I know changing the side too much after a win can often have a negative affect, but would anyone else want to see Richardson play instead of Butterfield? I like Danny but he hoofs it a lot and even his short passing was wayward today.
We didn't lose control of the game at all. For all the possession they had between the 25th and the 60th minute they didn't create any real chances and scored from a speculative shot outside the box that personally I thought Davis could have saved - it looked fairly central to me.
Besides, as has already been said, there was the most blatant foul on Lambert just before their goal you'll ever see.
So if the full-time whistle goes at 2-0, will you boo the team?
Still don't know if i'm working for this game - I better f*cking not be as I haven't been since new years day. My season ticket is now more expensive than just buying a ticket for each of the games I went to.
Well just off the top of my head I can remember a last ditch block from one of their defenders which the commentators said were going in, and two saves from Lallana.
Yeah, there were 7 shots on target. You're usually very accurate and balanced in your posts Ladysaint, what on earth made you say something like that? A few too many before the game perhaps?
And we won 3-1 away to Hartlepool last year, under Pardew.
This whole "we don't do well away to sh*t teams" thing is utter rubbish. We lose/draw every now and then just like every team does.
Please tell me what was odd about the starting eleven? (Without using hindsight, which Adkins quite obviously could not have had when he picked the team).
One of our top scorers ffs.
As for the original idea...Lambert, Barnard, Guly, Lallana, Oxo, Chaplow and Hammond/Morgan. I make that 7 players to somehow fit into 6 positions in midfield/up front.
Unless we're suddenly going to go 3 at the back?
No he didn't.
In fact, after half an hour the commentators were saying he was one of our best players, making good runs and closing down the defence well.