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I think the best we can hope for is that Cedric and Long agree to rip up their contracts and leave of a free, giving us some wage wiggle. Forster and Ely are doing well enough to get a move at the end of the season, but I can't see anyone biting our hand off in January.

That figure is boosted by the fact the you get called up for England once you have made your tenth appearance for Spurs, eg Dire , Winks, Caulker !

That would do it for me , for home games, but would bring in a cb for Boufal away from home, where 3 at the back works ok

If the bin dippers win today, the title is theirs. The rest of the top four are miles ahead of the rest. The rest of the season would then be about the Europa league places, and who goes down with us and Norwich. All be the start of November. Best League in the world? My arse !

Only worth watching for Boufal, Ings and Djenepo . Decent spell for 15 minutes of the 2nd half , but once we weren't given that penalty for the push, that was is . Feels like the las time we went down, only then the squad was full of £2 million no hopers, this time they cost £16M. Tip to our defenders, if we don't have the ball, try standing close to anyone whose shirt is not the same colour as yours!

Awful . Usual lack of marking results in a 2 on 1 for the goal. After that, we are just playing to preserve goal difference. Why is Valery not at RB ? Valery on at HT instead of Vestigaard, put Armstrong back in midfield and try to PRESS !

Agree with this. People forget how City like to win the ball back early. When our midfield tried an extra touch to find a forward option, the ball was nicked off them. Given that Everton's MO at the moment is to use pace to get in behind, I would not be upset to see the same 11 start next week. Maybe Boufal or Djenepo in for a CB, but defend deep to deny any space in behind.

Oh do tell! Technology ? Norway/Sweden model ? (Norway is in a customs union and has free movement of people) Trusted trader ?

It was always going to be damage limitation after Friday, so I am not to disappointed in how it went, considering Silva, Aguero, Jesus and Mahrez were all playing. The marking for the first goal was awful, Silva in 10 yards of space on the edge of the box. The 2nd was a great move, although someone left PEH 2 on 1 for the cross. The 3rd was just great reaction from Aguero. As for our team. McCarthy, made some good saves. Vallary - Good recovery from his Friday mare. PEH - Filled in well at LB, but would prefer a more attacking option against Everton. Bednarek- A couple of great blocks Stephens - Scored, and didn't make any howlers. Danso - Looked good, apart from just pointing at Aguero for the 2nd JWP- Took a couple of corners, but otherwise nothing, no marking, tackling or passing Romeu - Solid , but needs to sort out his matking at set pieces. Armstrong- Better than JWP Boufal - Good run and shot when we got the ball , needs more games Long, won a throw in, Otherwise he was offside, or not winning headers. Should only ever play if Adams, Ings, Obafemi and N'dulu are all injured.

****e to the power of X We were rubbish until the 9th minute, then we had the goal and sending off . No positives what so ever. With JWP we are playing with 10 men at the moment . Don't think I will watch the next 2 games. I honestly don't know where we go from here .

I don't remember us winning a televised Friday night Home game since 1984, so I am far from optimistic . Also 6 music played Shady Lane by Pavement this morning, and every time they have played it on a matchday, we have lost !

First half we created some chances, Redmond hit the side netting and Ings had one cleared off the line, but after the Kante shot deflected into the top corner, we were ****e. Gunn needs to be rested, and we need to pick a shape were the 2 central midfield both protect the defense. Yet again you could drive a bus down our right hand side for their 3rd goal. Vallery was out of position for that, but he was left 2 one 1 so often in the match. Where the **** was mr 2 good free kicks a season JWP ? It is going to be another hard slog.

If Shane Long is the answer, you are asking the wrong question.

This was an opportunity missed, even before the sending off. We were creating the better chances until Spurs started putting the ball in behind JWP and got their goal. Maybe Gunn set himself too rigid to block the shot, but the deflection wasn't that big. Yet again we got caught on the break for the 2nd. Spurs are a very dangerous with Son's pace, and Romeu does struggle to get back in those situations. Personally , when the went down to 1, I would have put Bednarek man to man on Son, left the other 2 to keep an eye on Kane have Romeou sit in front of the back 3, and pushed the full backs right up. 2nd half we created some good half chances, without enough men in the box, and I was sure Maya had scored, but then after that we just moved the ball too slowly, let the Spurs defense keep it's shape. None of the subs made an impact, at least not a positive one. Long had only one touch and his pass missed his man be 5 yards! We would have been better of putting Vestergaard up front . Our squad is so small that a few injuries leave us with a bench of defenders, and two forwards that can only really play on the break, which is not what you need when the opponents sit deep. Hope Cedric is fit by next Sunday.

Just checked, and this is the ninth successive time we have been drawn away in both cups. I expect that Glasgow has an accumulator on it . Our last home draw was Watford in the 4th Round of the FA Cup.

I was yelling at the screen for him to get back across to right back and the BHAM !

Never been a fan of Friday night football, for me it a time for socialising but I hadn't also remembered that Saints are so bad on Friday nights. I think we have lost the last 5 Friday home games on the spin, Bournemouth, Liverpool,Reading , Leicester, Colchester, but it could even be more than that. The only Friday home win that comes to mind is the 2 0 over Liverpool in 84. Can anyone remember another Friday home win ?

Yoshida in for Danso for me. He was so bad yesterday that he a couple of games at CB for the U23's to get his head right.

Much better in the 2nd half when we played with a proper left back. The first half was awful, but we wre much more of a team in the 2nd. Bad selection by Ralph. Bournemouth took there chances in the 1st and then hung on in the second. I hope the lesson has been learned that , just because you have picked up 7 points from 3 games without a left back does not mean that you would not have picked up 9 with Bertrand playing .

Crap. We are so unbalanced without Bertrand. He must start on Tuesday. I can't see us doing anything much in the 2nd half, unless he bring on Bertrand for Danso maybe and goes 4222 . No one has had a good half for us. Also, if you have a right footer at left back, don't put another right footer in front of him, unless you want the oppo to know that you are going to cut inside every time !

Good point without our two best wide men. Bednarek and Romeu were awesome but MOM to Vestegaard. Great blocks and a great header. JWP, who should have been helping Cedric with James, wasn't even in the camera shot for the United goal. Cedric recovered well from that though. Adams needs to hit the target with his next effort.

When you try to hit a ball coming in from the right wing with your right instep it is always going to curve away from the goal . He needed to hit it with the outside of the boot, or with his left. Long does it all the tine, Obafemi missed a similar chance on his debut against Spurs, but at least he identified his error afterwards. I would syat fining players for this . Overall I think most players put in a good performance, aside from the brainfart for the Liverpool second goal. Vallery and JWP had a ten minute speel when they kept giving the ball away but otherwise were sound. All the subs looked very lively. VAR won;t save you from ref's like Marinier. The romeu booking was ridiculous and game changing.

Cracking goal, and a cracking kit foe Athletic as well. They copied our all those years ago, maybe it's time we copied theirs .

I like that formation too, and it can easily become 4 2 2 2 depebing on the oposition , with JWP pushing up and boufal dropping back.

Up until the winfd assisted hoof, we were the better side, as shown in the ex-g stats. However three at the vack should mean that there is a spare man therer to mop up if a defender gets decieved by the bounce. Having 3 v 2 should also stop someone being unmarked from a long cross. Clear systems failures. It is a shame that Adams could get more on that ist minute chance, although he did everything right, trying to use the outside of his boot to put it back across the goal, maybe his left instep would have been better, but it was at full stretch. Shane long would have wellied it with his right instep and then look stunned when it went 2 metres wide of the far post!