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Dug in and got deserved win. Really hate refs who make decisions based on the level of complaint. Clattenberg went for the yellow card and then made completely the wrong decision. Really glad it didn't come back to cost us. Real team effort, hard to pick out an individual this week.

Most important one to renew is Forster. Fortunately Liverpool gave Mignolet a fat new contract. Maybe that will stop them coming a courting. After that Tadic & Mane(though obviously Mane may reject it) Maybe offer Long a one year extension. If there's a move that suits both parties then sell him. Otherwise let his contract run down. Gardos needs to prove himself next season before we think of extending

As you say 4 points is excellent, i was hoping for a point against utd but expected Arsenal to have to much for us, i didn't reckon on Fraser though. Personally thought the ref was decent. Let a decent amount of physicality go and others would have been throwing around far more cards and much earlier.

What a difference a fraser forster makes. Any of the other keepers and we would have lost. Romeu and Wanyama very good in the middle. Mane caused them all sorts of problems if only he had a shred of confidence Confused as to why Pelle was preferred to Austin. Assume Clasie was being rested for weekend?

Not sure Stek would want to be reserve. Personally don't see Gazzaniga needing a loan, think he needs either confidence of being elevated to 2nd choice with ideally getting a run out in league cup. He seems to be improving and bringing in a keeper over his head isn't going to do him any good. Ideally pick up a third keeper on a short term deal to cover until there's someone coming up through the academy. Can't see the value in bringing in any more centre backs unless we are shipping out Gardos/Yoshida as first choice pair are settled, especially when there's the likes of Stephens/Mccarthy hopefully returning after good loan spells. Key business defensively will be tying Bertrand down to a long term deal. Cover in that position is fine. Make decision on Soares/Martina whether we need to replace Wanyama will leave, Romeu will take that spot. We'll likely need another midfielder alongside hopefully Reed getting some real involvement. As you say perhaps someone who is more akin to Davis in style. Assume Pelle may leave as may Mane if United are still interested. If Jayrod actually comes back we probably need to spend heavily on a like for like replacement for Mane. If Juanmi decides to opt out rather than stick it out that may require a further addition.

Looks like he got last 10 minutes in their draw.

Derby have been poor. Their right back has been atrocious. Their coach was too useless to spot him getting done all game. Their striker Martin is one of the laziest players I've seen in a while. can't see them getting up anytime soon.

Good news in the circumstances, with Austin arriving any chance of 1st team opportunities this season were over. Hopefully he can score the goals to keep them up.

Not sure about Rangers to be honest, well clear at the top of a very weak league. Not sure how much football he would get either. Probably better going to a league 1 club, with more chances to start. Really hope we aren't planning on selling him to Swansea.

Hope if he goes it's a sale. Worried there's a high liklihood of us ending up in the Michu situation, him not wanting to come back, us unable to get a fee for him and years of loans.

It seems the way we are playing we've got austin, mane, long, tadic, Pelle, Jrod & Juanmi, (not inc either u21 strikers) battling for 2 positions. Club obviously will know more if Jrod is on track to return. Still seems to me there might be room to shave one off if we got a very good offer.

If they are after him hopefully we could squeeze a little more from them, closer to what we bought him for. Personally wouldn't complain if we got our money back on a player in his thirties, especially since we've recruited Austin.

Yeah can't see Austin starting. Use him as an impact sub till he's fully up and running. If Davis recovers him for tadic is the obvious move. If not probably jwp for tadic.

Since we went out and spent millions on a new attackers i think everyone is aware Seager's further down the pecking order. If we suddenly get a spate of injuries or sell Pelle that might change. That doesn't mean it wasn't crazy he wasn't given a chance when we were badly struggling against Norwich or Palace with few attacking options available imo.

