SuperSAINT

Wish I had any optimism for this one -- I watched the highlights of their game at Stamford Bridge and they looked really impressive. Carved Chelsea apart at times. They really handed us our a$$es at St Mary's too. Will be great to have Shane Long back for this game though. Would bite your hand off for a point.

Toby. Pedigree of playing for Ajax / Atletico / Belgium was clear to see.

Will ultimately take the point, but we sounded pretty woeful. Thank goodness Shane Long is back for the next game - No surprise that with our attack being so cr*p, we needed a defender to score. Jose will be a miss.

His chance to do a "Johnno Quick" ?!

Problem we have is little options to change it off the bench in the 2nd half.

2-0 & Scored again.

Austin - hamstring. Out "several weeks" according to RK.

Agree. You'd have thought Pelle & Austin would be too static. Have no problem with JWP starting as his set-pieces are so good.

Tuesday

I would have him back here any day of the week. Still young, versatile and just needs to play consistently. Problem is, you'd probably be competing against just about every other team for him.

Hiddink confirms Terry is still injured and misses the game.

1-1 Equaliser

I'm in the keep him group. Lets be honest, who would be disappointed if he signed a new contract on Monday? I was of the belief we could get away with missing him vs Swansea, but we will definitely miss him vs Chelsea. I think the discussion will be mute anyway as it's probably inevitable he will leave for a reduced fee in the summer.

Imagine Liverpool will bid.

All we can say is we've probably got the best coaching staff to know if a player from Holland can DAJFU. It does seem like a no-brainer though.

I would be (but then I'm naturally pessimistic). I'm happy with what we have and how we do things - The last thing we need is a Vincent Tan-type turning up, sacking Les Reed and putting his son's mate in to replace him.

Oh no! Absolutely gutted for him.

Going for a scan today. Fingers-crossed it's not serious. http://www.crewealex.net/news/article/seager-to-go-for-scan-today-2959594.aspx?

http://www.crewealex.net/news/article/seager-has-impressed-with-his-work-ethic-2956746.aspx?

Was it really 17 years ago?! Must've been the early days of the Internet. I think I can remember seeing that we'd taken some Latvian striker, recommended to us by Gary Johnson (who was Latvia manager coach at the time?) on trial. Think he played in a reserve or behind closed doors friendly, scored a hat-trick and we signed him straight up. The rest is history.

Funny how we were linked with both him & Kante.

Will be very tough. They are unbeaten in 10 games. (4 wins, 6 draws) & they are starting to score goals and hitting their groove. Will miss Big Vic too. Would def play Mané as they hate playing against him.

Yes please. http://m.goal.com/s/en/news/1686/eredivisie/2016/02/13/20137732/as-good-as-cesc-and-oscar-but-hakim-ziyech-deserves-more-than-to-?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FALiJVucg9Q

Good news is we have some serious attacking options on the bench.

Romeu booked. Please don't get sent off!