Sheaf Saint

A PL debut as a stoppage time sub for my nephew at the Etihad! He didn't even get a touch of the ball, but still. What a moment for him!

City whingeing that they should have had a penalty but it's rightly overturned by VAR. No contact on Sterling whatsoever.

Oh I know he will. There's a difference between not wanting to see him again and not expecting him to.

Didn't Ralph describe him as being the most technically gifted player at the club last season? That being the case, how in Earth does Walcott get on the pitch ahead of him? He was the best player on the pitch in the cup game at Sheff Utd. He's not been given a sniff since then. Baffling.

Djenepo still has something to offer, even if it's only his defensive work. Walcott though - he's done. Finished. A total waste of a substitution. I never want to see him in a Saints shirt ever again. That cameo from him today was worse than bad, it was embarrassing.

This. If Macca had made two routine saves from those headers, as he should have done, we'd all be here talking about a professional 1-0 win where we were under a bit if pressure but did enough to keep Norwich out. Instead we gift them a win by letting in their only two serious efforts on goal thanks to an incompetent keeper.

None of them were available today.

Ralph needs to take a lot of the blame for that result. The rest falls on McCarthy I'm afraid. Very poor subs second half - Walcott contributed nothing. What on earth has Tella done to consistently get overlooked for him?

Very poor today. Cost us badly. With a better keeper we win that 1-0.

Walcott with the chance to rescue it with a free header. Misses.

Why did we wait until we were behind before we started threatening in the 2nd half FFS?

Why does it have to be one extreme or the other? Has it never occurred to you there is a middle ground position?

No idea. He's done literally nothing. Like playing with 10 men.

Macca beaten at his near post, just for a change.

Jesus! Been coming. We've been awful 2nd half.

That touch was dreadul. It's sad to see how far he has fallen. He made a deent contribution in the early part of last season but he's just been hopeless since that last injury.

Lyanco on for Romeu.

Probably because Adams played a lot of minutes for Scotland last weekend and Armstrong is fresher.

Norwich pressing high up but not getting the ball. Good. let them wear themselves out.

Not really seen enough from Ely today. I hope Ralph doesn't leave it too long to hook him and bring on some fresh legs.

Poor effort from Moi. Needs to be doing better there.

Adams checked his run. If he'd kept going he could have got on the end of it.

They just showed a replay and he swung his leg in the way of KWP, breaking his stride, and didn't get the ball. It's a foul.

Looked like a pretty clear foul on KWP to me.

I don't see it as a particularly defensive selection. It'll likely be Romeu sitting in front of the CBs, with JWP and Diallo in a more advanced midfield role which they can both do very well. With Redmond, Djenepo and Stu all missing, I'd rather have Diallo in there than Walcott, although he'll probably make an appearance from the bench today given our lack of available options in that position.