S-Clarke

He's ****ing massive, in both senses.

We're back to our defensive performances of the start of last season, they had some good chances...but the midfield provided a fantastic shield, and when we did have attempts against....Forster does what he does, I think he's a top level keeper to be honest. Never understood the doubt people had with him. £10m bargain really. Fonte and VVD put their bodies on the line, they were terrific. Romeu was terrific, Wanyama was terrific. But I will say that if we were a touch more clinical....we could have got something there, massive chances for us (not many chances...) but we had some clear ones we could have done better with. Overall though, we've totally turned this season around now.

I wonder how long Sky can keep flogging their Transfer Deadline day trash. It's all a little bit embarrassing.

I'd rather we won all 3, but that might just be me.

BREAKING NEWS Manchester City confirm Pep Guardiola will take over as manager in the summer.

Only in football can your value rise after you've failed.

Yeah, that's the one. They're lapping it up, but all I saw was pointless backwards passing which B'mouth were more than happy to accept. It was a lump forward that actually got them in. That goal against M'Boro was much more complete and actually can be described as probing, rather than just keeping the ball for keeping the ball sake.

Our goal v Boro a few years back was a hell of a lot better.

Newcastle have made a £21m bid for West Brom striker Saido Berahino, according to Sky sources.

That's not going to be confusing what so ever.

What is with this place today? People asking who we'd prefer to win out of Saints or Pompey, and now this.

I think they paid him off back in the summer, he's been a free agent till now.

Yeah, same. Wanyama will be this years Clyne I reckon, and Mane will be this years Morgan.

Bilic has done well this month, he's another option.

I wonder if the 'release' of Gaston will give us a bit of leeway in what we can offer him. Maybe that's what we've been trying to sort.

Palace are obviously desperate for a striker, it just makes you wonder why they didn't go for Austin. I can't imagine Adebayor will be cheap wage wise either, and he hasn't played for about 6 months? Sounds like a little bit of a desperate signing to me.

He had a really positive impact when he went to QPR a few seasons ago. He can make a difference, certainly an upgrade on Obertan - but it's just a little too expensive for me.

I'd be tempted to give it to Long, the first proper run he's had in our team and he has been crucial in our results over the last 4 weeks. Good to see him finally nail a spot.

But didn't we say the same thing for most of last season? ''He's not had a save to make, he's not been tested, we don't know how good he is'' Well, maybe we do.

I love the fact that RK has got one over on LVG, again. But seriously, what is LVG all about? I do enjoy seeing Man Utd struggle, but how has he mismanaged that squad so badly and failed to address so many glaring issues? Why does he constantly convert wingers into wing backs, and play wing backs at CB's? Apparently the odds on Mourinho have been slashed, they really do need something with a bit of charisma to get them moving again.

Tadic was fine, played the number 10 role well in the first half. Played a terrific ball into Mane as well and generally linked things, tired a bit in the 2nd half though as he was constantly on the move. Good shift.

He really wasn't that bad.

Think he has the same role for England too. Seems to be more of a First Team Coach.

We've probably played better in games and lost them this year (WHU first half for e.g) but we still did enough to win today in my opinion. Our tactical shape is excellent at the moment, we always look as if we have more players than the opposition when defending and we seem to be able to get back into shape very quickly. Teams haven't quite worked out how to counter our new system as yet (in terms of breaking it down). Great start for Charlie - people will say it was a free header, which in effect it was, but just watch his movement and the way he just moves...and then knows when to hold - right on the spot. He just knows where to be, that's been the case all of his career. With the amount of chances Mane and Long miss, give them to Austin and we'd be a lot better off! I think our 10 day break has come at a good time - nursing a few knocks and it'll be good to get everyone back fresh for a tricky game at the Emirates. First double of the season in the offing?

Yeah, wasn't decent quality. It was amateur level stuff, but fun to watch.