Baird of the land

I'll take these scrappy 1-0 nil wins but i'd like to see us nail a team or two this season.

Very happy with another win and another clean sheet. Lovely goal by Armstrong. I thought that second half display was awful. We seemed to think Villa were Man City or something.

El Ghazi shouldn't be on the pitch after 2 fouls and a dive imo. Lovely goal by Adam Armstrong. Disappointing for all our domination we've created very few chances. I'd love us to get the second as right now if feels like we are slightly fragile defensively. As good as Stu Armstrong was last season he's been poor today. Hopefully we can tella on for him. We need to start trying to target their left side more where el ghazi is on a booking and targett is weak.

The expected team with exception of redmond's unforseen absence. Would have preferred someone pacy in midfield such as Tella.

Maybe just me and my view of Spurs as essentially a mid table team temporarily elevated by Poch & kane but don't know why Conte would be interested in the Spurs job.

Perhaps we could bring in Tella for Mo and play him on the right.

Yeah i thought Fred was slightly lucky in the game vs Spurs. Committed the same cynical foul against 2 different players in the same move. Whilst very unusual i do remember seeing Chris Baird getting 2 yellows during an advantage.

Really hope we can go for the throat and heap more pressure on them rather than being the team that gift wraps them a recovery.

As Keegan would say 'i will love it if we beat them. Exactly the sort of team i want us to finish above and there's the added edge of that Cash handball last season and Danny's flight there this.

Redmond was good again today imo.

Kane doesn't really suit how nuno plays. Also lol that was a fab clearance by Davies to stop his teammate Romero scoring.

Just hope we can convince him to extend his contract.

Exactly so much of their play came down that side because Sarr is their best player by a country mile. That's why KWP was in today imo(because Ralph trusts him slightly more defensively than Perraud)

Great to get the win. Largely a very good performance. Would have been nice if we could have put it to bed earlier and not had that ropey nervewracking last 5 minutes. Great goal by Adams, and very good hold up play in general. Just the dodgy header off a complete display. Right decision to play KWP who did well against Sarr generally. S Armstrong still looks very rusty. Really nice save by Mccarthy when i thought we'd blown it as well as the usual calm coming and claiming aerial balls. Personally i thought we should have got Tella on in that second half to try and get in behind them.

Thought he did brilliantly for the first chance, another day that goes inside the post. Second chance he's got to be working the keeper though. Forgot about his headed chance.

Very good frist half, with the usual caveat of we should have got a second for all that domination. Hope it doesn't come back to haunt us.

I do wonder when Broja's fit if we could try a more 4-3-3

KWP the slight surprise but i assume Ralph thinks he is better defensively than Perraud. Assume Djenepo is injured, which is a shame.

The big difference in trying to compare it to the poppy is that one if one weekend a year and the other is 365 days a year.

Did anyone really expect to come out better off after new social care charges.

Yeah seemed a terrible choice to chuck coach so quick, especially as she(they) didn’t have anyone lined up to replace.

I can see the logic of people wanting to us to figure out a way to get one of best 11 players (kwp) into the team, given livramento has played further forward at u23 level. If they want to try it Away to Liverpool, which is a bit of a free hit and where our 10’s will be doing a lot of defending seems a logical place to experiment.

If we're going to experiment with Livramento as a 10, personally i'd think Liverpool away might be the game to do so.

If Djenepo's fit i'd like to see him on the left. Think Peraud will need lots of help against Sarr. If Armstrong's out, i guess Elyounessi is the most like for like option on the right. I'd prefer to see Tella there but he'll likely be on the bench.

I did wonder if he had a knock coming off or was just exhausted on Tuesday.