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What, get in another manager whose team only play well for 70 minutes...?

Agree, but concerned it would stop him posting on here

Can't believe I need to explain this but here goes nothing.... To recap... An Everton fan told 'USASaints Fan' that we were the worst team he has seen at Goodison this season. My observation is that Everton were unable to breakdown "the worst team at Goodison this season" and were only able to win as a result of our poor defending in the final quarter of the game. Ergo, the way the game panned out informs the observer as much about Everton's credentials as it does ours. At no point was I suggesting that our ability to match Everton's performance for the first 70 minutes but not for the last 20 minutes is a good thing. Quite the opposite. I was simply observing that if Everton struggled to breakdown "the worst team at Goodison this season" then they will struggle more so against the other teams that have done, or will, play better than us at Goodison this season. I guess the one interweb forum crime I could validly be accused of is stating the bleedin' obvious...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38495434 Putting the 'Community' into 'Portsmouth Community Football Club' since 2013...

Yep, I would have voted 'undecided' too if the option existed. It's still too early to know how the season will pan out. We'll have a better idea at the end of the month.

Given we were evenly matched for over three quarters of the game that says as much about them as it does us.

He already knows that, but it got 4 bites (5 if you count this one) so mission accomplished

Saturday: Lewis Cedric Yoshida Virgil Bertrand Davis Reed Hojbjerg Sims Isgrove Long Subs: Taylor, McQueen, Stephens, JWP, Clasie, Redmond, Barnes Wednesday: Forster Cedric Fonte Virgil Bertrand Romeu Davis Clasie Redmond Tadic JRod Subs: Taylor/Lewis, McQueen, Yoshida, JWP, Hojbjerg, Sims, Long

I'm struggling to understand the rationale behind a new poll a mere 3 days after the last one. Why would anyone change their opinion on the back of 2 results? (Yes, you're right... that was a rhetorical doffing hat to the fickle world of football fandom question) A poll in, say, mid-Feb would be more apt IMO. By then we'll have a better idea of whether or not Puel is capable of turning things around.

Tick

His recent bite success ratio is definitely relegation form.

Careful with the pragmatism, sir. Fitzhugh Fella will be adding you to his little black 'happy clapper' notebook as we speak

Pragmatism + optimism + open mindedness + benefit of the doubt = "happy clapper" ? Someone's been reading The Gnuardia for too many years me thinks... #doolally Pat on the back for getting me to bite though

I'm guessing you probably said something similar in previous Septembers too...

Hugely frustrating yet again. It was a textbook away performance for the first 70 minutes then... bang... all the decent work goes to waste. We're still on par with last season but.... The last five league games this season: W1 D1 L3 (4 points) The last five league games this time last season: W1 D0 L4 (3 points) The next five league games last season: W4 D1 L0 (13 points) Are we about to turn the same corner or stumble along on the same path? Our next 5 league games: Burnley (A) Leicester (H) Swansea (A) West Ham (H) Sunderland (A) A pivotal 5 - 6 weeks beckons...

Fonte to blame for that one

Sunderland 2 (defoe 2nd pen) Liverpool 2

2-0 game over

Penalty to Everton

Long on for Clasie

Cock, cock and thrice cock 1-0

WBA 3 Hull 1 Sunderland 1 Liverpool 2 (Mane)