustrate them, the more the crowd will go after their players and manager. They've got a few young heads in there that could drop. Realistically, though, a comfortable 3-0 home win. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

That generates precisely FA to our non-existant transfer fund. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I remember watching the play off final where he played in midfield. Early doors, Stephens pulled off a roulette in the middle of the park, surged magesticly forward to the edge of the box, players in his wake, and let fly a glorious shank miles wide. I thought we might've had a player in the making there... Swindon lost 4-0. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I thought the noises coming from the club when Targett was sold were that Vokins would move up the pecking order. He's been training every day with the senior squad since Hasenhuttl took over a year ago, yet has made only one substitute appearance in injury time in the league cup. Either he's extremely slow on the uptake, or he's just not very good. Regardless, the manager isn't prepared to give an actual left back a go when we've got no left backs available, which is a pretty weird state of affairs given that he'll play literally anyone there, regardless of ability or suitability for the role. For what it's worth, I think Vokins is quite promising - certainly a better left back than Valery is a right back. Not s ringing endorsement, I know, but hey... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Bednarek marking thin air again. Both goals are on him. Terrible. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Romeu's an absolute liability on the ball. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Might even be a worse first half than against Leicester - at least we had the excuse of being down to 10 men against a good team then. Appalling. Romeu and Ward-Prowse as a midfield two is suicide. They're both always three yards off the pace and so easily bypassed by Everton they might as well be playing against cones. We've got three forwards on the pitch but eight players utterly incapable of passing the ball to them. The goal was everything we've come to expect: Vestergaard beaten in the air for the flick on and Bednarek marking empty space at the back post. It's hard to believe any of our defenders could be overrated, but quite what people on here rave about with Bednarek is a total mystery. He's as useless as the rest. Somehow we're still in this game. And yet I have not even the smallest confidence that we'll turn things around. Think it'll end up 3 or 4 nil. Grim. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

"You're not good enough to coach our players... Also, can you take over the development of our next generation of players, the lifeblood of our business model?" Beautiful. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It was overturned by an independent panel. The Premier League tried to justify the red card. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk