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How is that not a penalty!?

Yep. Lemina blows hot and cold regardless of who we might be playing.

Why is Spurs losing a bad result for us?

Like I said in the match thread: to get caught unsighted by a long range shot once can be forgiven. For it to happen twice in 2 games cannot be put down to bad luck. As for the second goal - it was a decent hit but it was centre of the goal at head height. I think he will be disappointed with both of them.

I'm not going to pretend we didn't deserve to lose that, because WH were clearly the better team, but with the ref missing the rugby tackle on Bednarek right before their second goal, and Mccarthy being questionable for both of them, it's not unreasonable to suggest we might have got something out of it.

Or maybe he should sort his positioning out. To get caught out by unsighted shots twice in 2 games is not just bad luck. Wouldn't happen to a top 6 club keeper.

And he couldn't see Billing's shot for Hudds at the weekend either. Once is forgivable; twice is questionable IMO.

It was terrible defending to give WH that chance on the break, but for the first time I'm really starting to question Mccarthy. He will know he could/should have done better with both of their goals.

Well we may not be at our best, but it's an enjoyable game nonetheless. Two teams going for it, just as football should be. I'll be surprised if it finishes 0-0.

Yes, it was Uriah Rennie, I remember now. Couldn't remember the result though.

I seem to remember a game v West Ham in the late 90s. Ken Monkou scored a perfectly good goal from a corner, but the ref disallowed it because he managed to turn Razor Ruddock so well that he ran into his own team-mate and ended up on his fat ar$e. Possibly one of the worst refereeing decisions I've ever seen. Can't remember if it cost us any points though.

It's moving the boxing day game that has stuffed it for us. There's no way we could play on 27th and on NYD with a game in between, because we would have to play twice in 48 hrs. It's a bit sh*t really.

Happy beer/wine/cheese/chocolate feast to one and all. And especially to Ralph who has brought hope through the darkness.

Good times. The negativity that has enshrouded the club for the last couple of years is finally lifting. I know it's very early days but I'm so encouraged by everything I have seen since Ralph joined. This goes way beyond just the normal new manager bounce that struggling clubs tend to enjoy. He's really laying the foundations for something here. After our result at Hudds today, I had a quick look through our upcoming fixtures, and found myself thinking we have a lot of winnable games in January and February. If I had done that a few weeks ago, I would have looked at the same fixtures and thought "where are we going to get the points we need to stay up? We can even go into our games against City and Chelsea with some confidence of a possible result now, rather than just assuming a tonking.

3 goals in back to back games under Ralph. We never even managed it once under Hughes!

What a chance for Obafemi!

Lemina coming on for Armstrong

Oh dear. A strange goal to concede. Right in the centre of the goal from that distance. Macca just couldn't see the flight of the ball obviously.

Anyone found a decent stream?

Penalty!

Fixed it for you. Some managers don't have the slightest interest in youth teams and will always favour the senior pros no matter what. Koeman was a prime example. My wife's nephew is in the Everton academy and he told me he wouldn't even say hello to the kids if he walked past them, that's how disinterested he was. Remember 'Arry setting the kids up to fail against Mansfield in the cup that time to make a point, because he was being pressured from above to play them?

Oh right, fair enough. But then in that case, we've had Valery available all season, haven't we?

I think that's a little harsh on Pied in all honesty. In the few appearances he made for us he looked a solid if unspectacular player, and a more than adequate understudy.

He might get a chance if Redmond's injury keeps him out for a while.

Not sure about Lemina, was surprised he wasn't in the squad yesterday so if it's something he picked up in training it's unlikely to be anything majorly serious.