Greenridge

Another striker is the main criteria. Wouldn't be surprised if Koeman looks to the Dutch league for someone, even if it is on loan, to give us cover till the end of the season. I'm assuming J-Rod is still some way off? Is he back in 'full' training do we know?

Good news. Might not be a first choice pick but adds depth to the squad and is more than capable.

Great confidence booster going in to the Xmas period.

It's more that an unproven youngster with only a few minutes pitch time is suddenly going to be our saviour in our hour of need.

Threadbare.

Who's fit / available for the Everton game?

Just a seat required

So what would the positives be?

The positives being? We have / had a tough run but within that we've had Villa and Burnley. The rest of December is not going to get any easier and confidence appears to be shot.

Indeed. The trend however is not a positive one.

Glad to hear that, shame with the injury and the timing but he's obviously done enough to convince the one person that matters.

At times I thought someone had put the wrong air pressure in the ball. It was bouncing off us left, right and centre. It reminded me of the old boy who used to sit next to me in the Chapel who turned round to his mate and quite genuinely asked why Beattie's second touch always seemed to be a tackle. Anyway a drop in performance levels was always likely to happen and December is no doubt going to be a tough month but we'll be OK.

If you're lacking confidence playing in a team with the best defensive record in English / European (whatever the stat is / was) then that's not a great sign.

He does the spoiling part well. Ps meant to say Davis was not much better as opposed to much better.

Shame as he would have been a shoe-in for Wanyama who was awful and Davis much better.

A disappointingly poor performance and a pretty scrappy game all in all. After similar at Aston Villa hopefully we can get back on form sooner rather than later.

Amen to that. Oh and a Saints win....please.

I have to admit I thought he might struggle this year without Lovren alongside him - not the other way round as has so far proven to be the case! Been 'triffic' this year.

Apologies if already posted but seems pertinent here...

Something else you got wrong. But crack on

I guess you meant signing but I can guarantee 100% it was not so feel free to make an apology.

You don't get any less boring. Try and enjoy the moment.

Right on the money again Bearsy. Kudos.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-plot-20m-january-transfer-4531440

Folks probably remember League Cup winners as much as they do JPT winners. Not quite the same as the FA Cup. Still, better than nowt of course.