S-Clarke

What's he done wrong?

Games just pass Clasie by, too weak. Cannot impose himself at all, we're kind of playing with 10 men - he's that ineffective. Caulker is just poor, but he has been relegated twice, so no surprise really.

Maybe we can play Fonte in midfield and Mane at left back.

He did actually pickup yet another injury, he's just a pointless waste of wage.

What about the 25 he scored for Reading in a single season?

They had some body scanners outside some turnstiles, but were only picking people on random. So not entirely sure what help that did at all. 2 people in front of me went into the turnstiles with rucksacks, not checked, as the steward was too busy doing random body scans.

That first half was a diabolical mess to be honest. No shape, no movement, no cohesion, no passing, nothing. 2nd half was a bit better as we at least gave it a go, but if we're honest it probably should have been at least 2-0 to Stoke, they created the better openings. Credit where it's due, they came and played well. Defended well, were organised and played the perfect away from home counter attacking game. Not really much to be positive about really.

It's really impossible to judge anything on this game, although it won't stop the media going OTT. IMO the french players didn't want to play this game, their demeanor suggests that their minds are elsewhere (as expected).

Up to 20 people dead, terrorist attacks on going in central paris. Gunman still on the lose apparently.

Wouldn't have thought anyone will be let out of there for a while...

He's part of the squad at a big club, automatic selection.

It was Bony and Gomis originally, the second fiddle to Bony became first choice. I really don't rate him.

An horrendous troll, he's not even good at it.

They never really replaced Bony. They signed Eder in the summer who has had absolutely no impact what so ever and I wouldn't even call Ayew a striker - more of a Mane type. They're a good side though, just going through a bad patch. They probably need to spend a bit of £££ on a striker in January though, they need a focal point.

Shocked to hear this, it's no age at all. Condolences to his family and friends. RIP.

Yeah, that went well.

Well that wouldn't end well, at all. Christ, they moan about the lack of movement from Rooney. Pelle would be slaughtered by that lot after 60 mins and his career at the top would go the same way as Rickies. I think he's got more sense.

I don't really like the term world class, it's thrown around so easily. This is just my opinion, but players who I class as world class are those who have experienced success at all levels. Domestic, European, International World Cups/Euro's. Ronaldo, Messi, Ozil, Schewinstiger, Lahm, Fat Ronaldo, Ronaldinhio, Kaka, Rivaldo, Beckham, Muller, Henry, Viera, Nedved, Cannavaro, Pirlo - This is just off the top of my head and I've probably missed some obvious, but those players have the attributes of what i'd consider world class. De Bruyne, Zabaleta, Cech, Morgan, Willian, Lloris aren't there. They're in the group below in my opinion.

You weren't saying that though, were you? You were saying that he is a L1 keeper at best and there are many more keepers in the lower leagues who are a lot better than him. Which is actually a load of tripe. It's not just you, but people say crazy stuff like Forster is L1, Adkins isn't good enough, bla bla bla, Mane is non-league, and years on, months on...they still try to justify their moronic views. I don't get it, you were made to look incredibly silly with your views on Forster, so maybe it's time to gracefully back down.

If Bournemouth can't win when they play well, and they lose when they play badly, then they are already long gone. Can't see a way out, they are not good enough.

That whole loan moved screamed promotional, due to the fact that Ireland U21's were playing England U21's at St Mary's.

WARNING: Pluto has started a thread.

I like how we've handled him. He clearly wasn't 100% to the level at the start of the season, so we've taken our time with him and slowly bedded him into the side. And we're reaping the rewards now as he's looking excellent positionally in both attacking and defensive sense. We're doing the same with Clasie which will also work wonders.

I think we lost control as the 2nd half went on, they just lacked the quality to punish our slackness - and trust me, a better side would have taken advantage of how often we were handing it back to them today. Luckily, they just don't have the ability right now. A lot of huff and puff, but we did bring alot of it on ourselves.

Good reception for Drew today, no bad feelings for him. Glad he's finally getting a crack at the PL.