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Connolly would have played if that was the case. I'm perhaps more interested why he wasn't in the squad either. I think they've been two naughty boys and the club has put them in the sin bin for a week.

We have. And I'd much rather that than our 5 points being exactly what we deserved :thumbsup: Although we did only deserve the 1 point against WBA, mind. They played well.

You missed one: 6 - disciplinary. I reckon he might have done something daft eg broke covid rules, and he was left out for disciplinary reasons, but the club is keeping it in-house and saying its tactical. We'll see him Friday.

'Should'? If we'd have picked up all those 'should' points we'd be second in the league. Add in the 'could' points we'd be a mere point off Liverpool. So yes, the return could be better, and I guess it means we're not likely to get champions league this season, which is a shame. Maybe next year.

You do know we're unbeaten in games against sides not expected to be top 8?

Bored with reading these type of comments when we played like this away at one of the big sides? When was the last time we played like that away at one of the big sides? Arsenal a year ago? but we won that one. Leicester in lock down maybe? Liverpool a year back? I don't think it's happened...

Obviously rumours will start. I'll just say that if Potter couldn't drop him or pick the team he wants something would be more wrong

Gross was excellent in the 3-0 win last year. He hasn't become a bad player since then despite not getting a much game time

Wow. Guess all the rumours linking us to keepers in the summer may have had some truth to them. But this could also be about Sanchez. If he just wanted to drop Ryan he would pick Steele. This suggests that Sanchez has made a huge impression and Potter wants him in the team regardless.

I think everything comes down to whether you think this is the limit of Potter’s abilities or whether we're building for something better and these are steps on the way. I'm in the latter camp, can obviously understand the frustrations of those in the first camp.

No, this is tactical. Designed to combat counter attacks in games when we expect to have a lot of the ball and face teams sitting deep. Expect Alzate to be back in games where teams are pressing us higher up the field and we want to pass through them. You'll see that White will be sitting on...

Four at the back today? Wing backs aren't going to get much joy if they sit deep, like at Palace.

It was actually quite refreshing to hear the Villa fans on 606 last week NOT getting carried away and saying they would still be happy with top half. I reckon they're a decent bunch them Villa fans. Leeds on the other hand..

Leeds look confident and enjoying themselves, and why not. They actually remind me a lot of us under Poyet in our first season in the championship. Confident knocking it about from the back and enjoying taking it to teams that have been above us for a long while.

Great! Will you promise us one thing though? You will obviously be here giving it large if you win, but if we win will you still promise to come on here regardless?

The question is more if he is going to ask one of Bissouma or Alzate to play the same way White did in order to have more solidity there, or whether we go back to the same style we did previously. It was certainly effective at preventing opposition breaks when we lost possession.

They would obviously still play in the English leagues, and would have even more massively inflated squads to cope with the rigours. Their TV income will grow exponentially from having twice at many matches as everyone else, and the media would still fawn over them. Beating them would be less...

I don't think Walcott and Luke Shaw were quite the names I was aiming for, but yes that is a long list with some good names on it. Have to say I don't remember Shearer's injury at all, or indeed nearly all of those, so maybe, hopefully, probably, VVD will be back soon with no issues at all...

I get the snark and yes, it's amusing... but I do think it's a fair point that this is one of the very very best footballers in the world that has had a potentially career threatening injury... and that doesn't happen very often. Bad injuries do occur regularly, but I'm trying to think the last...

Just to remind you that what we saw yesterday is the Palace side you want us to emulate. All solid banks of defenders and hope to get a chance on the break. They might be able to get points at Old Trafford that way but is that really what you want Brighton to look like week-in week-out?