Whitey Grandad

Claude was going ballistic in the first half urging them all to get further upfield. The booing was not at JWP but because he was being taken off, as I understood it.

Cedric was struggling all game ever since he got clattered in their penalty area first half.

Ooooh I'd love a twinge in my groin.

That depends on what happens to Puel, if he were to leave. If he's straight into another job then he'll likely come looking for players with whom he's worked before. All managers are the same.

Much better last night and created lots out of nothing but he still doesn't seem to be an integral part of the team.

No. If the whistle hasn't gone you can let play run on a bit to see if there's an advantage. For what little it's worth, I thought it was outside the box but I haven't seen a replay. The ref looked over to his assistant who wisely kept out of it before pointing to the spot. It's strange but these 'questionable' penalties often end up not being converted.

We played at times like a group of unknowns playing their first game together. Short passes going astray, players not where othere expected them to be, a general lack of cohesion. Things picked up in the secondhalf and then Mourinho's nasty gamesmanship took the sting out of the game just as we were starting to build up a head of steam and sorry Eddie, Targett had several opportunities to put in a good cross and mucked it up every time. He got skinned down the wing in the seconf half and had to be reminded of his duties by Redmond and others. Not bad for a return after a long injury but not what was needed on the night.

And without them for the whole of next season

Quite a few regular STS missing near me in the central Kingsland. At one stage the whole row behind was empty.

Good player with a great future. As a central defensive partnership though he and Yoshida are often both go for the same player and get pulled out of position leaving a hole in our centre.

They're both attempts in my view. The flag didn't got up for Rodriguez so a goal would probably have stood. Like most of us the Assistant Ref down below us spent most of the game looking at his watches.

Thanks for sharing. All a bit late for me but if I needed somewhere to lie down for a nap in the afternoon I'll know where to look

Maybe it just the way I see it but I don't consider a shot off target as an attempt on goal. There's a lot of talk about poor finishing but I don't remember any instance last night where we got anywhere near close to 'finishing'. JRod's snatched shot from the edge of the area maybe but apart form that their goal was well protected and we never got really close in.

All very true. It's a sad reflection but I don't even get excited about going to these sorts of games anymore. There's no pace or intensity to them. One of the saddest sights last night was thirty minutes before kickoff when the United players were warming up. There were about 100 spectators lined up down by the hoardings on the northern Kingsland side taking photos and selfies of their United heroes.

Yes, this is the point. The penalty was a good save but the others were all well off the ground and mostly long range.

I pay for two tickets and take my grandson and I've missed a couple of early games. Each goal that I've seen has cost me £122.83

It's the first time ever that we've gone four home games in a row without scoring (in the top league)

And all the others? (nobody likes a clever ****)

If you actually went to a home game then you might understand. We don't play attacking football at home. Now do you get it?

In the famous game against Newcastle when MLT score that great double Branfoot was about to take Matty off and had the cards ready for the substitution just before Matt scored the first of his two goals. On the TV recording you can see Branfoot turn round and say "Moods. Sit down".

It was somewhat tongue in cheek, but I would put Wotte and Poortvliet below both of them. Branfoot was a reason why I got our season tickets. So many had given up theirs that there was a wide choice of where to sit. Our home game against Hull was as bad as anything I have ever had to endure. There was one midweek game at the Dell against West Ham that ended 0-0 that comes close but at least in that the players actualy showed some effort.

Poach, boil, roast, simmering are all too good for him

From all that I've read Puel doesn't like to play that way. There has been no evidence of it (at home) since the EFL final.

I didn't boycott them and I was there - with my grandson. There were worse than dire and I don't accept that watching turgid games should be part of our remit. We were in the Itchen freezing our butts off for Norwich and bored to tears and in the Chapel for Sunderland straining to see if anybody was actually moving about. The Arsenal game was sold under false pretences in my opinion. There was no need to put out our reserves and I can't forget the looks on all the faces of the poor youngsters who had been taken by their mums and dads and forced to sit through that. They hadn't gone to see us get stuffed by Arsenal. I have just paid £1474 for our two seats and I don't want to have to sit through another season like this. I love football and I'd like to see some next year.

Were you watching Hull, WBA, Arsenal and Norwich in the FA Cup? And these weren't isolated examples.