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Hmm.. looks a tough one to come back from now.

Always going to be fairly dull with the Saints team not playing together much. But doing okay up till now without creating much. More embarrassing for Sunderland right now.

Ramirez, utterly wasted.

Their first team today is it?

Solid start so far. Excellent possession football too.

What a performance by so many players. We rode our luck and Utd were below par. But a point is a point!

Yes!!

We have played very solidly. But that goal looks like it's going to be enough. Osvaldo guilty of wasting a lot of chances.

All about keeping the goal difference down now?

That's the difference. We dominate and have a few decent chances. Man Utd destroy us.

If Boruc is out we have no adequate backup. We need him back ASAP or to get someone in to cover.

Does that mean he's played more minutes for them than us this season? ;-)

Not been playing well lately. Hard to justify his inclusion with so many other options available too.

Close from Jerome... close to going into orbit.

Excellent! 2-0!!!

What a frustrating performance. We really do look dull once the ball goes into the area. Unable to create many decent chances.. just the two I can remember. Schneiderlins header and Lambert. Not sure what needs to be done really to improve it.

0-0 written all over it? :-)

Fairly even game. We've had some huge let offs so far.

Lucky escape there.

Sterling goes in for the tackle.

I think the issue is that people want him to do well. They expect him to do well given his apparent qualities. But he doesn't seem to get into the team enough or get put on when it seems sensible. And when he does play, he often end up giving the ball away and looking off pace. To be honest, I think he's being mismanaged along with the rest of the side. That's not to say Pochettino can't sort it out in time ... but we're trying to throw in all our attacking players at once instead of building a sensible looking attack.

On another day we'd have been 2-0 winners. Dominated possession and had the most chances. The keeper was just particularly good today. We did look disjointed coming forward and Ward Prowse made a massive difference with his set piece deliveries. He currently rates better than Ramirez so must be worth at least £15m

I think today we've got the formation wrong.

We do seem worse than last year. But I suppose it takes time to gel etc.

Punch starts for Palace.