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ok I give up have it your own way, if it wasn't a balancing factor then Pellé's miss is all the more uncondonable. For those who don't remember the incident well, about a minute in, that's a 2 footed lunge and a red card anywhere else in the world but in the UK it's a yellow for diving, just shows the standard of reffing really. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ZAJRX7sNQ

Been a standing order to refs for a couple of years now in the hope of instituting harmony, same crime, same punishment, 2 feet forward, no matter what, you're off. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2092434/Two-footed-challenges-red-cards.html

2 feet forward, red card, it's in the rules.

Tackle was dangerous, red card, seen it loads of times as C+ have re-run the match 3 times now, red card, penalty.

So Szczesny definitely still out, Gibbs,Monreal and AOC doubtful then, Bet those 3 are all fit come tomorrow night though. If Gibbs and Monreal should not make it though that would leave them with a biggish problem at LB though wouldn't it?

Good scenario, hope it happens that way then and that whomsoever gets presented with a chance as a result of us tearing into them from the off actually converts it. If Pelle had sunk that sitter on Sunday as you'd expect him to the game would have been different, mind you so would it have if the ref had got it right when José hacked down Aguero at the other end, red card and a penalty.

I don't think it's a case of being scared or not up for the fight, I think it's rather a case of players being worn down by having played virtually every match and internationals to boot. We have no alternative options, what ou see is what ou get so those that are on their 20th or so match since August are beginning to look frayed at the edges. RK needs to understand that the League Cup is for the youth team and fringe players only. If you can win with that you do if you can't well tough titty.

the one in which the french word basically means getting some firkin end product.

Do we not still have money in hand from our summer sales, I thought that we did, perhaps not though.

Don't think it's a case of taking leaves out of anyone else's book, we need to get some rendement from our front 3, the problem lies there within, they just aren't performing so they give the opposition more men to shut the other players down, I'd drop Pellé, just not doing anything, same as his first few games with us really, trouble is we have no alternative., I suppose that's down to JRods recent setback.

Reed got 8 games or part games under Mauricio, so far I think he's had about 5 minutes in total under Koeman so far. Last season we had Shaw,Chambers,Lallana,JWP and Gallagher getting some game time this season it's just JWP in the main.

And hope the refs don't notice that we've one player too many then.

Did Ron not say that he had no other option than to operate the change that he did? Surely that would mean that he doesn't see Reed as a viable alternative for any of our DMs really. Didn't see him a a viable alternative to replace Davis either so what exactly he is a solution for remains to be seen. We have gone from one of the clubs with the most home grown players on the park to one with zero in a very short time. Every player that we used yesterday was a buy in or loan signing, Barcelona bis dream gone ?

not now they're not, Spurs players seem to have realised what they're supposed to be doing at last.

What sick of not getting a game or a new contract?

Not sure just how academy minded Koeman actually is. He certainly has a reputation for using young players but doesn't seem to think most of ours can do the job he requires.

In fact the first goal was a combination of errors by the two DMs, Toby lost the ball and then when Victor did get a foot on it towards the edge of our box he firked it up as well and let Touré have a free shot which took a deflection and left Forster diving into the wrong place. Davis lost the ball for the second I think, Morgan is so key to our game that any prolonged absence might well be a disaster waiting to happen.

Not the end of the world of course but the poor performances of Tadic, Pelle and Mané once again are a distinct concern.

Hull look absolutely dire though, Bruce can do whatever he likes really,won't make much difference Aluko looks poor as well. They're far worse than I remember and on the form that they're showing today they won't be much above the drop zone.

We weren't crap, we just had no efficiency at the sharp end because Pelle was poor,Long inexistant and Mané wasteful. We need JRod back but it seems to me that his progress is perhaps slower than foreseen.Over 8 months out now and no sign of even late cameo appearances from him. Still he was apparently kicking balls over a month ago so perhaps he isn't too much further off.

Pity, Tadic would have cut him to pieces and our defence would have had an easier day because of his crap crossing.

who cares, he can be ugly as you like as long as he scores 30 goals a season.

They're probably the nec plus ultra on FM2004 or something. I don't think we even do old players, Fonte must be the doyen now at 30. I don't count oaps like KD.

Think they've got their eye on Cech actually. Mignolet certainly isn't helping them right now, should never have given Reina the shove, ludicrous decision.

Which he kind of did, was only a fraction away from clearing the eventual shot off the goal line I think. Mind you Forster was wearing that awful grey kit, perhaps Toby didn't see him at all.