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What a job Ralph has done, Europe next season?

I really enjoyed that performance, IMO defence looking much stronger now than before. United have a razor sharp attack but we never let them get away from us. Bring on next season, Ralph has found the balance and we look like we could do very well next season.

I love dogged gritty rearguard action type games like this, we don't have too many, last one I can remember was the famous Leeds (a) match in the promotion season. Citeh threw the kitchen sink at us and we rode our luck but what superb dogged defending. Stephens and McCarthy take a bow but the whole defence was superb. What a great goal too from Che. Top entertainment all round.

Great 3 points and that should be that for the season. We really are a bit of an enigma though. 5th in the away form table (2 points from 2nd place) yet bottom of the home form table. Link What is it about home games? Is the pressure getting to the players?

Ings has to be the buy of the season, 19 goals so far for less than £20M. What a great bit of business.

They are in Wales and it's been a bit of a mess. Lots of political point scoring but the other parties would have been the same if not worse. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Only top flight team in the modern era to have played 3 brothers together (apparently Boro played 3 in 1920, Jacky, William and George Carr). That's the Wallace brothers BTW (for younger fans who read this).

If they want to curtail this season now then how about the current top 2 going up from each division, no relegation and Liverpool keep on playing their fixtures behind closed doors until they are mathematically certain champions. They'd probably get them in 2-3 games. If by some miracle Liverpool didn't get the points then the premier is null and void. Next season is a 22 team premier with 5 relegated.

We'll survive but the vast majority of our season has been relegation form. I don't know where that miraculous run of wins around Xmas came from but it's saved us. The same problems still remain though and if not fixed will we be able to pull another rabbit out of the hat next season?

Felt sorry for Bournemouth yesterday, thought they were robbed even after VAR.

If they want a better atmosphere then they need to start putting performances together. Fans aren't passionless robots, they need to see something to get excited about. I actually commend the fans that keep on going, I'd love to know how many have simply stopped going. I think it would be a lot.

We had a VAR not awarded, Pool had a VAR not awarded so I guess that evened itself out. We gave a good account of ourselves but were eventually overrun by a razor sharp attack, no shame in that esp when playing against a team that cost many multiples of what our team cost. Still in the cup and some winnable games coming up, time to to dust ourselves down and start a new winning streak.

Not a bad game but strangely lacking in passion and intensity, more like a game of chess that a blood and thunder cup tie. Overall we had the majority of the attacking play but Spurs looked very dangerous when they came at us. Song gave Danso the run around. Good goal by Boufal though. Spurs shouldn't think this tie is over because we seem to be getting into the habit of pulling off victories on the road. Another tight match at their place coming up and I'm still confident we can get into the 5th round.

Personally I'd like to see us get past Spurs on Sat, get to 40 points ASAP then put everything into the cup, if we can keep this form up I think we could go a long way this year.

That was a great season, MLT, Rod Wallace and Alan Shearer were on fire. Lots of goals scored and lots of goals conceded, 'Pool got a spanking at the Dell, 8 were scored against Norwich (h and a) and 6 against Luton at home. Chris Nicoll played some really entertaining teams, not bad for an old school centre half like he was.

In addition to previous comments..... Danny Ings in the form of his life VAR

Backed Ralph since day 1, have always thought he was a good manager who we punched above our weight to get and would have backed him even if we dropped. He had a sticky patch but like all good managers he's found his way back and the team are now playing some of the best stuff they have done for several years. Fingers crossed he's here next season.

Won 5 and drawn 1 of the last 6 - when was the last time we had a run like this? With Wolves (h), Palace (a) and Boro\Spurs (h) to come who's to say we can't win the lot. I don't know what Ralph put in the tea at St Marys just before Xmas but can we have some more please? This is nothing like the team we had on the 25th October 2019.....

Unbeaten in 5, won 4 drawn 1. When was the last time we had a run like this? Forget the performance - this is the cup and we're in the hat!

Lost 2 of the last 9 and unbeaten in the last 4, things are finally clicking. That Leicester defeat hit us hard but Ralph's got us back on track and winning is infectious. Long may it continue.

Base decisions on the position of the feet, crazy to disallow a perfectly good goal because an arm was offside. Goals are hard enough to score without VAR totally favouring the defence. It's supposed to be about entertainment so give the strikers a fair chance.

Disappointed not to have got the 3 points especially with the fixtures coming up. We've given ourselves a chance and if we are still in the mix at the end of January then we've got a good chance of pulling out, especially seeing as we're starting to play better.

Play Ings and let's get the 3 points. If we lose to Palace the good work done at Chelsea will have been negated.

It's all about winning and entertainment, if we were doing what Leicester are currently doing the stadium would be alive and packed to the rafters. That said I do agree it feels more detached than it was when I started watching, that's not SFC specific though, it's just the way football has gone.

We're so boring to watch, if you're going to lose at least give us some entertainment doing it. It's static, unimaginative, scared, lazy and inept. I'd start by picking our winners and dumping the losers. Our winners are up front so I'd go for a much more attack oriented team. Our defence is no good so cut it down to 3. It's a gamble and we'll ship goals but we're shipping them anyway and look to be in real danger of the drop so why not try something different. Time for guys like Boufal, Adams and Armstrong to get game time and Cedric, Long and Hojbjerg\JWP to be dropped. Transfer priorities are a central midfielder (can we get Lemina back?) and a central defender. Got to shake this team up, fans are tired.