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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

Played pretty well in that first half, especially in the first 20 minutes. I fear we'll be made to pay for not scoring when we were on top - we definitely faded as the half wore on. Targett going off has killed our width. Valery is the only outlet, and I've not seen him deliver a cross yet in his fledgling career that wasn't utterly useless. I'd probably take a point from here - there's no way we don't have a catastrophically sloppy defensive foul up in our near future. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

You're dashing my Cedric for Lookman swap fantasies, damnit. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Well that was worth knackering the team out for and handing Everton the points on Saturday. Elyounoussi getting a fair bit of stick. I actually think that's the best he's played for us - and it was still garbage. Game changer Redmond won and lost us that, ultimately. Made an attacking difference, scored a good goal, but messed up an absolute sitter for an extra time winner - before missing his penalty. Ah well. If I never have to hear commentary from Danny Murphy again it'll be too soon. Not a shred of insight, wit or personality. Yuck. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Lucky to be level. Completely overrun in midfield. Elyounoussi and Armstrong utter trash. I'm amazed at how many goals we've scored under Hasenhuttl - our attacking play is horrible. Don't think this will be our night. Wrap Romeu and Redmond in cotton wool and prepare for the weekend. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Jesus Christ. Long misses a tap in from three yards. Not to be outdone, Armstrong follows up and misses a tap in from two yards. Professional footballers, folks. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Rest and rotate, I reckon. Similar line up to the first game. Romeu and Redmond given a breather. Gunn; Ramsey, Stephens, Vestergaard, Targett; Ward-Prowse, Slattery; Long, Armstrong, Elyounoussi; Gallagher. Johnson could come into contention. Sims and Jones are ineligible. Not sure whether Hesketh is (or is even fit). Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Woohoo! Proper gutsy team performance. Hideous second half from a watching perspective, but we got it done. Somehow. 10 points for Hasenhuttl - he's had a better season than that useless crapbrick Hughes already. Romeu an absolute warrior. Where's that guy been for 18 months? All the defenders put themselves on the line - even Cedric was engaged today. Unrelated observation: how slow is Slattery? Is there some kind of club wide policy at the academy to only retain players who can't run? Anyway, congratulations to the boys - much needed points, against the odds. Sweet. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Well that was a wild ride. Thought we were pretty decent in the main. The defence is still an accident waiting to happen, but it is what it is. Valery was actually having one of his best games - he really unsettled a damned good left back in Chilwell. But he seems to play in a daze, completely disconnected from the flow of the game, only ever reacting to what's going on when the ball comes near him and he remembers that he's actually playing. God knows how we're going to try and play this in the second half. Maybe thank Long for his freakishly rare contribution, replacing him with Cedric and try and break with Reds and Armstrong? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Swap for Lookman? Works for me. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Maybe Elyounoussi will have to play. I've been watching his old youtube videos to try and figure out what we possibly saw in him, and he hasn't always been a total non-footballer. There might be a player in there. God knows where, though. He surely can't be as bad as he's appeared to be so far. Surely... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Thanks, Charlie - fighting relegation, no fit strikers, and now even our pub-footballer-fit strikers are unavailable, for such petty-minded idiocy. What a pro. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I think there's a rule for cup tie replays that you can't play anyone that wasn't registered for the original game. I might have just made that up, though. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

We're probably interested in lots of players that we've got no chance of signing. If Leipzig couldn't get Everton to budge on a £25m deal for a player who was desperate to join them, what are we going to do? Offer them a swap for Shane Long and a couple of tracksuits? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

He'd be in the boot. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk