Saint Garrett

Yoshida is Left footed I think.

Yeh, we're not good enough. Making silly errors which need cutting out. We probably would have got something from West Ham if we hadn't made the mistakes. Along with other games. As I said it's more down to concentration. Once we have a chance to put out our best team, I think we'll pick up more points.

Yes, but we're not very good at playing defensively. If we set out defensively, we'll probably get beat anyway and lose without scoring. Our best attribute in our team is playing football and attacking teams. Whether we strengthened in the right places is a different arguement as we needed defenders, but at the same time we didn't get them. So the best way of us not conceding with the team we have, is us keeping the ball and Ramirez is very good at this. Putting either Lallana or Ramirez out wide would just be a waste. Theyre our two most talented players with the ball at their feet so we need to give them the ball the most. They're also both pretty good at winning free kicks.

You really don't need to keep repeating yourself. We all know that we've let in a lot of goals.

I expect Chaplow to start seeing as though he's done the pre match interview. And it's not hugely important to us as Crosby has done the pre match interview. I expect a reserve side and wouldn't be surprised if we lose.

We are going toe to toe with them though. You can hardly say we've been the poorer side in half these games. It's more to do with indiviual errors and concentration levels. West Ham were absolutely dreadful, but they're efficient with their tactics plus they have a lot of experience and a manager who knows how to make it hard to get beat, and score scrappy goals. We're not that kind of team. I admire the fact we're going at teams and playing the right way, I think we just have to be patient. If we go down then so be it, I'm not afraid of the NPC.

If we take out the 3rd attacking midfielder though, we lose the link and the striker becomes isolated, ala Arsenal.

Nigel took to him massively when he signed. You could tell that he really wanted him to do well.

So you're suggesting that we play 5 in the middle with no attacking threat ? I'd rather lose 3-2 than 2-0.

No we don't. We play with 1 (ONE) up front, with two wider midfielders who quite often come inside, and a 3rd midfielder playing in front of 2 deep lying CM's linking play with the striker. That player in the hole is very important to how we play. Whether that is Gaston, or Lallana, or someone else, thats the position where we have a player who makes something happen. Look what happened when we didn't have that player yesterday, We were totally overan and Spurs midfield had acres of room to knock the ball around and create.

Some very interesting lineups on this thread. Would have thought our best 11 would be pretty unanimous.

Good dance moves though!

Corks a little lightweight but JWP isn't ?!

JWP isn't particularly defensive. And although I like JWP, he's not better than Davis or Cork !?

By listening to the fans who went to Stevenage, he wasn't very good in that game. I suspect he'll play tomorrow night and we'll have another chance to have a look at him. He must be considered to bring in Shaw at some point this season, or I can't imagine we would have let Harding go.

Yesterday proved that 4-4-2 will not work this season. The game has moved on. We looked massively improved once Lallana went in the middle with Davis and Morgan, and Mayuka and J-Rod played either side of Lambert.

I got the impression that whenever they started singing it we just drowned them out. However I was also in the Kingsland/Northam corner so couldn't really hear them.

Of course it does, however I always thought they let you off if you went +10% + 1mph. Also, It's actually a duel carraigeway, which is even more annoying the 40 limit is completely unecessary.

Morgan is complete class. We'll be lucky to keep him at the end of this season, whether we go down or not. I guess the people who don't appreciate how good good he is, probably were the ones who used to slate Matt Oakley.

Gazza Clyne - Fonte - Yoshi - Fox ------Davis---Morgan------ Mayuka--Ramirez----Lallana --------Rodriguez---------

Don't think this will be far off the team. Could well cause them a few problems, but wouldn't be expecting to go up there and win as Warnock will just foul our players for 90 mins. Last thing we need is a few more injuries.

J-Rod's movement vs West Ham had their defence all over the place, he just didn't have any service. And yesterday I thought he was our MoM. Always chasing lost causes and making the runs. No I'm not one of these fans that sees running around a lot as a good player, but I can appreciate his very intelligent movement - there is a difference. At the moment he is our best forward. As for Guly, every game I've seen him play in this season, I think he has done alrght in.

Harsh on Davis, and especially seeing as though he's a player who has the most prem experience in our side and people have been moaning about the lack of it. I like him, he does a very good job, and doesn't often give the ball away.

Think Reading Vs Arsenal is the streamed game. Will keep an eye out however.

Punch plays on the right....Mayuka plays on the right ?