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Their game against Brighton next is huge because after that they have Spurs, City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leicester, West Ham still to play. Away to Burnley and Fulham wont be easy either

Did Adams steal your girl? You're dislike for him is getting a bit weird. Looking at the players hes scored more than this season would suggest that he would get in quite a few teams outside the bottom 6. I dont know who you would expect a club of our size and limited finances to have to accompany Ings

Spot on and proves what a good return he has for a second striker. He could have easily had another 4/5 if it wasnt for bad VAR decisions, narrow offsides and a bit more composure at the critical time. Think any team outside the usual top 6 clubs would be delighted to have Ings and Adams as their two main strikers

Dont get this at all and there will be critics of Ralphs selection on here no matter what. Even if we had fielded our best side against City we would have highly likely lost anyways. Plus it would have been stupid to throw KWP, Diallo and Minamino in for the 75-90 minutes given their recent injury woes. It was a no brainer for Ralph resting them and a few others. The only one I questioned was Forster being rested, but then again hes spared his confidence taking a beating.

If a keeper wasnt high on our transfer targets for the summer, it should be now. McCarthy has been poor for most of this season and Forster is now the clear number 1. Hes made a number of glaring mistakes this season (including another tonight which could have seen him sent off), gets beaten too easily at times and doesnt seem to inspire confidence to the defence in front of him. No idea what his communication is like, but he doesnt seem to be a strong presence. That being said, the defence in front of him were poor again tonight. Yes its City, but how many mistakes were there. Worried for Sunday given that Brighton have been creating chances for fun and its only a matter of time before that perseverence pays off. If we make the same silly mistakes then we'll come away empty handed

We dont know how to park the bus, that has become blatantly obvious under Ralph. He needs to develop different strategies in order to do well in the PL. Im glad we had a go tonight as opposed to parking the bus, but there will be times when we need to fall back on that strategy (being down to 10 for example)

We've pretty much a team defenders out there tonight and we've still managed to be defensively inept.

Forster has yet to concede 9 in a game. Until that happens hes number one. McCarthy will be back for the Brighton game then 😀

Good professional job today, could have been alot more but the three points was all that mattered. Armstrong and Tella both excellent. Adams, KWP and JWP played well too. Thought Bertrand put a good shift in today and was notably emotional when Che's goal went in. Dont see that very often, but possibly disproves what some have said on here about him not caring, or just strolling around until his contract runs out. Perhaps he is extending after all but time will tell

Christ. You clearly dont like him, but just take it on the chin that he had a very good game. Yes he missed chances and yes hes frustrating at times, but as I've said previously, hes a second striker and also offers alot to the team in hold up play, passing and workrate. If you look at other lower half PL teams 'second strikers' - the likes of McBurnie, Robinson, Joelinton, Wellbeck, Mitrovic, Wood, Fabio Silva, Ayew, Rodrigo - none of them prolific in front of goal, some dont even offer a hold up option. I'd take Che ahead of all of them and today showed why. Stepped up when Ings got injured. We do need better competition for that spot though. N'Lundulu and Obafemi dont seem to offer that

I remember well the criticism/abuse Vestergaard took on here getting used to the PL (some even put Hoedt ahead of him 😂😂), now hes deemed our best CB. It will take Salisu time to adapt to the PL aswell, not to mention hes only 21. At least now hes seen first hand how physical the PL is compared to La Liga

Palace still had plenty of PL experience in Kouyate and Dann to provide cover for them. Not sure if Sheff United have any genuine PL CB cover left with Jagielka, O'Connell, Egan and Basham all missing. Looking like it could be Kean Bryan and Ethan Ampadu at CB in an unfamiliar back four. We wont get a better opportunity to return to both winning and goalscoring ways 🤞🏼

Be great to have him back, he's obviously an important cog for us both defensively and offensively. That being said, it speaks volumes about the lack of depth/resilience in our team and the rigidness of Ralphs system, that we cant cope without KWP for a stretch of games. He's a good player dont get me wrong, but hes no world beater and only a full back. Shows how crucial it is we bring in decent cover in the summer.

