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Currently we have a team that does everything far too slowly with players who take the less brave option of a short sideways or backward pass. As a result it is very easy for opponents to organise defensively and prevent us creating many clear cut chances. I'd say we put far too much emphasis on possession football and the way we play it does not hurt the opposition as they are happy for us to have the ball so long as we are not creating chances. Having watched both Leicester and West Ham this weekend I enjoy the way they play. Both sides have plenty of pace and skill and don't tend to make a lot of pointless passes that get nowhere. They attack quickly and in numbers which seems to allow them to make many chances. I'm afraid we are beginning to look very sterile and predictable making us boring to watch. I accept that we have had a few injuries but would like to see us adopt a much more attacking style with greater tempo right from the first minute.

JWP only ok against 10 men when he is given time and space.

Need Mane and Romeu on at half time.

Absolute madness to drop Romeu who was our best player against Norwich. Don't understand this at all.

Virgil looks almost too good to be playing centre back. With his skill he would be very comfortable in midfield and it will be interesting to see if we use him in other positions. I hope he is given licence to keep making runs forward like he was doing for Celtic as that should free up space and help us launch attacks. He's got goals in him too so certainly a very exciting signing. Well done to the club in getting this one over the line.

No pace and no power - two of the key ingredients to compete in the Premiership.

If Wanyama has indeed stated that he doesn't want to play presumably he has volunteered to forego his hefty pay packet this week. I sincerely hope the club will fine him at least one week's wages. This sort of attitude does untold damage to the morale of the whole team and should not be tolerated. If you don't want to play don't expect to be paid.

Baffled, why would anyone pick JWP? Might as well start with ten men.

I can't for the life of me work out where all this 'future England captain' and all the hype surrounding JWP came from. I've been a Saints fan for years and all the really great players showed from their very first games that they had something a bit special. The likes of Mick Channon, Steve Moran, Steve Williams, Le Tiss, Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott and Oxlade Chamberlain all demonstrated tremendous natural talent as soon as you first saw them play. What has anybody seen JWP do on a football pitch that makes them think he is anything other than a plodder who belongs in the lower divisions? Sorry but I just don't get it.

Is Man City's 20 million offer for the future England skipper still on the table?

How is England's future captain doing? I imagine he must be dictating the game at this level lol.

It seems we've finally learned our lesson. Build a side full of crap players and none of the big boys will want to lure them away. Simple.

Probably a blessing in disguise if we go out at this stage. Let's face it last season's team might have had a chance of going quite far in this competition. However, the team now is looking extremely weak and has virtually no chance of progressing to the latter stages. Better to go out now as we will need to fully concentrate on maintaining our position in the Prem without the distraction of these Thursday games which totally disrupt the training regime and build up for weekend matches.

Congratulations to Bournemouth and they certainly deserved it for their performances over the year. I think they could surprise a few people next season as their style of football should be well suited to the Premier League - they press high, have bags of skill and plenty of pace and good movement. With one or two signings they have every chance of having a reasonable first season in the top division. Plus they have Eddie Howe in charge, a guy who quietly goes about his business but has proved to be a top class coach. Our games against them will be interesting that's for sure.

Yes and that would increase to at least 13 if Bournemouth win their two home games.

If Watford fail to win at Forest tomorrow Bournemouth can virtually guarantee an automatic promotion spot by winning their next two games both of which are at home to Sheff Wed and Bolton because Boro and Norwich play one another this Friday.

Strange decision to start with Elia and JWP and leave out Mane and Tadic.

I don't feel sorry for Liverpool. They proved tonight they have no ambition, so no, I don't have any sympathy for them. They gave up their ambition to be a force in Europe and decided to sign Lovren and let him take a penalty. They have a choice as a club, they don't have to let Lovren take a penalty. Maybe their objectives have changed. That's the way it works. They were after a certain type of player - unfortunately for them that player was Dejan Lovren.

His head is in Liverpool and so is the ball he just struck!

Crazy decision to punish him by putting him on the bench and weakening our starting line-up. Fine him by all means and warn him that if it happens again he'll be dropped but let's not weaken our own team to the benefit of the opposition for what was presumably a first offence. It's tough enough without penalising ourselves. Could have been dealt with more sensibly without resorting to handing an advantage to Liverpool.

Well, if he's not a number 10 player he sure as Hell isn't a holding midfielder as he is slow, weak, can't tackle and doesn't cover enough ground which leaves me scratching my head and asking again - what is his best role in the team? Some would have you believe he is a future England captain. Championship player at best for me..

Unless Mane was carrying a knock I can't understand why he was on the bench. We are struggling for goals and he has 4 in his past 5 Prem appearances. Also, I'm afraid Ward Prowse in midfield left us carrying a passenger who contributed nothing other than his over-hyped dead ball delivery. Would have started Harry Reed alongside Victor with Davis (who struggled playing in a deeper role) further forward. Think we missed a trick today as Liverpool were poor apart from the brilliant strike from Coutinho. Fonte and Yoshi were outstanding and if Morgan was fit he should have started. Had we started with Mane and Morgan it would have given us more options such as bringing on Shane Long who would have caused them problems with his constant chasing. Djuricic looked promising and made some intelligent runs. Ref was appalling and Allen's trip on Djuricic was a clear penalty. Not our day but we are still in the mix so on to West Brom where we'll need to win.

Brilliant three points from not the greatest performance. Fans moaning on here today during the game and obviously we weren't exactly silky but let's not overlook the fact that our return from the last 8 league games is 19 points. If we can beat West Ham, who will have one eye on the FA Cup, we have a nice break and the chance to get a few back to full fitness.

He is not a future England captain - let's get real for a minute.

Agree with those who have said the wrong man was taken off, Harry Reed was doing his job which is more than you could say for some of the others. To take him off and drop JWP into a defensive role was suicidal - JWP cannot tackle, doesn't read danger and is far too slow. This allowed Swansea chances to go forward and we failed to learn our lesson having let Shelvey waltz through unchallenged when he hit the post. JWP missed another simple chance - if that goes in I believe we go on to win the game. Unfortunately, he simply has no composure when the ball drops to him in a scoring position. I think he only needed to lift the ball slightly and the keeper's trailing leg has no chance of keeping it out. Tadic is a good player but someone needs to tell him the game is not played at walking pace - if he wants to play walking football there are leagues for that for the over 50's!