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Looking at the next 4 games we really need to get at least 6 pts.

Oh dear. Awful tackle and rightly sent off

City dull second half so far. Guess they haven't needed to try much

Hah imagine if Hughes had made these subs and put out that line-up. Ralph gets away with it though because we are hoping it's some kind of masterstroke beyond out comprehension.

I'm in agreement. Jwp went down very easily.

What's most galling is that if we'd held on to 2-1 at half time you'd feel there was still something in it for us. 3-1 is basically game up.

Game over by half time then. Just have to see what we can do second half to keep the score down I suppose. Apart from our decent 15 mins you'd have to say they deserve to be winning.

Jwp went down easy

Smashing goal!! 1-1

Despite recent form City are one of the best teams in the world with one of the best managers. We look like a pub team in comparison.

They score right after we waste a glorious chance

Passing hasn't improved much. Our own worst enemies half the time.

All set up for us to be utterly destroyed barring something out of the ordinary.

We can only hope City's poor run continues. Worst case scenario they'll want to make a return-to-form statement against us and not sit back on a lead.

Hopefully this doesn't backfire on Ralph and he doesn't stick with Valery out of stubbornness..

They were the better team throughout. They are a better team. Can't see us getting anything against City. Grim few weeks ahead.

Given the money they've spent you'd expect them to be better than us. The guy with the goals cost 40 mil. We'd never spend that much on one player.

Awful tactics getting that many forward with no cover at this stage of the game. We've been so sloppy in possession.

Getting overrun now.

Fantastic game from him. He just seems to be in the right place at the right time so often.

What a win. After so much pain and cynicism for the last few years. To beat Arsenal who were on an appsrently unstoppable run. Straight out of the relegation zone. Look forward to the rest of December now to see what we can do!

Players with the right attitude will flourish. Those that do not have it will be left out. The Targett interview says it all!

Yes he played there a few seasons ago. Looked good to me.

The new man may help. But we could be well adrift by January. Think we'll go down anyway.

Basically. New manager or no new manager we've managed to become the worst team in the league. Question though. If Hughes was still in charge would we have lost that game? He probably wouldn't have started Vestergard I guess long term we are better off though?