Baird of the land

I'd bring in Che(middle name Everton) back in for Mara for the relegation scrap.

Is it confirmed that Lavia was actually injured? i was assuming/hopingit was more of a tactical injury timeout, when he was always going to come off after an hour.

We’re still playing direct at times, the difference was the aggressiveness that’s been missing for quite a while. Villa under Ralph was at least as bad as forest under jones. We played with back 5 for last 30 minutes

Predictable that Newcastle and Utd would be kept apart. Think Newcastle is probably the worst draw.

Love watching Lyanco play but thought DCC actually slightly edged him.

Hope we get a chance to get revenge on Forest.

Absolutely suberb. My only worry is that the effort but in there will still be in the legs in the big game against everton at the weekend. Happy for Jones, not sure if it'll work but some of the premature vitriol, even claiming the good element of performances were nothing to do with him were absurd.

Glad to see Prowsey up from that challenge

Think we could do with replacing Diallo, looks leggy. Not sure how ready the Kid Finnegan is, whether he could add legs to midfield for last 10 minutes.

Hopoing Lavia is fine. Was never going to play more than an hour. Going down in full Ralph, let's have a break on 60 minute mark

No way was that accidental Not sure its a red card but should have been a yellow card imo

Really excellent half that. Why couldn't we have approached the Forest game in this manner. Going to be tough to hold it with World Class subs incoming. Amazing the difference a goal makes to Armstrong, making fools of city defence at end. There's a lot to like about Lyanco. Yes he's got an error in him but he also offers a lot that this team is lacking. Would love a fit Livramento but right now a Fb he is offering something useful. The midfield 3 looks good. Good to see Lavia back fully fit. Wonder how long he'll last with a big game at the weekend. Would be interesting to get a look at Finnegan. Diallo looks more comfortable in the 3 too. More of this creative Djenepo please, rather than the version with edges rounded off by the end of Ralph's tenure.

Same Mara didn't try laying it across goal to Armstrong who was in great position.

Nice to see us trying to play the ball short from Corners. Fed me up no end under ralph how predictable we were.

Really poor by Salisu, 2 chances to deal with.

Yeah i heard J.Redknapp saying it was the nature of football, which annoyed me as it is not it is the nature of the premier league.

If we've a huge league game(which might decide if we stay up) a couple of days later then yes we probably will.

Palace was much more winnable than Man City. We've got a huge league game in 3 days time.

Not a fan of Mara starting. Not a huge fan of Diallo, when he's in a 2 with JWp he looks particularly hopeless. Hopefully he's better suited to a 3 where Lavia will be the DM. Curious so see Djenepo Again at WB again.

If we are going to be playing 5 at the back not sure AWB is someone that can do that. Wouldn't be opposed if we are going with 4 at the back primilarily.

I enjoy the pod. However i do feel the panel tend to lack balance/breadth of view.

Found it very odd everyone harping on that they've never seen us as bad as against forest. Really, i thought we were equally garbage against Villa this season under Ralph.

€6 million per year feels a lot.

Happy to see Newcastle out. Concerned seeing ref play an additional 2 minutes on top of added time, that they’d grab a last gasp equalizer.

Mentioned the same thing myself. We seem to play freer. Where's the Dell when we need it.