Lighthouse

Because he is a troll who has 'predicted' defeat before every game for a couple of years now. Another strong candidate for the ignore list. Villa are better than last year but nothing particularly special. We matched Chelsea for 55 minutes even if they did have more chances. Boric will be a loss but not irreplaceable. Gazza now has a month to prove we don't need another keeper in January, assuming he keeps his place of course.

I don't think that has any relevance whatsoever. Gaston has been failing to make the match day 18 recently, I suspect his career here might already be over.

Kind of an ironic statement given that a team currently in the top 4 also lost 3-1 today... Against Hull. Why do these 2 games define our ability and not the games at Old Trafford and Anfield? Or even just the League table?

I wouldn't blame him for today, it was a poor team performance by everyone second half. However based on everything I've seen of him so far, he needs to seriously get his arse in gear. If Lee Barnard had put in identical performances this season, we would all be gobsmacked as to how he was still in the team. As others have said, players like Wanyama and Gaston are young and deserve a bit more patience. When you sign a 27 year old for €15m you expect a more refined article.

The score line is a bit harsh on us but Chelsea have deserved the win. I'd take a defeat here if we beat Villa.

It's December and we are above Man Utd and Spurs, 2 points off a Champions League place (assuming we get nothing here) We've taken 4 points from our fixtures away at Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Utd. I'll take that for reality.

Ah s**t nevermind.

Good half. Defended well against a decent side.

I don't think my ticker can last 90 minutes of this

It's not even a record for this fixture.

JRod!!!!! Oh yes!!

Can't see one anywhere else, so COYR

Well done Hull. Win and go second it is then.

I said not much, not nothing. Lambert is indeed a good payer to have on the bench but I'd prefer to have 3 or 4 to go with the keeper and a couple of defenders. Cork, Jos, Yoshi and Chambers aren't going to change anything if we're losing. Davis is a hard worker but is hardly one to unlock defences.

Like the look of the first 11 but theres not much on the bench to change things on the bench if it's not going well. I can only assume Gaston's future now lies away from SFC as he is regularly failing to make the match day 18 (unless he has a serious injury I don't know about). Would have been nice to see someone like Isgrove or Reed on the bench as I don't see the need for Jos and Yoshi to both be there.

A draw for Spuds and Utd keeps them both below us. The Sky tater seemed to think we could drop to 9th if both teams won that game. Not sure how that works. In other news Moses starts in place of the injured Sturridge. The pundits seem obsessed with the phrase, "SAS partnership" normally but not one mention of Liverpool's "S&M partnership" so far today.

I like chicken wings, so this seems like a fairly good proposition to me.

I wouldn't have thought they would lose to Basel twice either but it happened. I think we probably will suffer a narrow defeat here after a decent enough performance. Would play the same side as Arsenal but with Ossie in for Lambert.

What he said. If you like a good atmosphere, turn up at La Folie Douce at about 3.30 pm any day of the week. Drink, party and then attempt to ski back slightly ****ed.

It depends in what context the words are being used. For example, I could walk into work tomorrow and say, "f**k me the weather's sh**e," and nobody would bat an eyelid. On the other hand, if I walked in and said to someone, "f**k you you f**king c**t, you're a complete f**king pr**k," I probably wouldn't have a job on Tuesday. Personally I don't see why the latter should be tolerated just because you're in a football stadium. I don't have a problem with people swearing and taking the **** but some people take it too far. Without witnessing a particular incident I can't really pass judgement.

Is that Eric peering over the shoulder of the bald bloke by the TV? Couldn't you have found him a space at the front, on someone's knee?

Which is surely the point of having cover in the squad. We all know Jos has limitations but he can come in and do a capable job if required. As much as we'd all like to have 4 Lovrens on the books, that just isn't feasible. When it comes to back-up players I'm more concerned about Kelvin and Fox.

I think a lot of the stick he got last year was unfair. Playing on the left side of central defence with Danny Fox next to you is a tough ask. Even Lovren found it difficult this season and that was playing at home to a fairly average side (think it was Swansea). Credit where credit's due today, he slotted into our toughest fixture so far and didn't do much wrong by the sounds of it.

Beaten by a better team but the sounds of it. Still, it's 4 points from trips to Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd and Chelsea. If they came from 4 draws we'd all be over the moon, so this game was almost a free hit. Don't really feel bad about it. On to the next one, let's see what we can nick at the Bridge.

Well, however this ends we won't be losing.... at home to Scun.thorpe.