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Coukd not agree more. I do not know why Pardew persists with 4-4-2 when we quite clearly look a far better side in a 4-5-1 (4-3-3 ont he attack). Lallana, Antonio and Holmes all benefit from being stuck in a position, not to mention the extra body in the centre which is needed because Wotton is not mobile enough. I don't give a **** if Barnard and Connelly are anoyed at not starting. Lets play to our strengths and to me that means 4-5-1 is a must.

I really enjoyed the Guinness before hand, the James strike, the "Paul Wotton football genious" chant, the terrace banter, the hot sausage rolls at half time, the pen save and the point blank save, the warmth of my car heater after the game and the quick drive home. The rest (and I mean how we played) was terrible. Davis 10 - if the pen save wasn't good enough he pulled out one of the best saves of the season in the second half Semi 5 - pretty average to say the least. Nothing going forward and never gets tight enough Fonte 7 Tremendous first half, less dominating once Cort came on Seabourne 7 Won a lot of relatively easy headers, but didn't see him dominate once Cort came on. Decent positioning in first half (hard to tell in second). Lots of booting it into the stand. A lot of that. Mills 4 no where near as good as Saturday. Distribution was terrible. Antonio 7 - the one player that actually did something. Beat the first man a lot but could never quite beat the second. Got shots away. A bit dissapointed with his tracking back at start of second half which left Semi exposed Wotton 2 - Easy to bash the fella, but if anyone saw him trap the ball and pass to another Saint in that game then they were seeing things. All he did was head the ball uncontested straight to the opposition. He never got to any second ball and he had no effect on the game at all. I don't even recall him making a tackle. James - 6 great goal then got injured so hard to judge Lallana 4 didn't touch the ball int he first half, largely because Mills (and the other defenders) hoofed it and the other midfielders never got hold of it. Went inside for 5 minutes, then moved to right. Still no ball. Got to use him in a positin where he sees the ball all the time. Barnard 7 - Much happier with this display against weaker oponents. Looked our best outfield player. Sharp, great first touch and busy. Felt he was a little too deep as we hoofed it over his head a lot and it ended up being Lambert chasing lost causes. Not his fault. The miss was a bad one. If that had gone in then it was game over. Big miss. Lambert 4 - terrible service to him, but he didn't win much in th air and he wasn't sharp enough to pick up on one or two scraps. Dare I say it he and not Barnard should have been subbed Morgan 4 - started badly with two powder puff challenges and failed to really get stuck in. Again the ball went over his head a lot but not enough second ball won. Holmes - not on log enough to get a mark Waigo - one ball over the top to chase on 89 minutes. The centre back beats him to it. This guy is either not quick or he didn't want it enough. Very dissaponted with that as it was a chance to get something going. No really on long enough to mark him. Very poor performance. Outclassed by Brentford who passed all day long. We hoofed and were lucky to get a draw.

amusing news II: Due to five fans coming onto the pitch in protest against, well, I'm not sure what the protest is actually about really, but anyway, whatever it is specifically about the West Ham game has gone up a category security/safety wise, and now more policing is required at an additional cost to the club, not to mention the feignt possibility of a fine from the FA.

Prince Boateng has had a decent season for them. The lad Piquionne has improved too. Hreiderseen is a decent player as well. Don't underestimate them. They beat Sunderland in the last round. They must have something about them.

If the club are serious about the youth policy going forward we could do a lot worse than getting Harte in. Behind all the fuss you'll find that the skates current youth team is doing very well in the FA youth cup this season and a lot of that will be down to the work Harte did whilst he had that role. Teh guy is a genious when it comes to youth football.

Expect quite a few changes - I think that is what Pardew said.

he'll have his hands full with the pace of Utaka.

My stomach is turning with excitement, nervousnous, excetement... I wonder how high up Michale Brown's body Wotton can kung fu tackle without getting sent off?

come on

skates away looking on

I'm amazed to find myself defending Wotton, but he won every single header he went for yesterday.

no one would argue with that. He's like a man posessed at times.

the 2005 semi final squad was as follows: GK Andrew McNeil 2 DF Craig Richards 3 DF Sebastian Wallis-Taylor 4 FW David McGoldrick 5 DF Sean Rudd 6 DF Martin Cranie 7 MF Lloyd James 8 MF Tim Sparv 9 FW Theo Walcott 10 FW Leon Best 11 MF Nathan Dyer Sub FW Adam Lallana Sub MF Feliciano Condesso Sub DF Kyle Critchell Sub DF Gareth Bale Mills would have been 15.

its not a lean spell for Lambert it just that the service has been **** for a while. He's decent in the air, but he's not superman. If we are going to hoof it a lot then we won't get the best out of him.

oh dear, yet another fan on here that thinks his opinion is gospel.

Some very good points although I have to say there was a massive difference when we put Antonio on. Barnard ran up and down, but no real threat at all. Antonio did what a right winger is supposed to do, attack with menace. Regarding the choices, great problem to have. Barnard is going to have to impress quick sharp or face a tough task of dislodging Connelly or the 4-3-3. I wonder if Connellys injury is worse than expected???? Pure speculation that.

in short bursts maybe, but every time it went off for a throw he had his hands on his knees and was blowing like an old man. 15 minutes from the end looked dead. You should have seen him every time the ref stopped the game for a sub. He looked like he was amazed it wasn't him. Fair play to him for chasing some of the punts down the line near the end - he seemed to get a second wind actually, but there wasn't anything like that sort if effort going the other way. Not sure where you were sitting but in Kingsland North you couldn't fail to see this. I hold my hold my hands up that I am not a fan, but I praised him last week at Millwall. I'm not saying he had a bad game today, just that he tired, which you would after so long out. However I do dispute the level or workload he supposedly got through. He does not track his runner well ay all and everything is at a snails pace.

Peterborough's best player is hardly likely to be allowed to leave, want to join a league 1 side, or fail to be picked up by another CCC side. Apart from that he's a wonderful choice.

they can't stand him down there, but two divisions lower I'd imagine he would look **** hot. How many players drop from Prem to League 1 in one go though?

sounds like their troubles are over!

I've read 40% home, 40% away, 20% to the FA. although other places say 45/45/10 split

perfect summary IMO.

yep, with James maybe CM and then Lallana had a free role up the middle allowing him to work hus nuts off and see lots of the ball. I always thought Lallana should have played there last season instead of McGoldrick. Having said that Lallana has done pretty well in the left wing/AML spot. I'm not a fan of Holmes, as he is terrible tracking back, but if we are playing wingers then he wouldn't have to quite as much.

away at Notts County. Not been there yet. Arsenal away would be another ground, how much would they charge for tickets I wonder?

perhaps Holmes' inability to track runners had something to do with that?