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Roy doing a big tactical change. Their central defensive midfielder off, and a somewhat pacy player on Schlupp now on.

Very lucky that wasn’t capitalised on - big error But also credit Jack for just about doing enough to put Benteke off. Zaha or Eze or anyone with acceleration would potentially have buried that

Adams is good when he needs to just hit it instinctively i.e. volley against SHU etc Any time he needs to be composed he just doesn’t score and ends up hitting it into the keeper most of the time

CHE ADAMS!

YES FORSTER!

We don’t want to burn bridges with Pool We must do what our ESL overlords say for we at are their mercy

INGSS 1-1!!!!

Redmond has been awful. Commentator - “The city got nervous [about relegation]” Tbh I’d say 95% of us have been calm but ruing what this season could have been

This has been a painful watch so far but its the hopes of making a comeback that kills you

1-0 Palace oh go away Saints ffs

Interesting Ralph says ‘if we get a clean sheet then maybe 1 goal is enough’ I mean he isn’t wrong and I would take a 1-0 shithouse win now. I’d love JWP to get into Zaha’s face again too

Ings starts!!! Best news for me- now to score in the next 4 games and get himself in the England squad

Now that we are 17th, I don't know why but I've recently got the feeling that despite the soundbites about competing for "7th to 12th", deep down the reality is we're content with 17th and the board probably pat themselves on the back for it.

Ah yes that makes sense - although technically you could probably loan unlimited players if they don't affect the "25 man squad" criteria? So a max 4. can be registered into the 25-man squads, of which a max. of 2 can be from PL clubs. For example, Diallo and Salisu aren't actually in our 25 man squads

Yep this is exactly what I see too. Although I think we will definitely use the loan market. I'm not entirely sure what the official loan rules are As a club are you only allowed maximum 2 loans? Or is it 4 loans, but maximum 2 from PL / 2 from elsewhere? This is what I found from the PL website but I can't quite understand that the 2nd bullet point is making out! I am presuming it is max. 2 based on the first bullet point.

I know I've read that Arteta gets a lot of complaints for trying to coach Arsenal into the next tiki-taka Barcelona but that they don't have the personnel to do it, I can't help but wonder if we are in a similar boat with our 4-2-2-2 formation i.e. trying to play this particular way when we don't have the squad or quality to play it What I am about to say is probably one of the worst things about the "modern" day football fan - but I can't wait for the transfer window to see who we sign this summer!

Our limited resources is exactly why we aren't looking elsewhere and giving him a contract.

Centre backs get vilified for one mistake as it leads to a goal but Adam’s misses over the past 4 months is just as big a reason why our results what they are. I mean he’s doing something right cos it’s always him that gets these chances but his conversion is horrific

That goal should have been prevented - was a routine cross but no one went for it... Our seasons in 2014/15 and 2015/16 were successful when we had a solid defensive pair annoying goal to concede

Oh okay thanks for confirming I know some players have claimed dispensation under religious grounds. Salah and Mane are Muslims too- I don’t know if they are fasting tonight though? If so, let’s see how their performance will be hindered.

Is there evidence of this (that they are fasting)? Or have you assumed due to their names?

I think they will be fine for Top 4, but they are certainly leaving it tight which in truth is is needed because the PL was becoming stale with seemingly there being not much to play for Their game at Utd I can see them winning as I expect Utd will be heavily rotated. Ditto the same for the Spurs fixture too.

Jeremy Pied on the bench too for Lille If Lille win all their league games, wonder how PSG fans will see Poch for failing to deliver Ligue 1. [PSG have won 7 of last 8]

MOTM for me goes to Karen Carney for her wonderful insights tonight. Groundbreaking analysis

How much did you lose tonight then assuming the insurance bet didn’t come off?