Baird of the land

Think we should always have a fullback (Vokins) on the bench. Didn't need all four of (djenepo,long, n'lundulu,redmond). JWP has got very important to our midfield & shifting him to left back didn't help us at all.

And left us with 9 or 10 men due to injuries!

Not great 2nd half apart from ings wonder strike. Got the result, glad that 3nd went in, in the 97 minute when the game was over. Worrying on the injury front, especially danny. Thought all 3 replacements played rather poorly.

Strange to be 3 nil up having not played that well. Just utterly clinical. Scored preety much every time we shot. Not sure the free kick in the lead up to the vest goal was one but will take it. 2 gorgeous free kicks by JWp, was sure the 2nd was too close. I think Cash should be considered last man. The rule is silly if you can be last man horizontally like that and deliberately stop a one on one with the keeper like that.

Interested to see which side Walcott starts. You'd think up against Targett might make more sense with Armstrong shifting across.

Should stay 3 subs. The big clubs have mega money and should be able to rotate. Just heard Chelsea have used something like 23 players this season in Prem.

Be good to have Theo as an impact sub replacement for Armstrong. Could see him having big effect against tired targett legs if game is still tight.

Found it hilarious our coaching staff were still showing stuff to long on the iPads when they were preparing to bring him on in the 2nd minute of injury time. Then the ball didn’t go out of play anyway.

Very happy with that. Great team performance. Didn’t understand the pre game talk seeming to trying to turn them into a city or a Liverpool type game in terms of challenge.They are still everton with lots of ordinary players and a missing a couple too.

They are still in the league cup aren’t they, which may give him one game. Better than being namedropped as the 9-0 keeper forever.

So far tonight, won a penalty and 2 assists.

The other shoe dropping, in regards those suggestions of scrapping league cup/cutting league size. Hopefully other clubs will do all possible to resist enabling this sort of monstrosity.

lol, So i wasn't the only one to think of the Vestergaard, Samson analogy.

I’d be disappointed if we don’t at least get a point. They are improved but by no means perfect. if we have aims of finishing in the top half we should be aiming to get something against the likes of Everton.

Exactly, i would have been super annoyed if we naively handed them a chance to break away and win it.

Very curious to see if he'll play in next week's U23 game. Surely he should be getting those sort of games under his belt.

Seems to suit Ralph's system, in that he's not someone who wants to be hugging the touchline.

See Donny won at Pompey and he got the assist.

Fab display in the 2nd half. Deserved that point. Was frustrated at the naive way we let them back in at 2-2. Nice to see us being professional after getting it back to 3-3. Walcott carries a threat. Vestergaard seems a different player. Thought Romeu was suberb.

Last season it might have been disallowed for that with the different interpretation.

Bednarek really struggling. Can't see us not conceding again unless we can do something to shut down Werner. Some nice attacking play by saints and good pressing for the goal.

Get rid how? Surely it's better to loan him out(getting some contribution from Crawley) rather than pay up his remaining contract in full. Personally think Hesketh been unlucky with injuries/our blocked pathway/been mucked about on loan. Hope the move works out for him and he can make the most of his talent there and build a career.

Shame we couldn’t sell Gunn. Maybe next summer. Be interesting to see if he actually plays at stoke considering Davies seems to have started the season well for them.

I was one thinking he should have come into consideration at start of season given lack of options on wing. now we’ve got players fit, Walcott in, It’s good he’s getting a move. Hope he can make an impression and get a full time deal there. unfortunate that his development was mucked about by our succession of bad managers as he showed some bright moments. ralph clearly decided from day 1 his focus was on the next crop of youngsters.

Politics. They aren't going to push the issue given there's zero chance of it passing. The whole proposal is very suspicious, do wonder if its essentially a decoy to try & pressure for something more limited