Sour Mash

Sh*te draw, long journey, tough game, Stoke seem a half decent side this year.

Forest were really in the ascendency first 20 mins of the 2nd half, if they'd grabbed a 2nd goal I think they'd have gone on to win it. Spurs have looked poor.

Are you talking about black cabs here?!?

Shrewsbury or similar at home. Progress into the next round the priority.

The number of white English players are disproportionate to the population structure, should measures be taken to increase their numbers?

I mght have mis-phrased my question. What would be "enough" black and ethnc managers? Why do their numbers matter?

Hopefully that song won't get too many airings, the other Tadc one is much better.

Why aren't there enough black and ethnic managers in the Football League? Are you not concerned about the lack of English managers at the top level of the game?

Anyone know if the extended highlights or even the whole game are available anywhere on the net?

You're getting carried away, still a long, long way to go.

I don't have a problem with anyone booing Chambers (it is football after all), but why so many feel the need to give a raucous round of applause to Chamberlain in the middle of a tight game.

Cheers. Almost disappointed it was so recent.

Agreed, I thought he was excellent. Some tough decisions for Koeman to make on CB choices going forward.

The stat I was wondering about is when was the last time we won 4 on the trot away from home? Got to be a long, long time.

Who is making out it is easy? It is the toughest position to recruit for. I still believe we could get better than Kelvin Davis. The big disappointment is Gazzaniga though, in theory he should have been an ideal fit for the role.

I did read it. I am just confirming that MP didn't bring those players through.

But most people aren't saying our back-up keeper has to be "top class", just better than the standard of Kelvin Davis. It's a fair enough criticism and one thing we got a little bit wrong this summer.

MP didn't buy or bring through Lallana, Lambert or Shaw - they were all established first team players when he arrived.

Make whichever comparison you want, it's not particularly relevant.

I'd suggest you check again.

Are you sure about that?

Maybe so, but the point being there is no evidence that it takes 6 months of particular training to get his playing style working. He's even had a full preseason at Spurs which he didn't get with us when he started. Regardless, I think MP is a good manager and will ultimately do alright at Spurs, can't see any of this "sacked by Xmas" stuff happening unfortunately. Shaw will get his chance for Man Utd soon and will do well for them. Lambert will continue to warm the bench for Liverpool. Lallana will struggle to live up to the hype for them. Can't decide on Lovren.

But MP seemed to make a difference to our playing style straight away, there was no wait of 6 months or anything like that.

You're getting massively carried away. Do you really think Arsenal are only "probably" better than us?