Baird of the land

That defence scares me slightly.

Sure some conspiracy theorist will think Govt found all those people rushing to do open water swimming were left wingers.

"After considering all relevant issues, including the freedom of choice of players, the board had made it clear it was imperative for the team to be seen taking a stand against racism, especially given SA's history." The South Africa board clearly didn't consider freedom of choice, otherwise they would have considered alternative ways of taking a stand.

Never would have expected that. If playing a 5 he always seemed suited to wingback to me. So would that be? KWP Valery CB CB Djenepo

Every fan will have their own view on who is the best available player for positions. This season generally he's been better at making changes since the Everton game, something which annoyed me too. This week was a slight regression as I'd have preferred him to have taken off Walcott 10/15 minutes earlier. Of the teams in our mini league felt we have had a good go at Burnley, leeds & Newcastle so far, with only Wolves being poor.

Curious to see what shape we set up in. Wonder if we might go 5 at the back. Might suit the likes of Valery/Lyanco if he's thinking of rotating them in.

I see Theo made Football365's team of the week.

On current evidence Livramento is our best right back.

See he's gone for Surgery & will miss Chelsea game.

Being unbeaten against those below us may not inspire full confidence but it shouldn't inspire panic either. The next couple of league games will probably give a truer reflection of where we stand.

Annoyingly liverpool have given up attacking

Any chance of 9?

Think there’s a whole heap of mid table teams that could get dragged into it imo. Also Newcastle could still very well go down despite their billions. Saints have played 5 of the current top 8, so if anything we’ve had a tougher run than some others.

Away at Chelsea again where he'll have to spend most of his time defending.

It frustrates me that the only chance Tella's been given is extremely tough away game to Chelsea. I thought he did ok but the nature of the game meant he didn't have that many opportunities to showcase his talent going forward.

I was just disappointed Adam Armstrong got so little time on the pitch with us drawing.

Curious what's the racist element of the Palace Banner police are investigating.

I'm still hoping we'll get 10 points(6 more needed from next 3) from this run, which would be a very good return.

I’d assume we would want to give Lyanco more game time, given we are an injury away from needing to use him in the league.

Curious to see the scale of the changes Ralph makes for this.

That's nonsense, it was a beautiful first time strike. Not many keepers would save that.

Thought Djenepo was ok last week. Not sure why he didn't play. Think he would have shut down their first goal as he's better defensively than Elyounessi and would have closed down lowton. Walcott's the odd one. How he manages to leapfrog everyone to either come on or start, despite doing very little this season so far. That shank of his today was awful and that was one of the few moments he was actually in the game.

In a number of games this season he has made good subs at the right time.

Five points clear is well clear considering we've had a tougher run than most.

Don't think we are going down. Would have loved the extra 2 points but after a tough start we are still well outside the relegation zone.