VectisSaint

I know it's semantics, but when was it ever 5 at the back against Brizzle. It was 3 at the back with two outside pushing forward. I don't recall Frazer ever defending (except when he kept them onside for their 2nd) and Welington didn't do much in the way of defending. The big problem I have with what Still says about getting it forward being the key, not the formation, is that is exactly what our defenders (whether its 3, 4 or 5) don't do. They pass it around at the back and always look to play sideways or back without trying to get it forward, just like in Martin's time. The only difference I see is that McCarthy does sometimes launch it. THB is the worst at playing it around at the back, except occassionally he seems to remember to try to get it forward and alunches a diagonal to no one. I know its heresy on here but I think Jack does a better job of getting it forward than THB.

Curious how you know that

By buying it for £6m and letting the market take its course, easy really.

Imagine he's struggling to afford it now, on assistant coach wages at a lower mid table Championship club. Good to see the Mail has it's finger on the pulse, Lallana coming to the end of his playing career at Southampton.

Don't know, but hasn't really done much since Waterloo.

Charles has been excellent most times he has played for Norn Iron (I didn't see the Germany game, I usually watch the games). We should be playing him the same Michael O'Neill does, much more of an attacking midfielder. Think he will be captain of NI in the future (already has been at least once), I suspect only his age is stopping him right now.

Quite, hardly a replacement for Ross (but he's probably better than all of our other short-arses).

3 actually, plus 2 loan returns.

Lots of praise for Ross scoring twice (rightly), but to be honest he could have had 5 (2 good headed efforts, the best not in the highlights, plus the Cooper brain fart Mk1), and he also (slightly dubiously perhaps) won the penalty. If you have a striker that can create/finish 6 good chances in a game then that bodes well. Just hope he can stay fit. His hold up and at times defensive play was also very good.

He's still young, he will improve ;-)

Not for THB, he has been awful so far this season, can't see how he can be justified as a starter. Stephens, not so sure, he really has not done too much wrong so far, but hasn't excelled either. Quarshie looks better than he did at the beginning of the season (not hard), but still made some big errors on Tuesday. think the players that won on Tuesday deserve a chance to start again, but whether that is the team that started the match, or the one that started the 2nd half is questionable. Personally I think Fellows should get the nod.

Looked absolutely shattered just before half-time. He ran his socks off in the first half. No reason he shouldn't have recovered and gone again 2nd half, unless of course he took a knock or is not fully fit.

Stewart's first was far from scrappy, it was a brilliantly place, controlled shot. The build up may have been scrappy but it was a class finish. Quarshie is far far better than he was at the start of the season (he was an utter liability) but he still has a clanger in him, he even acknowledged the big mistake he made to his teammates, he was also fortunate that their goal was disallowed otherwise he would have been largely responsible.

Good to get 3 points, 2 goals for Stewart. Amongst the big problems, is that we continually give the ball away in the middle when we are trying to move it out of defence. So many turnovers in that dangerous area.

He played Quarshie at the start and he was shit.

Daughter's middle name is Shannon, couldn't get Channon past my wife, so compromised on the spelling. My wife being Irish always claimed we named her after the River.

We played 5 at the back v Liverpool so how does that work ?

Fellows has played 140 minutes of Championship football so far for us (so not even 2 games), Finn has played 3 times in the League. So your "facts" are not facts

His name is Ronnie Davies. He's the leader of the team. The greatest centre forward that the world has ever seen. You always can rely on him to score the winning goal and as for Bobby Charlton, you can stick him up your hole. Nananana nana nana na...

FFS, give it a rest and stop being a twat. I made a comment, you disagree, end of. Anticipation is an important aspect of the game, especially when you know you have a dodgy keeper behind you.

We all see things differently. He was clearly not set to receive the ball, which he should have been. I agree Macca dropped an absolute clanger. In the end it actually made no difference anyway, but the timing wasn't good considering we should have just scored at the other end.

On evidence of the season so far dropping THB is a complete no-brainer, regardless of what happened last night. Personally don't think Stephens has done much wrong. Quarshie was completely different last night, his previous appearances were shocking but last night he looked calm and assured (maybe just a little bit of criticism for his involvement (or lack thereof) in their first goal.

So you want to revert to 3 at the back when everyone has been screaming out to get away from it.

How come Jamie Carragher is running the line tonight?

Quite honestly prefer he is on the bench tonight, Liverpool would probs be tapping him up otherwise.