S-Clarke

Everyone who looks at Broja can see talent, there's someone there who will be a Champions League player in a couple of years. Will Armstrong? Absolutley not, he will never get anywhere near the level Broja will get to. That's not being down on Armstrong, it's just being realistic. I think Armstrong has impacted the games in the last couple he's played in, but he's still a fairly average player all told with very little to no growth left in his game. Broja has the world at his feet in my opinion. Young players will go through extreme dips and extreme highs as they grow and mature, he's not the finished article. I've said a few times that he needs to calm down when he's in front of goal, as he gets himself into great positions but lets it get to his head sometimes - that'll settle down though, we probably won't benefit from the finished Broja though. Just enjoy him whilst you can, he adds a new dimension to our attack which we didn't have last season.

If we play as we can then we will beat Watford, if we drop off our level then we won't. I think that's one thing I've learnt about this team over the last few years, there is simply no middle ground. We have to be on it to get results, and when we are on it we are so good. But if we drop off then we are incapable of grinding anything out which is why we keep falling from great runs into horrible runs.

Honestly, what is your problem with Villa? It's weird. They clearly have much, much better quality than Newcastle and us in multiple positions. Konsa is very good, Cash, Dinge, Luiz, McGinn, Bailey, Ings, Watkins etc - really good top half PL players, I don't know why you are so against them. They'll finish at least 6 points ahead of us in my opinion.

First half was better than the second for me, I thought our efforts in the second half were really, really poor. Huff and puff and we had a period where we were abject and Newcastle were all over us. We didn't seem to come out in the second half with any real belief, the best chances came on 90 mins plus. Agree we played ok first half and had some really good chances, but the second half was a really really poor showing for me.

We haven't been that bad I don't think. The fault with the goal came in the build up as opposed to the corner it's self, we are an absolute mess outfield from 50 mins to 60 mins. They could have scored their 3rd and 4th during that spell. Salisu had an absolute nightmare, got a feeling we rushed him back as he didn't look with it.

We certainly have better ballance in the side when Perraud plays. I'd personally put Livramento on the bench and keep Perraud at left and KWP at right to be honest, we played some great football with those in the side.

Just a bit reactionary.

Well, that was shit. Second half was an absolute disaster. We pretty much confirmed ourselves as the most streaky team, ever. We go from one extreme to the other, there's no middle ground with us. We can't seem to get results over the line when we play poorly. There is no justice in this world though, it just had to be the two players they'd signed in January who won this game. No fairness in life I think we've all come to learn. Onto Sunday I guess, Watford will want to bounce back though and that won't be easy. I hope we're not going in the direction I fear we are, i.e an amazing run of form followed by an absolute load of abject trash over a prolonged period, like we've done before.

Salisu sloppy for their goal, no doubts. Wood completely did him in movement, but I think Salisu was slightly unbalanced. Not sure how this game goes to be honest, we've let some great chances slip and they're still a threat.

I liked BWP, especially in the first season. I think he got 12 goals that year, did alright I thought. Always felt a bit guilty at the time when we got him as part of the 'Coca-Cola Kid' promotion, as we were much more flush than other clubs at the time, given that we'd just spent £1.5m on Skacel. Seemingly we were spending money we didn't have though!

I guess we could send back 'LOL' as the offer response.

It's hard to say what will happen at Chelsea, it could go one of two ways. They can't sit with all these players hemorrhaging money, the transfer ban surley doesn't include players they sell? (although I guess until it's not in romans hands, the money could still go to Russia) I still think we're well out of the reach anyway given the fee they will likely look for. Certainly Tammy Abraham type levels (so 35-40m)

I'd love to see them go down don't get me wrong, I just can't see it yet. Next two games will clear it up in my opinion, if they get results in those two home games that should get them moving again. Those are the key though, if they lose those then yeah I'd come to your line of thinking and that they'll be staring down the barrel.

Would it be that easy for them though? They're saddled with FFP problems, they've lost most of their sponsors and their financial backing. They'd lose Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison, Pickford, Daccoure, Allan, Van De Beek - basically all their half decent players. That leaves them with a core of Keane, Coleman, Davies, Gray, Alli which is predominantly championship level bar Ali, but that's still him living on past rep as he still looks a shadow of a PL player right now. They'd have very little money to buy any decent quality up front, in goal, in midfield to replace the quality they lost. Very tricky times if they go down in my opinion. I still don't see them going down though, they'll probably win the next two games or at least 4 points. I still can't see a way out for the current 3, I don't think any of them are good enough and that will be Evertons saving grace as they're not really good enough either - just slightly less shit, same goes for Leeds.

As in it's not so much of a surprise to see them lose 4-0 to anyone half decent. You kind of expect it these days.

That's a sign not to believe everything you see online. That's been doing the rounds for a few days now, it was from the climate protests a few months back.

Keane is always good value with his views, he doesn't mince his words. Jamie is one of those computer-generated pundits who you can put on ITV. BBC, Sky and they'd say the same thing. Never too controversial and just go with what's popular at the moment. Man Utd are full of awful players though. Not technically, but mentality wise they are just beyond shit. I must admit I never thought I'd see such a prolonged period of such a god awful Man Utd team, but it's fun viewing.

They're hardly a decent yard-stick to judge against, they're such a crap team.

I've seen us described as a streaky team, we can go on great runs and be the form team one min and then in the next min become the worst team in the league over the next 6 games. Let's hope we nip that description in the bud and get straight back into form on Thursday and then Sunday.

Absolutley agree, but I don't think we had the money to do much more than Lyanco. Should be different this summer, but we'll still have to lose one in order to make the space.

He's 25 years old to be fair, certainly not past his prime. On paper he's our 2nd best CB, Lyanco third, Stephens 4th. Ideally you'd lose Stephens, drop Lyanco to 4th, Bednarek to third and buy a new 2nd choice CB. I just don't see a possibility of that happening though.

I like him in an advanced role, I've seen him there a few times. He's quick, agile and has got some good skill on him to beat a man. He was terrific in that role against Brentford, just slightly ahead of the CM and using his pace to burst forward - it really worked. He's not a sitter in my opinion, he doesn't have the physicality to play that role and he never will have. He could play alongside a Romeu, but as soon as you have Dialo and JWP as your two then you are physically over-run.

I don't disagree, but I just think our 'chance' to really upgrade the CB area was last summer but we didn't have much scope to do anything bar a cheap and cheerful Lyanco. We've now got him on a decent length contract, along with Bednarek, Stephens and Salisu etc (typically Salisu is the one with the least time left on his deal). If we sell Salisu in the summer then obviously it changes things, but I don't think we'll be doing anything in that area unless we get some crazy bids for the existing.

Probably not as big a priority as those other two area's, but certainly somewhere we need to look at if someone moves on. Not got a problem with Lyanco, he's well ahead of Stephens for me. We need a Romeu replacement too, if he's not 'on it' or he's injured then we don't have another Romeu. I hate the way we keep trying to shoehorn Diallo into that role, he's not a Romeu replacement in any way. He's a good little player is Diallo, but he needs to be incorporated further up the pitch not in a defensive deep role - he can't compete at this level.

This summer definitely needs to be the summer we focus on two area's that have really been left to fester for years - GK and wide/number 10's. We have a lot of players in both positions, but most of that is real average. If we can shift some of that average on and find some Tinos, Broja's etc in those area's then we'll be laughing.