Baird of the land

Was expecting to see Diallo be advanced of midfielders. Showed with the 2nd goal his strength driving forward, not completely convinced by him as a DM mid though. Generally a good display. Armstrong looking a threat. Hopefully the goal gives him confidence. Really important period coming up. Can we manage the game with the lead. Perraud feels slightly undercooked. Wonder how long he'll last.

I’d be surprised if perraud lasts 90 mins, so assume djenepo will replace him at some point tonight.

Interesting to see how Diallo does. Not too convinced by elyounessi. His lack of pace in particular concerns me.

Can't really see why Dyche would want that job, given the vast liklihood of relegation.

For me FB seems less of a priority now. Djenepo has surprised everyone. Are we really going to get anyone better than we have on loan. We can always revisit in Jan if Tino is a long way off still. Yeah i'd love 2 players in. The reality though is we aren't likely to shift all the dross (Moi, Redmond, Stephens, Bednarek, Walcott), so i'll take one good one that's ideally got some versatility

Good to see he got another goal

Can the mods please come in and clean up the match threads(really 4 man u threads)

Are there really people who think one Swallow performance aagainst Villa makes Bournemouth anything other than relegation fodder

Anyone else think Fernandes didn't intend to scuff it in the corner?

Such a shame he couldn't keep his shot down. That's about the only negative.

Yeah united are a top half team at best. Saints definitely need more cutting edge but on another day we win that, at the very least with competent unbiased officating we have a chance of levelling it from the spot.

It's apparently OK to play basketball if you are a big team. Bet if we tried that you'd suddenly find a different interpretation.

vAR a bunch of cheats that just backs up their baised mates.

Clear evidence of bias in referring. clear evidence of bias in media, refusing to even mention that football doesn’t involve basketball. as for saints. Decent performance. We lack clinical ness, which we all knew. Deserved at least a point if cheating refs/ var actually did their job.

Not a particular fan of moi but seems biased to ignore his beautiful through ball to Adams.

They had the best chance but saints had more. Lovely ball from elyounessi, pity Adams couldn't wrap his foot around it. Equally I think Armstrong should have been expecting the ball to get to him and should have done better.

I’d definitely prefer to keep Stu over elyounessi. If someone came in with a very good bid then I could perhaps understand losing him at this point.

Seemed like a player that was really going to kick on at the start of Ralph's reign. Still a reasonably solid player but if he's now so far down the pecking order he can't make the bench against Cambridge(before we bring in any additional signings), it would seem to make sense to loan him out or sell him.

I'd doubt it unless Stephens also leaves. Losing Bednarek would take us down to last year's number of CB. Stephens as 4th/5th choice wouldn't be the end of the world imo.

Definitely a fan of the all in one. Post game reaction threads were a right nuisance. As to team it largely picks itself. Probably s.armstrong or elyounessi the main choice. Not a particular elyounessi fan but he's probably more useful as a starter than as an impact sub.

Maitland-Niles seems a potentially very useful signing. May be more attractive to him now we're to be probably selling message he'd primarily be a midfielder and only offer emergency cover at FB.

Cmon Ainsley Join our triple barrel brigade

I did have the same thought (based on nothing more than his complete disappearance after his sub appearance against Spurs)

For Ukraine there is easy deniability given the current climate & high reward of striking someone in the heart of Russia. Personal risk for an operative sure but that's part & parcel of the job.

Is it Ballard time soon?