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Very passive performance for the most part, against the big teams you have to take the few chances that you create. Didn't think anyone was awful, just not at the same level as Chelsea. We had nothing on the bench to hurt Chelsea and change the game. Austin stands still and contributes nothing, Long runs around and contributes nothing. I wish we would look to the future a bit and maybe have Obafalemi or Gallagher on the bench instead . However to those saying we need to go down to have a proper clear out, we can't get rid of Long. Austin, Forster Davis etc as it is, why would clubs snap our hands off in we are in the Championship ? Despite what many posters think f them. Lemina , Cedric Bertrand Hojberg and the like would be snapped up and we would be stuck with all the has beens .

You are right , it was more half chances, but Wolves created nothing in the 2nd half until the goal. I was happy at that point as I was expecting them to pull us all over the place.

I worried about the amount of times Armstrong gave the ball away when I watched him at Celtic. He got away with it up there because Troare doesn't play for St Mirren, but agaosnt decent teams it is a problem. As for the 2nd goal, the worst attempt at defending since Van Gobbel at Elm Park! I can see why he hasn't featured much. We had the game safe until then. Obviously it helps Wolves having that pace in the squad, let alone on the bench, but we were bossing the midfeild and creating most chances until that break away goal. Cedric M.O.M for me, some great defending.

And the need for border checks at Dover, Harwich, Portsmouth etc on all transport.

Bang on. I hate it when JWP and Davies are on the pitch at the same time, they are too easily brushed of the ball, and if the oppostion start hittin high balls ......

1 - Moran at Pompey 2 - Bret Ormerod in the Semi final at Villa Park 3 - Tony Funnell at Leyton Orient 4 - All 3 Gabbiadin goals at Wembley 5 - Steve Willaims solo goal against Norwich ( no TV pictures in those days) . I swopped my season ticket that day to stand up the Archers a with a mate. He always stood next to this bloke who spent the whole game saying "Williams,you have the brains of a rocking horse!" . Nil Nil 2nd half and Williams takes a short pass from Keegan, dribbles past 5 Norwich players before curling it into the far corner . I gave that bloke so much sh@t !

Stupid errors cost us. Moi took Cedric out for their equaliser, Vestegaard waving his foot at the winner and Hoj deciding to dive instead of just falling over. We were much the better team before we gifted them a goal. I don't like Long, but he was OK in the first half , but disappeared after that. Having said that, I would much rather go for a bit of intellegence and have Gabbi and Ings starting.

Bringing on Long for Austin was a waste of a sub. We went from playing with 10 and a half men to playing with 10.01 ( Long did get one useful touch in injury time) . As for the other subs, it just gave Everton control of the midfield and Let Wallcot and Sigurdson play one twos through our back line at will. To be fair to Hughes, Koeman used to do pile on the forwards if we were losing sometimes, and it allways had the same effect, no shape and no possesion equals no goal threat.

Got better as the game went on, but the subs were terribble. Pierre needed to come on for one either Lemina or Romeu who were both on red cards. This meant that we lost the midfield after we scored. Long should only come on if everyone else in the squad is sick. He offered even less than Charlie Austin. On the poasitive side ings looks good. We need to work out who partners Vestegard and the build from there. PS Lee Mason gave us nothing. ripping someones shirt with your follow through has to be dangerous play !

I think you are being confused by the "Champions League " label. UEFA are moving towards the model where qualification is based on TV ratings, not actual league position. It would have been interesting to see what fudge they would have come up with if Real Madrids slump had continued last season.

True dat! I thought Lemina was everywhere today, considerng all the srick he got last week for not being 100% after tonsillitis. Good attacking substiutions and Stephens looked OK as right back cover, could have scored, but needs to work on his crossing .

The best of the rest are usually the teams from the bottom 14 that make a good start, as we did under poch and Koeman. If they can extend that start until xmas, like Leicester did, then it might get interesting, but otherwise it is just a race for 7th. No-one could catch Arsenal last year when they only one a single away game in 2018 !

3 at the back gives us no space for creative players, plus Hoedt and the giant Dane look too sloe to play in a back 3. We don't have a right back, with only a week left to find one. Romeo seems to be the only player capable of staying in positions to sheild the central defence. Long got into some good positions thatwould have led to goals, if he was a profeesional footballer, and Austin was the complete oppossite. We should only play 3 at the back against a 2 man attack as it robbs us of a creative player. If we are to create anything Armstrong , Gabbi and Ely need to start.

I have been trying yo work out why Ted Mac Dougall is playing no 10. Austin has been that bad. No movement, can't trap the ball, can't find a red shirt and a complete waste of space outide the penalty box. Gabbi and Armstrong are our only threat. No pace, no artisrty , no fgkin hope with that line up.

Love the parquet courts song. About 2 months into the last 2 seasons, I thought we should run out to A New Dawn Fades by Joy Division !

He plays very much in the same position as Wallcott and Lookman, so they are not thin on the ground there either.

The next England game, is on ITV, which not only means Clive Tydlesy, but also that England have a terrible record in tournament ganes that are on ITV ( Belgiom, Iceland .....) .

If cedric or Bertrand leave then we should go for Sabaly from Bordeaux, plays Right back for Bordeaux and Left Back for Senegal. Seen him a few times and he is a great modern wing back.

That must be why none of his teammates went to console hime after the game, in case concusion is contageous.

Maybe we can interest Liverpool in Foster, as he s[ecialise in saving shots that are straight at him, unlike their current keeper.

Pretty much this, but if Cedric is off then I would keep Pied as a back up. I can't see many takers for Carrillo, but perhaps Hughes can get him integrated into the squad as a Crouch option, as he has the whole summer to get people to practice crossing the ball to his head, something that wew only managed once, away at Burnley.

Think the team picks itself, unless Hughes decides on having an extra body in midfield and plays JWP instead on Stephens. If Redmond had scored his header in the 96th minute to equalise , everyone would be buzzing, and saying that we are out of the bottom 3 and that our fate is in our own hands. You just know that it is going to be a draw, so that the West Brom narrative continues.

F AAAAAAAAAAAAA C K Didn't deserve that, but bertrand should have just put it in row z

Long for Austin as it is away, and possibly PEH or JWP instead of redmond . Another stressful week.

Monaco. I think part of it is having enough good players to get noticed. Stoke for instance kept hold of Bojan and Shaquiri because they have Tadic levels of consistency . If we stay up, by some miracle, only Bertrand,Cedric and Lemina would have a good enough reputation to move upwards, wether they have earned it this season or not!