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Thought he was poor yesterday, most around me were willing him to be taken off for Boufal. Has had an indifferent season, so i'd say he's not really doing enough to be unhappy with being substituted. He has been better since Gabbiadini got here, but he's not made himself indispensable which I thought he would given the rumours that him and Koeman didn't get on.

Was at the game so don't know if it was shown on TV but JWP put in a tough challenge on Wanyama very early on in the game which Wanyama wasn't very happy about and kicked out slightly and they had brief words! I thought he was good yesterday, even goal aside, vast improvement this season I actually like seeing him on the team sheet now. Romeu was absolutely superb second half yesterday, some of his tackles were exceptional. But Dembele is ridiculous, so strong that it meant he'd attract two or three of our players at a time just to tackle him which left room for Wanyama, Eriksen and Alli, and that's where most of their play came from.

I really like him, looks very confident and is very comfortable on the ball. Sometimes too confident which leads to stray passes, but City are being praised for that all the time so must be good enough for us I suppose! It's been a tough situation for us in terms of having to have Stephens and Yoshida together, but individually I really like them both (i've always been a fan of Yoshida and never understood the extreme criticism of him). We are extremely lucky to have Van Dijk, he could make Les Reed look like a top centre back if you stuck him alongside him, so i'm confident that Stephens would be a more than capable option alongside Virg when he's back, so this run in the side will help him no end. Also, as a sidenote, I was at the game and was watching Dele Alli lead with his arm in every single header against Stephens yesterday, with no eyes on the ball whatsoever, just pushing Jack in the neck/face to stop him getting to the ball, which explains why Stephens didn't win many of those. Bit of naivety on Jack's part to a) let him do it and b) not react to it/go down - but not many players have the nastiness of that total **** Dele Alli, so he'll learn how to counter it over time i'm sure.

I feel like my hatred for Spurs has diverted from Poch related to just being down to their team being horrible, petulant bunch. Would love to see them lose their heads today as we tear them apart.

A Bournemouth supporting friend says he's too sentimental and gives players too many chances sometimes, hence the completely pointless re-signing of Lewis Grabban for more than they sold him for when he was surplus to requirements and on strike at Norwich. Now on loan at Reading. I suspect, you're wrong.

Hopefully they put someone else in charge of player recruitment though, a lot of their biggest money signings have flopped completely

Is it possible that there is some disagreement over loyalty bonuses and the like? I don't know how and when this sort of thing is settled. But I know that a transfer request results in any bonuses being waived.

On crutches in Nathan Redmond's instagram story this morning

Isgrove is Welsh, ha!

Wouldn't it be more worth seeing if we can turn our international, former Barcelona, Juventus, wanted by AC Milan centre half who we acquired on a free transfer into a profit? If, as suggested, that is the motivation behind our team selections.

Are we still boring?

Could Wilshere be the CM that we need? I know he's not the most popular on here but it's easy to look a bit of a **** when you play for one of the big clubs. Has found his fitness at Bournemouth and i've always thought he came in for some harsh criticism over recent years and I believe he's the best CM that England have. He may lack size but more than makes up for it in technical ability.

Watching the highlights again, for almost every shot we have Gabbiadini is right in front of the goalkeeper incase he spills it, his anticipation is brilliant. A complete 'right place, right time' guy. Also, for anyone who only watches MOTD, I recommend the full highlights from the club, to see Gabbiadini skin their defender and almost score/setup a great goal, and also a piece of magic from Boufal that embarrasses Kaboul before he shoots into the side netting. On another note, has anyone noticed a link between Boufal shooting and falling over? From memory he fell over after both shots he's scored from this season, and he also did it with his shot that lead to Gabbi's goal this weekend. Not sure what my point is, but just can't help but notice it.

Some very good players in that squad, wish I could go myself!

I found him very frustrating on the left earlier in the season (particular around late November/December) where I found he'd get to the penalty area and cut back onto his right with no real thought and then waste possession. He now seems to be coming inside a lot earlier, presenting himself with a lot more options. A huge improvement in the last month or so, as well as JWP.

West Ham, Sky love 'em, got to be seen as whiter than white.

I really don't think this even happened after the first couple of games?

I don't have any stats to back it up at that moment but I think you'll find it is worse than a lot of teams.

That's two very experienced manager's in Mowbray and Coyle now that have publicly said Sam will make it at the top. Clearly Poch saw something too. Really hoping for the lad after all he's been through, that he can make it here.

Maybe Hojbjerg can put in a good word for us, both played at Danish youth level so probably know each other

I agree, many of JWP's criticisms are based are round his physical attributes, which Clasie doesn't offer anything more in terms of. But Clasie doesn't have the final ball that JWP (sometimes) offers.

His addition has convinced me further of what I have personally felt all season, us being 'boring' is because we don't put it in the net, not down to the style of football we play. The style of football in the last two games has been the same, but it becomes a hell of a lot more attractive when we score at the end of it! I'm on board with the idea of not getting too carried away though, Amr Zaki, Michu, Cisse as mentioned above, all have burst onto the scene too. But his intelligence off the ball is what gives me hope that we are not seeing a temporary purple patch, and also the fact that he hasn't come from nowhere, he's played for some top clubs already.

Yeah they were, but I guess as we are actually in Europe ourselves it kind of doesn't work! (not that I, or most people would be bothered) But if we are being accurate the Naples is better.

Was thinking after I saw the video that it needed another verse, and came up with pretty much the same! Seems ideal and easy to remember.

For anybody that uses Snapchat, Saints' official one managed to catch the second Gabbiadini goal as it went in from within the bottom tier, if anyone knows how to save that (I don't!) then that'd be some quite good footage to share. Be quick though it'll expire in about 30 minutes!