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Austin on

Davis coming on for Hoj. Davis/Rom DM. Hmmm...

Didn't prevent a clear goalscoring chance & a penalty was given, so not this time.

Bertrand. Always brags about being the best finisher in the squad. Give him a chance to prove it - he's scored nicely finished goals before.

Bahahahaha!!!! Long hits the bar and over. Oh dear. Err, why did JRod not take it? Or even Bertrand?

Penalty! Now, where's Tadic when you need him? Oh no, who's going to take this one?

YAAASSSSS Redmond!!!!!! 2-0. Nice play, great cross field ball, nice cut in and finish to top right corner.

On the other hand, nice to see Pied getting a game. Oh hang on he's injured... ... phew, up again! aha-ha.

A dull half but good score so far. I'll take that. A couple more goals in the 2nd half would be nice.

Nice finish! 1-0 Come on!

Yep, I like this team, though I'd prefer to see Clasie start instead of JWP at first. Maybe even JRod for Redmond? Hope Cedric doesn't get annoyed at being left out if this is the team.

Fair point. I'm not really blaming him, but he didn't exactly do the 'Schmeichel spread' with energy, or even arm-waving, moving towards the striker, challenging for the ball (at 3 yards out he could have reached it!). He just fell over in a lacklustre way hoping it would hit him. Not very good effort imo. Didn't even look good! Defence should have done better with marking, though.

Maybe the tactic is to lose a few games at this stage so everybody has second thoughts about buying our players?

3 minutes added on. Cue 92nd minute goal to make Puel look like he made some good decisions. I'm not normally a 'detractor', but this performance is one of too many which have just not been good enough. I don't care who we're playing - it's at home and we should be doing better and at least scoring goals! Ok, game over. Not just disappointing this time. Poor.

Goalless

I thought that, too. GK pathetic. Strikers pathetic. No wonder we're fading. It's so disappointing to see this lack of heart.

Pathetic!

JRod getting ready for his regular 10-minute outing. Who's coming off...? Dunno, cameras only care about Arsenal sub!! Really?! Ok, Tadic off.

To summarise: Redmond & JWP off. Boufal & Long on. Maybe concerned for JWP's yellow?

Good chance for JWP, but header... way over the bar. Again.

Can't see us scoring 1, let alone the 2 we need now.

Sod it! Paying the price for our poor/lack of finishing.

Would be a shame if so - not his fault the service has been ordinary.

SHOOT dammit!!! Someone shoot at the goal ffs!

I was just thinking bring Hoj on for Davis (who's looked backwards too much imo). Maybe Boufal on for Tadic?