saintant

Yeah, he didn't seem to catch it cleanly. Maybe if he had it would have gone past the post but we'll never know.

Gallagher sent off for Chelsea so will be suspended for our game.

We have the nucleus of what could be a very very good young side. For me there are two crucial pieces missing from the jigsaw. If we can find those pieces before the window closes we can become a match for most teams. If we don't find them then I fear it will be a struggle and we will have wasted the good work already done in bringing in our young stars. The two pieces to the jigsaw are a quality, hungry young striker and a creative number 10 who can control the tempo, create opportunities, go by opponents and weigh in with a few goals. We are close but much depends on what happens between now and Aug 31st in my opinion. It can go either way.

Another 6 and we loosen the chains round the 9-0 monkey on our backs.

Palace have City's number it would seem.

That was as good a performance you will see from a centre half so young who only has a few games under his belt in the Premier League. This lad is going to be some player and we'll likely only get to enjoy him this season if he continues to perform on that level. He's probably already on Liverpool's radar.

I think JWP is a player who needs a few games to get him up to full speed - I seem to recall he started last season slowly.

Wonder if Liverpool will manage to get a late bid in for ABK before the window closes.

Think we need a big centre forward plus a creative midfielder. We didn't quite have enough in our locker today up front or creatively to cause Utd enough problems.

Plenty of positives and lots to admire in our performance. Thought we were worth a point overall. ABK superb as was Lavia. Djenepo did really well at full back. Mara was lively and had two great attempts. Disappointments for me were KWP and JWP who both can play better. If we have a good finish to the transfer window who knows - think we need a striker and a creative midfielder more than anything after watching today's game. Good effort lads against a side that costs millions.

Been coming - they've upped it and we haven't.

Hard to call which way this will go. Hopefully we can put them under more pressure because I'm not sure they're that good defensively. I guess it depends how brave we want to be because pushing on will obviously leave us vulnerable on the counter.

Think we need more from JWP going forward.

Erikson being given too much room and time. He'll make us pay.

Seems nobody is picking up Eirkson.

They did a good interview with JWP and chatted about the youngsters we've brought in and our previous academy stars. It's always going to be mainly about Man Utd.

Agree. The coaches obviously see something in Moi that most of us are missing.

Right, free kicks and corners get the big guys up and bombard their midget centre half! It worked for Brentford.

BT Sport

Well, 8 usually comes after 7 so maybe we do 🙂

Yeah, I was torn between the two Armstrongs. Adam has impressed me in the way we've used him this season. He's been involved in a big way both in terms of defence and offence and has had a hand in some of our goals. I just think his pace and tenacity offers a bit more than Stu at the moment. However, a fully firing Stu when on top of his game is hard to leave out - unfortunately we don't seem to see that from him these days so right now Adam is the better option for me.

Thought you meant I was in for disappointment about Maitland Niles but seems you meant we probably won't be signing anyone before the window closes? That would be majorly disappointing for everyone after we've been led to believe a striker was a priority.

Of course and I didn't suggest otherwise. It's strange that he seems nowhere near the first team these days so you'd think Championship teams would view him as someone they could get.

It's strange that there seem to be no links to Redmond. He'd be excellent for a Championship side. I wonder if he's told his agent he's not willing to take a drop in salary and will see out his contract here, happy to take the money and sit on the bench or even at home. It's easy money and means he can also do the bare minimum in training if he so wishes.

Have you heard something or are you going on intuition?