Baird of the land

As much as Armstrong is playing very well with the short turnaround wonder if boufal might come in for him.

Very good display all round. Nice to see obafemi showing his quality. Great intensity from jwp. Armstrong really impressive too but Stephens my mom. Didn’t put a foot wrong.

Absolutely fantastic today, had Abraham 8n his pocket. Hope he didn’t get concussion at the end.

Don’t see what about his treatment is weird. He played lots and was rather ineffective. The current front two have struck up a partnership. Obafemi with his pace has done ok in some away games so was turned to first whereas in the likes of the Norwich game at home Adams was given 13 minutes etc rather than obafemi.

Short term long is doing a job in the same way McGoldrick is for Sheff utd. His confidence in front of goal is gone though.

Can’t see us spending big on a right back in Jan when we have 2 nor is it likely genk would want to sell mid season. Revisit in the summer perhaps once Cedric has finally departed.

Kovacevic suspended now for Boxing Day according to 606

Don’t expect much, a couple of loans or such. Would expect some sort of fullback arrival and maybe an additional midfielder given the shape we are currently playing Curious to see what happens about the underwhelming danso loan too.

Good to see us both play well and get a result. Loved Stephens driving attacking run. If can just work consistently on the lapses of concentration he could be a very good player. Thought hojberg was generally good. Only real downsides for me were Cedric and long’s Finishing. Hopefully whatever is wrong with Valery clears up quickly so he can compete with Cedric for that slot.

Interesting to see what rotation happens. We can’t rotate fullbacks, I don’t think we should with cb’s or gk. We’ve only really Romeu or slattery as potential midfield options. If we’re going to rotate a striker i’d Prefer to see long rotated or the likes of obafemi. You could always take ings off early if the game is gone to protect him.

Hopefully we can repeat the Norwich/Watford games trick of finding a way to win.

Maupay looked impressive against us and against Arsenal midweek. Haven’t seen much else of him but in that regard alone he’s streets ahead of Adams so far.

No, the angle meant he couldn't go across more without completely opening up the other side

The long incident was never a penalty.

Stephens/Cedric were well ahead of bednarek/bertrand

Long's pace a useful option this season if we persist with 2 up front. Wouldn't renew his contract though. Equally i think Obafemi has attributes to play that role. Never want to see Long as a lone striker again as his finishing has become atrocious

Curious when the club analyse last night's goal will they say Bednarek should have been up with Stephens or Stephens was pressing too high.

Another very nervous finish. It's a shame we weren't able to put on a convincing 90 minute display but it's 3 points. Don't really approve of the extra defender sub as it didn't really make us more secure as Norwich should have really scored. Would prefer to see someone like obafemi replacing long in that scenario. Most played well first half. Thought Redmond worked very hard for the team and still worries defenders, just things not quite clicking for him. Thought his one lung busting run to byline aside Cedric was pretty mediocre. Adams showed a couple of flashes but still looks a work in progress.

Can't see us making changes to a winning lineup. I'd prefer to see Valery at right back, so hopefully he'll eventually dislodge the mediocre Cedric.

What the summer signing who unlike obafemi hasn’t scored.

Shame Valery isn’t available as i’m Not a Cedric fan nor a danso as back upfull back one

If Boufal's out wonder if that might mean Sims making the bench.

The lower leagues are protected by the 3 o'clock ban which is probably the main issue attendance wise. I do wonder if eventually they'll experiment with premier league having a different kick off time altogether, enabling the wider sort of amazon multi tv coverage/money deal.

Bournemouth reminded me of us versus 10 men Spurs, slow possession but nothing incisive. King is an important player for them to be missing though and solanke is a carrillo bad replacement. They'll probably pick me up and have another run of wins.

Watched palace game and a bit of the man city before i got bored. Quality was excellent.