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Stephens saves a certain goal

Redmonds look at Cedric pretty much sums up that shot. WTF?

What a waste. Just not our day

We all feel the same. All our pressure but nothing to show.

Vulnerable on the counter though. Call me a pessimist

Stoke must be thinking they can nick this.

Once again a disjointed attacking performance. Just waiting for the inevitable really.

Just wide from Stoke. We are fortunate. But maybe a Stoke goal is what the game needs.

The way Carillo and Gabbi linked up for the late goal last game.. It's a no brainer to try and nurture that partnership. Instead he is dropped and revert to type.

Players just seem stretched. Not communicating enough. Every man for himself not a team.

Must have broken something the way this is dragging on.

Cedric offering his usual panic pass.

Needed 2 up front today. Surprise them. But just the usual so far ..

Nervy all over I'd say. We are afraid to concede.

Be amazed if this goes ahead!

Too early to judge Carillo. He needs to get used to the pace of the Premiership, our style of play (or lack thereof) and his team mates. He's only had 3 games!

I disagree. We can go into this as underdogs with no-one expecting anything. This is better for a team like us than going into a Quarter Final against a team we'd be expected to beat e.g. Sheff Utd. Of course, Wigan might still shock them too.

In some ways it is better to play Man City now that the final. Get the hard one out of the way :-) It is a little strange how Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea and Spurs all avoided each other in the draw (by which I mean the top 4 sides).

Hanging on at the end. But a wins a win. Into the next round!

Pellegrino should be banned from talking to the team at half time

Game has passed him by so far. Not playing to his strengths.

Be great if Sims can have an impact today and get in the main team. He plays with a determination and can make something happen, which we have so often lacked.

1-0 Chelsea. Hazard.

Agreed with this almost entirely. The first 6 months of last season were reasonable enough. The real warning bells began for me when we failed to sign a new CB last January. From that point on it's been a rapid decline and continued lack of proper recruitment. Without a word of admitting to the mistake from the club. This January and the summer have just continued that total lack of adequate recruitment.

Isn't there a sense that .. with the owners living elsewhere there is no-one actually at the club in a position to make a decision anyway?