Great result. Since i've been critical in the past, i'll say Koeman really got his tactical changes right stopping the momentum they were building. Nice to get revenge for the home loss to them again. Forster makes a big difference. Great to see a modern keeper so good at coming and catching the ball, takes so much pressure off the team. Austin showed his goalscoring instinct, felt like he was still adapting to how Saints play much of the time but had 2 key moments, one a goal and one where he was involved in build up to Romeu almost scoring. Hopefully this is just the tip of the iceberg. Didn't really feel Tadic decision worked out especially in the 2nd half when they brought on Mata. At the moment feel we have 5 players vying for 2 attacking slots(Long, Austin, Mane, Tadic, Pelle) which is a very nice position to be in. One again Long was excellent, probably my man of the match.

Decent first half. A mane in form would have taken that ball down and put it past De Gea. Right now things aren't quite going for him despite him doing 90% of things right. Still not sure about Tadic being in for Davis. Despite the fact we've played well there's been a couple of occasions where we've let them get too much space on edge of the box for shots. One of those knife edge games where first goal could easily win in. Nice to see their crowd turning on them after 30 minutes and them being pressured into launching aimless long balls to try and apppease them

Can't see it being Tadic, lacks the attributes fill in for Davis, especially away from home. Assume it'll be JWP after his goals last week. Think the balance would be better served by (Wanyama/Romeu), (clasie/JWP), (Davis/Reed) pairings

If it is the case i'd really like us to give Reed a go in that role, won't happen though.

Personally i think Reeves was a good little player. Was got rid in rush to sign new players on arriving in Prem. Has shown for several years at MK Dons a very good standard. Wouldn't be surprised to see him end up in prem somwewhere. Prior to relegation there was Cranie, who looked promising in brief cameo in prem. Who knows what would have happened to him with right development. There was also Matt Mills who made some pretty disastrous moves including to City and then across Championship. Definitely think he could have been Prem player with right guidance. Your list is absent the likes of Gallagher who burst on the scene on Prem and did well but has since been troubled by injury coupled with the closure of the route to the first team. Personally the idea of finding a Le Tiss/bale/walcott every season if fanciful but you need to be giving youngsters some opportunities over the course of the season. We'll never know if Stephens/Seager/Reed if they are not given a opportunities in our team. Even if you don't find a superstar you may find a solid premier league squad player.

I'd like to see Reed given some opportunities in the Davis role.

The older the player is and higher profile they are the less likely we are to be able to compete with the likes of Spurs, Liverpool etc. that seems different to me than picking the choice players from elsewhere at a younger age when they are still much rawer prospect. our advantage has been our willingness to give academy prospects opportunities if that goes why not sign for the likes of chelsea with better status and better loan contacts.

I'd be very surprised if wanyama signed a new deal, unless it has some sort of release clause. Personally I'd be happier in news that Bertrand/Forster extending their deals. Not sure I particularly agree with notion of signing 18/21 year olds from elsewhere rather than giving our own academy players at least some opportunities in the first team. Target is a clear example how game time in the prem can be of benefit. The likes of Stephens/reed/seater/McCarthy need to be given that before being discarded on the scrap heap whilst the club scrambles around to pick up scraps of u18/u21 not hoovered up by bigger sides.

Lovely strike by JWP, finally showing the dead ball finishing that seemed so apparent yet illusive. Important to get that early goal before they rearranged tactially. Got a little lucky at 1-0, on another day JWP could have conceded a penalty(might have been marginally outside) and then thought Targett's penalty was slightly soft. Very cute play by Targett to throw his body across though. After that we dominated and resuly never looked in doubt. It's very nice to see us be able to close a game out like that again though. Thought Davis was particularly good in midfield, lovely play to set up the third for Tadic.

I've never been his biggest fan honestly. There's also the worry regarding his knee. Very low fee and a british player who has scored goals in the prem isn't to be sniffed at. I'll be hoping to be proved wrong in regards my opinion and fears regarding him.

I just can't justify bringing Pelle back into the team against WBA. One thing Tony Pulis teams do well is defend against crosses, so i'd stick with Long getting at them with his pace and persistence. Like a few others the only change i might make is Tadic for Targett, if we are moving to a 4 at the back.