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We were incredibly dominant in midfield - almost overkill really. That period where we had Trossard, Lallana, Mac Alister, Gross all buzzing round the edge of the box and Bissouma picking up all the loose pieces - dominant, but I think we could have sacrificed one of them for Welbeck to play...

Two strikers. Think that would have given us the edge today.

Maybe, but Sheffield keep playing Brewster because they need him to be good. Likewise Palace with Benteke. We don't need those two and have moved on.

Probably one of our best ball playing centre backs ever. But unfortunate that the very best are all in the same team.

Palace now have a worse goal difference than Fulham

By everyone you mean Man City and Leicester. But yes, confidence is shot

Thank you. Seeming to know what you're talking about can cover a multitude of sins :) to be honest I decided I'd drifted into bullshit but pressed post anyway. I stand by the first sentence at least ;)

A classic 4-4-2 actually does look a good way to play us, as they can send everything wide and double-up on the wings. Without overlap on the flanks we then get matched up in midfield and forwards need to drop a little deeper. Villa do play 4 at the back, but don't have the classic wide men...

This pitch is going to be such a bitch to bat on later :lolol: turn and bounce, looks tough tough tough Two players both under huge pressure are playing place-saving innings, Rohit starting off in one-day mode looking for scoring shots everywhere, Rahane digging in. Fair play to them, they are...

If he's shit for us, no, if he's brilliant for us, no. But if he goes to another club and then to England, yes

Ali averages 42 with the bat in India, good, 10 wickets at 64, less so

To be fair I know little of Stone, certainly not enough to be convinced or otherwise, one test against Ireland in which he did well and that's it. I think we just lump him in as another tall fast bowler like Finn, Ball, Tremlett, Rankin, but 130 FC wickets at 24 isn't to be sniffed at, and if he...

Remarkably, Foakes has a higher test average and first class average than Buttler. And is a better keeper.

Sanchez has only played 12 games, so a small sample size applies here too, like the Dijon keeper

White did a good job on Grealish in defensive midfield at their place, I wouldn't be surprised to see him try the same again, if Webster is fit.

In with you on Lallana fur his first 20 minutes or so, looked a bit disinterested and made some sloppy passes, and wasn't searching for the ball like Bissouma does, also had a habit of just knocking it back at no great pace to the defence when he had time to stop and turn. He certainly grew into...

Add two of the very best attacking players in the world to our defence? Quite high I'd wager

Why? Because apart from that Liverpool champions league goal I have never seen that done before. Certainly can't recall it against Brighton in any game I've watched. I will admit to having also switched off that moment and turned my attention away waiting for them to set up for a corner, next...

Look at this for the latest radar down here in Cornwall, snow to the North, snow to the south, completely avoiding our hallowed land. All that lovely snow just heading for the fishys. That's just unfair :(

Yup! My thoughts on this game after 80 minutes with no shots on target were : Karbownik looks young, Moder is tall, Gross looks... different..