James

Puts his hand up to block the cross after the ball is kicked. Clear penalty.

The standard of refs gets worse and worse every season. It's a complete joke and an embarrassment to the game. Such a shame as there is a lot of good in the game, but even the best teams are let down by a very very poor set of officials. It needs to be sorted.

Clattenberg is an embarrassment to his profession. What is more embarrassing is that he gets to carry on making these appalling calls week after week after week. If a manager performed like him he'd be sacked and a player who performed as badly would be transferred. In fact, any individual who consistently made major mistakes like he does would no longer be employed. How does he manage to get away with it and how are the FA comfortable with these incompetent fools ruining our game?

Conned out of a point by the worst referee in the Premier League - I'm literally furious he didn't give that penalty. Played well and absolutely no way Everton deserved to win that.

Stonewall pen. Thanks Clatts you absolute dickhead.

Gaston booked for giving his shirt to a disabled fan. Stay classy Clatts.

You sir, clearly have no appreciation of a good footballer. He hasn't been the player we hoped he would be I agree but he certainly hasn't been awful in all games he has played.

If you are going to accuse him of being awful at least get your facts right. He scored 2 in 2. He hasn't been awful, that goal against Man City was a strike that nobody else in the squad is capable of.

This is a given.

I just don't see it with Barkley. He runs forward about 15 yards and then gives the ball away... He is, IMO, massively overhyped.

You are, as usual, clearly on a wind up. They have barely had the ball in our box for it to be more than 1! Sometimes I wonder if I'm watching the same game as some of the 'experts' on here.

Everton really do not deserve their lead.

Another poor call by that woeful Lino...

There have been some dreadful offside calls this Xmas. Time for the FA to get them in for extra training.

Dreadful offside decision there.

That goal was down to Shaw. Poor positioning.

He is the worst keeper we've had since I've been supporting Saints. He can't catch, he can't even block, has weak wrists, awful positioning and never makes a save. I would honestly rather we still had Bart and he was dreadful. Not even a League Two keeper. Is Gazzaniga Argentinian for Forecast?

Jos Hooiveld has to go. Three major errors in two games. MP has serious questions to answer. Where the **** is Fonte?

When you consider who we've played and the circumstances in which we have played some of them I would completely disagree... The last two games have yielded excellent results.

4-4-2 seems sensible and so does giving Jose and Adam a bit of a rest. We got battered playing our usual formation last season so maybe MP thinks this will help combat it. If either Fonte or Lallana have a slight knock then its a sensible idea. Still, a strong enough team to give Newcastle a good game - they aren't any great shakes without Cabaye.

He has scored from open play, against Fulham.

All things considered, that really isn't a bad team.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black... Yes, Boruc dropped a clanger v Arsenal but if he had been absent and Gazza present against Swansea, WBA and Liverpool then we certainly wouldn't have 9 points in the bag. I also find it interesting that you criticise praise of Boruc yet don't point out any strengths that Gazza has (it's because he never makes a save). Tell me this, have you ever come away from a game thinking that Gazza's contribution preserved any points? We have, IMO won points this season BECAUSE of Boruc. Any points we win in his absence will, I think, be in spite of rather than because of Gazza's performances. That is the difference between a good keeper and a poor one. He has only ever played regular games in League two and, unfortunately for us, it shows.

I cannot remember the last time he saved a shot and every time there is a shot on target I assume it's in. He is ****ing awful and should be nowhere near a Premier League starting XI. I wonder if we will lose every game whilst Boruc is out purely because we won't score more than our opposition have shots on target....

Have faith - we beat Man City last year with a weaker side than the one which will go out on Saturday (despite the injuries). You'd expect to lose away at Arsenal and Chelsea and let's face it we ran them close..we played well in patches against Villa but got hit my three sucker punch goals. Yes, we defended poorly in places but how many times do you see 3 shots, 3 goals? It's a freak result and everyone gets those. I have confidence MP will sort out the defence. Let's just get behind the team. 4 defeats from 4 wouldn't be ideal but it looks worse as a stat and not quite as bad when you consider the circumstances. We have not become a bad side in the space of one week and I sincerely hope the players know that (even though many of the usual suspects on here think otherwise).