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The bloke does my f()cking head in. No idea at all. Hart, Darlow, Heaton Bertrand, Gibbs, Clyne, Cahill, Jagielka, Shawcross, Trippier, Tomkins. Barkley, Walcott, Delph, Sterling, Mason, Hughes, Shelvey, Cork, Milner, Lallana Austin, Rooney, Sturridge, Welbeck, Kane Standby: Berahino, Ings, Henderson, Walker, Cresswell

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it's a free hit ... Might as well just go for it

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Handling 13 Reflexes 12 Positioning 12 Agility 10 Command of Area 10

Well, I'm not going to say it again after this. He's at best, average . There's plenty better out there. Our defence truly does mask his true abilities. Our best goalkeeper is out on loan.

Is it really? Is it?

A few in the Champ better too.... Marshall at Cardiff etc. Stekelenburg or Begovic would be a good shout in the summer.

League One goalkeeper with a couple of Premier League attributes. Not that much at fault yesterday. Hes better than Gazzanigga, but that's not saying much. Most of the goalkeepers in the Premier are better than him; Begovic, Adrian, Heaton, Schmeichel, Foster, Lloris, Ospina, De Gea, Cech, Courtois, Hart, Krul, Howard, Speroni... Prob fabianski and mignolet too. Our superb defence masks his vacuous deficiencies.

This is why we signed Djurcic .. he's not anxiety ridden and beset by final third ****wittery so he'll likely prove invaluable at some point. Feel for Pelle. Just needs a goal, that's all. His downturn in form almost correlates with our struggles to get a goal. Can't wait for Liverpool to try have a go. Keep Coutinho quiet and the game is ours.

Nothing to do with whu defending well imo. It's us. As I said above, we need to loosen up. Once we get a couple of goals, we'll start playing again.

Don't think its a reason to panic however disappointing the result. Plenty of opportunities v Hull, Villa, Palace, Burnley at home. Players just need to loosen up, going forward it looks like we're tense and it comes across as lacking in imagination. It's not, they're just anxiety ridden. Just need one or two goals in the next home game...

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It a between us and United, if the run ins are anything to go by. Spurs and Liverpool still have Chelsea, city to play when they'll be gunning for the title so can see dropped points there. Arsenal always liable to slip up but have easiest run in, followed by ours. We've got Chelsea away and City away but by the time we play City, it may very well be dead rubber for them....

I'll stop when the bully boys stop.

well if not in this game, it'll be in others, guaranteed.

So important, no room for error with arsenal, man u playing easier games and Liverpool and spurs facing off.

Btw, from a psychological point of view, it seems Clarke has voids he needs to fill in his life, not just because of the demons he has but also he incessant need to help others, or be seen to be helping others.

Totally agree with Ralph - and this is coming from someone who had suffered depression before. There's no one-size-fits-all solution to depression, sadly, as I found out. However, from my own personal experience , there has to come a time when you make the choice yourself to get better.... Not wait around for meds or counsellors to offer the solution. At the end of the day, its your head and no amount of rebalancing the chemicals or cajoling by a stranger will fix it entirely. That step has to come from the sufferer. The best thing Clarke could do is stabilise his mind set and whilst be aware of depression, mental health issues etc - don't consume himself with the subject by going on another charitable crusade. I don't think constantly being around it, talking about it is really doing him any favours as it serves as a constant reminder. He'll need support but there comes a time when you've got to step up and help yourself, too. I think that time has come.

Them, United, Arsenal, Spurs.. hope they do really, really, really well and have lot's of games and extra time and bookings... but fall at the last hurdle!

Would prefer they went through and had more games...

And this is it, sadly. People prefer not to see that though and trundle out the fact that we're still doing fine or that our clean sheet record is great so he must be doing a great job. Well, he's not. He's been at best, average. It's not scapegoating, its legitimate criticism. He's miles away from Boruc in many many attributes and facets. He had two major things to do today and he screwed up both, one almost hugely. If we're lucky, we get away with it. if we're not, it gets highlighted. Either way, our superb defensive displays have masked his huge deficiencies and will continue to do so I expect.

He had two things to do all game. Outfield players culpable for missing their chances but the goalkeeper should have done better.

In a lot of aspects of his game, yes