Dusic

Lets be honest, there is no chance of us winning the next three games, or even two of them. We are so **** and concede goals from crosses in almost every game. The whole season, and recent matches, scream relegation.

Further proof today - absolute myth. Long and Austin are not a good pairing, neither technically adept and they didnt operate at all well together. Austin was a passenger for the first half and Long had one of his many games where he is just terrible. I would match Chelsea's 3-4-2-1 for the rest of the season with Tadic and Redmond behind Austin.

Five thoughts: 1. Yoshida and Hoedt are awful and inspire no confidence whatsoever. Both very poor today and miles short of the level of our previous CBs 2. Long and Austin cannot start together. Neither is technically good enough to hold the ball. Long is better on his own, but is a woeful finisher. We improved massively when he went off. They have played together a couppe of times (away at Bmth under Koeman I think) and have not looked remotely like a partnership 3. Tadic and Redmond either side of Austin is the way to go til the end of the season. 4. Our squad is so shot of confidence on the ball but also a coherent game plan. Chelsea were well drilled and have played their system for a couple of years. We look like a rabble 5. Not sure on Hughes for next season. Surely we should have subbed at HT? Would likely not have stopped their goal but first half was so woeful I assumed he would have recognised that.

Surely Amla has to be batting higher? McManus isn't an opener long term.

He looks a good prospect. Quite a few goals recently, including today.

Shows what a **** up we are thatbwe have loaned out a player semingly not good enough for our firet team, only to be faced with a scenario that he wants to leave to play at a higher level a few months later. You couldn't make it up, we have waited ages for him to be first team ready and then he will end up in the league above us (money/ambition talks, if they want him and are PL we aren't keeping him)!

If we win the cup this season it will be such bad timing as the whole apathy towards the club has grown. These players are not heros, they are spineless and do not deserve to be bracketed as anything else.

Our central defenders are ****e and central midfielders not mobile enough. Every time this season we have added a second striker we have got worse. Thats why we don't do it, and why very few PL teams do. Its not about two strikers, its about getting a solid base of possession and being able to get the wide players and full backs pushed on. When we do that we look much better but our CBs are so poor that they need a lot of protection.

All that needs saying is we are ****e. We deserve to go down and now, are down. Reed has ruined us within 2 years of being 6th. Impressive.

Bournemouth are safe now. Easily.

Out of interest do you think St Mary's is a hotbed of day trippers and tourists?

Seen a lot of him this season?

Some of thenstarting XIs posted on here are ridiculous. If the likes of Valery and Hesketh start the first game next season then I will be extremely worried.

Presume those who won't miss a thing will be hoping we don't get promoted? Relegation will be gutting. PL is where its at. Championship is an afterthought and everyone in it is trying to get out of it.

He has been played as a right wing back for Norwich after losing his place in centre midfield. Not saying he won't feature for us, but first season in Champ, if we are making a push to go straight back up, I don't think he is good enough/strong enough in central midfield. Good squad player.

Stoke have a much better chance of survival than us.

I think a great result pitch for this time of year. Same XI for Surrey hopefully but would push Amla up to open with McManus at 7. Should do well this season, but very key to keep Abbott and Edwards fit.

Why do people keep saying its in our own hands?

We won't finish bottom IMO, but wouldn't be suprised at all if we finish below Stoke. Everyone seems to have forgotten about them.

Sorry. I am not a Long fan, but anyone suggesting he should be dropped needs to have look at themselves. He was brilliant yesterday and good at Chelsea. He is probably the most nailed on starter for me, alongside McCarthy, Bertrand and Tadic.

In the end, it will probably be what causes us to go down rather than narrowly escape. None of our CBs are PL starting quality and its costs us every game.

Anyone blaming Mike Dean for us losing is in denial. We lost because we are **** at defending in our own penalty area.

Yoshida and Hoedt are both mentally so, so weak. That CB pairing would be relegatee from the PL every season. We are down, and rightfully so. We cannot defend, four games in a row we have conceded three times. Reed sold our good defenders and didn't replace them. Simple as that.

And again...

Interesting account and probably explains why he was more Jake Thomson than Theo Walcott https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/984385260971425798/vid/1280x720/Xa-pHnkM7nXuAvaX.mp4