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Absolutely toothless going forward. Cardiff looking dangerous from set pieces. Lots of effort, but we're very laboured on the ball. I fear for us if we have to chase the game. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Interesting to see Jake Vokins added to the first team squad for training this week. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

You're just reheating the same straw-clutching bargaining that has been Charlie Austin's domain for the past three years: if he can only get a full pre season under his belt... How's that worked out? Austin actually, finally managed to get fit for the start of this season, but he's still a physical wreck that we can't even sell for scrap. The good news with Ings is at least his popodom knees haven't exoloded yet. It's the rest of his body that's failing - perhaps as a result of trying to compensate for reduced powers caused by long-term injuries. Even when he has been fit it's clear that he's not the player he was - his pace is nothing like it used to be. It'd be amazing if he got consistently fit, sharp, and started banging them on the the regular, but I just don't see it happening, sadly. For £20m we haven't got, it's not looking like the shrewdest business at this stage. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Getting closer to the club's dream of being able to field an entire XI of goalkeepers. Is that nine or ten on the books now from u18s up? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Legs are going. He can't do the only thing that he is remotely good at anymore. If our survival is dependent on a waning Shane Long leading the line, we're stuffed. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

He had a good spell in the second half where he seemed to find his confidence and started knocking the ball about well, but the first half passed him by entirely, and he was AWOL in the last ten minutes when we were under the pump. One thing that has bothered me in his handful of appearances thus far is that he's either incredibly unfit or incredibly lazy as opposition players were able to run past him with total ease and he'd let them go without breaking into more than a jog. I don't think it's a good sign for a young midfielder to be seemingly indifferent to working hard out of possession. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

The way we played in the first half, I would've snatched your hand off for a point. Obviously losing two points with the last kick of the game feels like a defeat. Burnley will justifiably think they deserved something having been denied a clear penalty in the first half. It was a shame for Stephens to have a brain fade there at the end - I thought he'd had one of his best games for us until then. Hey ho. Of course it should never have come to that: twice injury time Long had the ball deep in the opposition half and, rather than run it into the corner and kill time, he feebly turned it over. His performance all round was diabolical. Can't he run anymore? We thought if anyone suited Hasenhuttl's high energy pressing game it'd be Long, but he looked laboured all afternoon. Didn't really close anyone down, not much hustle. And, of course, useless in possession. Credit to Slattery. He wasn't at the races at all in the first half but seemed to grow in confidence to contribute some nice touches in the second. Looks like our survival plan is Nathan Redmond or bust. Yikes - imagine saying that this time last year. Could do with Bournemouth doing us a solid in Wales now... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

0-0 h/t. The referee won't be able to save us from the inevitable in the second half. We were bright for the first 20 minutes, but have been appalling since Ings banked his appearance fee and buggered off. Burnley should've had a penalty (terrible keeping from McCarthy) and somehow didn't score from a scramble after a corner. Armstrong the worst player on the pitch. What is he? I know he's popped up with the odd goal, but a midfielder who can't control the ball inside of three touches, tackle or pass is a curious animal indeed. Slattery is way short of being up to men's football. Every opposition player, no matter how slow, has been able to run straight past him while he plods around aimlessly time and again. Crouch is going to bundle home a filthy winner, isn't he? Grim. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Sicknote Ings off injured again. Long on. Yay... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

4 points from the relegation zone having finished 3 points above it last season. Yeah, we're going great guns... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Nah, I'm sure he was told when he was interviewed for the job that the plan for a club in a desperate relegation battle with just one win all season was to weaken the squad by loaning out four internationals and make up the numbers by delving into the u23s who got relegated last season. I'm sure when he turned down Bayern Munich in the summer he couldn't believe his luck that such an ambitious project would fall into his lap. He wasn't afraid to walk away from Leipzig, he won't be afraid to walk away from us. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

We would have to have a Bertrand replacement lined up then (as well as a RB and an attacker). Can't see us making three signings at this stage, nor limping through to the end of the season with just Matt Targett as our only left sided option. Jake Vokins is nowhere near the first team yet. Interesting times... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Bank the point, move on. 8 points from our last 4 (unbeaten) games. Yes, we weren't very good and I don't think we will be particularly good in any of these upcoming games against team at our level because we lack any kind of quality to unlock obdurate defences. It is what it is. Hopefully we can still muddle our way to a few more results. We're an extremely limited team. It's going to be an ugly scrap to stay up, sadly, but we've probably got enough to finish above three sides. Probably. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Remember when Zaha wouldn't be a problem and our squad was more than good enough to comfortably keep us up without the need for any reinforcements? Good times. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Well that's guaranteed he'll snap right back into form against us... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Spurs season ticket holder I know says they're basically two or three absolutely top players dragging along some utter dross. Man United were still able to win titles with John O'Shea getting games, but Spurs have got at times about six O'Sheas playing together. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Wasn't his brother Ben with us too, but had to retire after cancer treatment? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Better hope Alex Cull doesn't make the grade with us, then. We won't be allowed to mention him. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Gregg's. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

"Muddle through" is a pretty complacent approach to a relegation battle, IMHO. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Disasterous outcome if we end up with that. Ramsey's an u18 player. That's his current level. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

But we're playing with wing backs. They're a vital part of our attacking threat. Stephens' outings at RB have shown no indication that he can contribute anything other than a limited defensive brief. There is no benefit to us getting shot of Cedric - ordinary though he has been - without replacing him. We're in a relegation fight, we can't afford to take liberties with the squad. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

To be fair, he blew his knee out early on in his Everton career and has been nothing like the same player since. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Perhaps, with Ings having just returned from injury and Long having gone off with a knock in midweek, the manager wanted subs on the bench that could last more than fifteen minutes if an early change was needed. Or maybe, now the manager actually has enough striking options to leave him out of the match squad, this is just the reality of what most of us imagined Austin's future would become once the club appointed someone who demands high levels of fitness and professionalism from his players. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

F-ing get in there! Jesus, it can't ever be easy, can it? Really solid all round performance, I thought. We're still not great on the ball in the final third, but we've found a way to bobble and miscontrol a few decent chances. Belting strike (from open play!) from Ward-Prowse, who was excellent. He seems to have found some much needed tenacity. Hojbjerg was very good, very disciplined. Redmond a constant threat on the counter. Disappointed for the defence that they couldn't get their clean sheet - I thought they deserved it. Barely any Keystone Cops calamaties today. A great win, in the context of being usually garbage at home and having slogged through 120 minutes two days ago. Although in retrospect, that was good practice for the 100+ minutes this f-ing referee played. Onwards! Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk