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Some of these linesmen are fricking clueless. Two things to keep an eye on and neither of them involves rocket science.

That came at a great time. I thought we were really starting to lose momentum.

He really is class. His first touch is great, he's super-aware of what's going on around him and he's a clinical, two-footed finisher. If he can stay fit, he and Lambert are going to be a lethal duo. They'll feed off eachothers' touches.

Didn't Swansea pay about the same for Dyer that we paid for Lambert?

Once they work out their "dovetail", I think they'll make eachother better and that will lead to goals for both of them. How the hell do sides mark a duo like that, especially with trailing finishers coming in? And when's the last time we had that kind of contrasting pairing? With those two at our disposal I really don't want to see too much 4-5-1.

AP will think about this one a lot. We were 3-0 up and cruising, and then Rovers made 2 subs, quickly followed by the fateful Gobern for Harding move. It went pear-shaped in a hurry, soon became 3-1 and could have been 3-3, and then we pulled off two front-runners (Connolly and Antonio) for Wotton and Mills. At that point we were effectively committed to playing the rest of the game in our own end. While Rovers were in sh*t or bust mode, we handed the initiative to them and nearly paid the price. We're a far better side on the front foot with width on both flanks, and we shouldn't forget that again.

If Pardew, Cortese and - more to the point - Liebherr are as excited about him as the fans, a way will be found. That's the difference between us now and us a year ago.

It would have been nice to hear our lot singing "Goodnight Irene" to them.

Every game is lessons learned. Antonio is the right side starter, we're better on the front foot with width both sides, Connolly can play off Lambert and they won't have enough markers, we're best not playing in our own end, and ... Gobern ain't a left back. We've won from behind and we've won staying ahead. Everything is cool. And if AP is the guy I think he is, he'll hold his hands up and admit his error.

James is horrendous defensively. His man is cutting across him every time.

I think he was worried about a second yellow.

Abso-fricking-lutely. As soon as we kept it on the deck we started murdering them

If we pick Papa over Antonio again I'm going to soil myself.

They're going to be slinging it out to Williams every chance they get but we can't allow ourselves to be pulled out of shape.

That's how to reward AP's faith. He's gonna score a sh*tload for us.

We need to get the ball on the ground and play to our strengths.

Harding's going to have to be careful with Williams. Against a guy like him it's easy to get a second yellow.

They show the possession 55/45 to them. I don't see how they get that.

James, if you're going to take opposite-side corners and free kicks, GET 'EM OVER THE FIRST MAN FFS.

Reminds me of Shankly's invitation to the journalists when he signed Ron Yeats: "Come and have a walk around our new centre half"

I loved the track back - especially as James took the corner, I think.

The don't seem to have an answer to Antonio.

We're inching our way into control but we need to take the chances when they come along.

Is anyone up with ADTHE.net yet?

Yeah, but he's not even a named sub. EDIT: Oh, yes he is. He has too many frigging names.