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Did you watch it ?

Guly ? Midfield 4 of Lallana, Spiderman, Davis, and new signing.

So, assuming we bring in at least one winger, and move J-Rod infield, what then to do with Sharp, Guly, and Lee ?

For somebody who wants to come here ?

"Wanted too many touches on the ball" "Need to take our chances"

Given our next 2 games we could be 1 place above the Seasiders in a couple of weeks.

Agree - looked for too much time on the ball and all too easily dispossessed.

It probably gives a good indication as to Puncheon's position in the squad and plans for the future if he stays on the bench when we need better width and pace in attack.

Nor does 0 points after 2 matches consign you to relegation.

For somebody who (1) we are willing to pay the asking price for, (2) whose current club is willing to accept our bid, and (3) who wants to come to SMS. Problem with Ramirez and Philips is that for the former it's at best 2 out of 3, and for the latter probably only 1 out of 3. Who the CB targets are is anybody's guess.

3 games, 9 points.

For second and subsequent months a monthly extension registration form G1 (extension) must be completed and forwarded to the Secretary.

It does as the fans have got used to winning, and therefore their view of how the team perform might be slanted because they aren't used to seeing us lose, especially at home. Similarly with the players, as a group they probably aren't used to having to graft and chase every week in the way experienced Premier teams will make them do.

18 months ago the majority of this squad were League 1 players, and we were dreaming of today. We have become used to winning far more than we lose, we damn near went a complete calendar year without a defeat at SMS. Yes today was disappointing, especially after last week's efforts. But maybe we just froze a bit due to the occasion and found out to our cost that those slight errors that we have been getting away with for the last 3 seasons will be punished at this level. None of the teams at this level are going to roll over and let their tummies be tickled - let's hope that the players and coaches are making their way up the learning curve. There's a long way to go, and que sera sera. COYS !

I thought the navy supported Plymouth.

Off the bench on 63 minutes: Work 6 Ipswich 0.

So today did have a silver lining :-)

No need to despair : 14 Tottenham 2 -1 1 15 Reading 2 -2 1 16 Norwich 2 -5 1 17 QPR 2 -5 1 18 Southampton 2 -3 0 19 Aston Villa 2 -3 0 20 Liverpool 1 -3 0 Last year after 13 games Wigan had 6 points and yet stayed up. We need to learn fast, certainly faster than our build up play today, and not linger so long on the ball.

At least one of Nige's post match 'positives' is easy : "I'm positive we need 2 new centre backs".

Too slow on the ball, too slow off it.

What happened to the team that played last week ?

Guly looks like he's stuck in 2nd gear.

38 minutes in and the matchday thread is still on page #1 !!!!

I may have got confused between contracts and registrations, but I posted this earlier :

http://lancearmstrong.com/news-events/lance-armstongs-statement-of-august-23-2012