In terms of positions we need and being realistic, I can think of two Matheus Pereira. Could be the Tadic type no10 we've been crying out for. Darnell Furlong - Would give great competition for KWP at RB. Similar player who provides a good attacking threat.

If we only get 8 points from our remaining 12 games then Ralph has to go!! We've given him the benefit of the doubt with the injuries/decisions/luck etc but that would be a grand total of 15 points from our last 26 games (78 points) of the season. Thats indefensible. To me Ralph needs a run similar to how we finished last season - reach mid 40s points wise and an FA Cup semi would be the minimum to rescue this season

What plan? If you had offered me that their only remaining fit CB was to be sent off, but they would win the game (which matters little anyways), I would have taken that all day

Hes undoubtedly better than Long and hes better than Obafemi. If you cant see that then I dont know what you've been watching. Yes hes frustrating at times but thats why hes at Southampton. We definitely need somebody to compete with him for second striker alongside Ings (or whoever his replacement will be). N'Lundulu just doesnt excite me at all

Rate him or realising they dont have the money to bring in a decent understudy to KWP that its now a case of "he'll have to do". I guess its somewhere in the middle. Remember we recently gave a contract extension to Shane bloody Long

Do people not remember the Shrewsbury game about 2 months ago. Standing out as the worst player on the pitch when it was made up of kids and league 1 players was some feat. Hes done. Would take him doing well for Boremuff so we can get a fee out of them or somebody else

Last 10 minutes maybe. Too little too late. 89th minute before we actually test the keeper lol. Everton wont have an easier 1-0 win than that. They didnt even have to be any good to beat us. For the amount of free kicks and corner kicks we had, cant remember us winning one cross Armstrong absolutely superb, Forster didnt do anything wrong, JWP and Vestergaard did well. Everyone else - pure pish

Literally cant believe our free kick setup. Zonal marking the 18 yard line it appears. You have to compete and make it difficult for the opposition, not hope for some luck. If Everton could time their runs better it would game over.

Where Ralph has failed and he has now acknowledged, is the preference of a small squad. This combined with the inability to bring in cover at full back in the summer and January has been badly exposed. Relying on two senior full backs in the PL is nothing short of a shambles. Just taking the clubs below us in the table for senior full back options - Burnley - Lowton, Bardsley, Taylor, Pieters, Long Brighton - Lamptey, Veltman, Burn, March, Karbownik Newcastle - Krafth, Lewis, Dummett, Manquillo, Ritchie Fulham - Aina, Tete, Robinson, Odoi, Adarabioyo, Bryan West Brom - Furlong, Gibbs, Townsend, Ivanovic, Peltier, Maitland-Niles Sheff Utd - Baldock, Stevens, Bogle, Robinson, Lowe Its clear Valery and Vokins dont have a future here, so new full back options for both sides will be needed in the summer. No more of this square pegs in round holes please

Was going to say the same 🤦🏽‍♂️ or a Billy Sharp winner. If we lose to Sheff Utd next week then I will definitely begin to worry. They are completely devoid of confidence, struggle to score goals, have an injury crisis at the back with the likes of Egan, O'Connell and Basham all injured. They have Jagielka playing for god sake. Sander Berge is a loss for them too. They also play Wednesday night and then again against us on Saturday. We will have a few days extra rest/preparation. In fact let me change that. If we dont win against Sheff Utd then I will begin to worry for us.

Our weak mentality and having a team of 'losers' as some have said on here wont be helped by a keeper who has suffered back to back relegations. Has bright moments like most keepers, but is still bang average

40/1 on most sites I'm looking at. But to be honest odds flucuate based on bets placed, so its likely come down from 80/1 purely due to the bets placed by some strange folk on here. Very odd behaviour to bet against the team you support. It must be so the usual 'I told you so' brigade can have something else to talk about