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Worrying for a young player to keep getting injured like that. Hopefully it doesn't become chronic.

Arsenal woken up now. Normal service resumes! Obafemi injured and struggling.

We do look more assured in this formation during this first spell.

Ah glad Ralph seen sense on Stephens!

Seriously? And Stephens survives?

All that talking and analysis isn't going to make up for the lack of quality though. We could have 6 month off and still lose to Arsenal. We simply aren't good enough for this league anymore.

Surely at HT that will happen. Ralph can't leave Stephens on after that performance.

5 nil by full time may be optimistic. Every time they attack it looks like they'll score. Miracle it's only 2.

Probably. Neither appears to be able to get the balance right who'd be a manager eh?

As for me. I'm just sick of Ralph deliberately dropping experience and fielding a weakened side. He appear to have a problem with picking established players. And we are being punished as a result.

Making bold and unusual decisions if fine if it turns out to be hidden genius. Sadly at present Ralph just looks clueless and his decisions insanity.

Ralph is all talk and is trying to look smart by picking youngsters. So if it works he can be smug. Sadly that ego experiment may result in us going down.

If it wasn't for Stephens this would still be nil nil. Blame for picking the player who's mistakes have cost us points recently lays squarely with Ralph.

Stephens again. 2 nil

Time spent analysing isn't going to suddenly improve our quality sadly.

Whilst also making it even more shocking that we lost twice to a team as bad as Cardiff.

Starting to look like Championship next season. We've failed to beat or lost to the worst teams around us. We don't look like scoring and we can't defend when the going gets tough. Hard to see a way out of it with a squad thin on quality.

We've now failed to beat Burnley, Palace and Cardiff. Some of the poorest teams in the league. I think we can safely say we have one of the weakest squads in the league now. Even weaker after January window.

Knee jerk to say we are going down but if you can't score or defend.. at this stage of the season in our position. Against a rival. Doesn't bode well..

All going wrong after a positive start. But under Hughes we'd already be down there with Huddersfield.

Game over. We are no threat

Total lack of sharpness up front without Ings and Gabiaddini. Contained comfortably by them really.. Need to mix it up second half of lose to a break away or set piece goal.

Cardiff pretty much containing us and waiting for a mistake. We have barely tested their keeper. Not looking good at the moment.

We should have signed an attacking player. What we have left is just not good enough. Lack of real quality.

Looking threatening without looking dangerous 0-0 in reckon!