Baird of the land

He told the ref to go check it, which is the procedure for (i think it's a pen but you go and check for yourself)

Think Dean was saying it was a fair attempt to get the ball, no red, not that he was saying it was no penalty.

Cracking save in the first half today and came and claimed nicely at the end when my nerves were shot at 2-2. Can't see how he could have done much about either goal.

So thought we'd managed to mess it up. So glad we got the point at least we deserved. Thought Salisu was immense today. Hope we can extend his contract quickly if he carries on like that(people saying we aren't better at CB with a maturing Salisu are wrong imo) Redmond great impact from the bench. Never been sure about elyounessi but he looked better today, maybe helped as we have pace elsewhere. Armstrong was a bit quiet on homecoming till the late drama.

Frustrating not to take advantage of the early dominance. That first miss by djenepo was horrible. They've grown into the game and fortunately Mccarthy made a good save to keep it level.

Good clearance by Djenepo!

Think KWP has been impressive in both outings on the left(though newport was very weak opp). Perraud hasn't been terrible but when one of your best players from the previous season shows impressive form at left back i think it was the obvious decision to see if it works from the start.

Don't see how about £35M on three established players equates to let's go with kids.

The lineup i expected. Let's hope Elyounessi takes this chance

Happy to hear news of potential new contract. Long term i hope Lyanco is a more complete player and becomes first choice.

Amazed the CB they spent £27M on Saliba isn't considered good enough to play for them still. They'd rather play Kolasenac as a CB. With all the money they've just let Arteta spend i'm doubtful they are going to sack him soon either.

Guess it gives utd another reason not to play martial again. Seems a very expensive short term signing but if it wins them league or champions league i’m Sure it’ll be seen as worth it.

While i’d Love some sort of wage cap in theory, not sure even if the likes of UEFA did it, how you’d prevent a super league cabal of big clubs then basically rendering it moot.

An educated guess based on who his former club are and zero interest in him from other clubs despite his apparent freeness.

Think it’s far more likely the zero interest in him as free agent is because his demands are extremely high.

The reality is that romero’s Demands would be likely be hugely higher than theo’s so he isn’t a sensible suggestion.

On preliminary evidence we are stronger at left back, whether that’s perraud or kwp over Bertrand. CB I was always of the view are cb were much of a muchness, so not really weaker there if anything salisu seems to be progressing. Hopefully Lyanco will be good striker slightly weaker but Armstrong has been promising so overall i’d suggest not weaker, potential to be slightly stronger.

I assume theo’s demands weren’t particularly large, was keen and easy to get done and he offers versatility and experience. Personally don’t think Hennessy is any better than what we have. Burnley brought him in so they could get their second choice game time out on loan, so made sense for them. heard Romero mentioned a lot (my assumption is he has high wage demands and/or signing on fee demands) hence no one going near him.

Amazed zouma has actually played for France. While he’s decent I do feel £30m is rather inflated as a fee. West ham seem rather short of depth so spending all that on 1 player seems odd to me.

The answer to my own question is no. Should put to bed any speculation that the injury is a ruse for anything else.

I assumed the club think Lyanco has skill set to potentially fill in at dm if required

That's clearly rubbish. Going into a season with only 3 CB was not tenable. Going in with two average keepers is.

We’ve already lots of backup in that position.

Thought second was a nice finish.

Curious to see if Armstrong ends up playing for Scotland during international break.