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West Brom. Sam Johnstone.

Walcott should not have come out for the second half.

Don't give away the cheap corner and the goal doesn't happen.

First goal on Stephens for horrendous miss kick while attempting a simple clearance leading to a needlessly conceded corner. At this level that is criminal. Schoolboy error.

Exactly right. The manager has to be ruthless enough to tell a player at half time who has not performed that he's being hooked. Theo offered nothing during that opening 45 minutes - this should have been dealt with by the coaching staff but not sure they have that bit of ruthlessness about them. They'd rather gloss over it and hope things improve. You can't afford to be so soft at this level.

Long hard season coming up. Lessons not learned. Dejavu anyone.

Same old same old. Ralph sitting on his hands - no subs.

Stephens fault for giving away a needless corner.

Fucking Stephens.

Maybe because he managed Liverpool?

That half from Tino was absolutely incredible for a lad his age up against Richarlson. He has been sensational and I can now see why he was picked ahead of KWP. Going forward as well, he picks his moments and has loads of skill and confidence. Great finish from Armstrong to get him up and running. My only disappointment has been Theo who has done very little. Same again second half Saints.

I'm guessing KWP must be carrying a slight knock. If not I suspect he'll be feeling fairly pissed off.

Don't think anyone saw that line up coming. I wasn't expecting Ralph to be that brave. Lets's see how it goes and hope he catches Everton on the hop by springing this team on them. Good luck boys.

Was quite glad to get shot of Chambers so hope we don't bring him back.

FF KWP Bednarek Salisu Peraud JWP Romeu Tella Armstrong Adams A. Armstrong

Mark Wright, Killer and Claus, Dave Watson, Ken Monkou, Dean Richards.....

Good point well made.

As someone else quite rightly pointed out for this stat to be relevant we need to know the number of attempted interceptions to calculate a percentage.

Possibly but the reason that his stats are high might have something to do with the fact that we were under the cosh for many games.

Kabak is relatively short for a centre back at 6 foot. Might have a good spring I guess.

In that case it is very ambiguous and could mean anything.

By 'available' do you mean we are showing interest in them? There will be many centre backs who are available to us but, on its own, that means nothing.

So hopefully we won't waste money on Nathaniel Phillips.

Not quite sure how sitting on the bench helps Armstrong learn how we play. Get him in the side from the start and let's see what he's got. I think Armstrong is far more likely to cause Everton problems than Tella, who I like, but is still pretty raw.

At the press conference it sounded pretty clear that Ralph will not be brave enough to start with Adam Armstrong against Everton. Not sure why when he is clearly the best option out of what we have. Can see him being brought off the bench if we find ourselves chasing the game. As usual Ralph will be reactive rather than proactive. Or maybe he'll surprise me but I doubt it.