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Is it the first time we have ever had 5 keepers on the squad photo?! Must be.

I share your concern Paxman, but I think it is just too early to judge. New processes may take some time to embed and see the benefits. I do wonder though if this season may be a disappointment in terms of performances and results. Maybe in the longer term though the changes were required.

Although Kelly was technically somewhat limited (although his goal today was a cracker), his ability off the ball is of the highest quality. He was always making space to receive the ball, thus creating space for others; he was the main person pressing; he had a goal saving tackle; he was always...

I remember when the options were Sky blue song or 'Shit on the Villa'.

With Raphael and Sakamoto injured, it might pave the way for Tavares, who looked like he would be out of the club 24 hours ago. If he can show the form he did v Man Utd, it may turn out to be a positive twist of fate.

Absolutely. Those performances gave me a lot of hope for the season. For some reason, as soon as the league began, it disappeared.

We used to be a dynamic team with good movement and intricate passing movements. I see very little evidence of this now. Instead it looks like we are setting up to try and grind out a 1-0. As we tend to concede first, this all goes out the window and then there is a change in intensity.

It is a concern as we have been particularly poor with the midday kick-offs. Surely the performance director has been advising?!

Our Performance Director started in February. This is one of Dr Roberts' quotes, when she was interviewed by CET. “I say this to Doug all the time, that we need to make sure that our players are the best conditioned, the best prepared, physically and mentally, for the season ahead." Since...

I would agree with you if that was what he was wanting. He just doesn't seem to be a person who wants to down tools. If he does then that is extremely worrying.

As I said

I think that is a big assumption. There are many reasons he may have reacted that way.

I thought, apart from Bidwell and DaSilva when he came on, we were strong defensively. Not sure Dovin had a shot to save, which says a lot. We just didn't keep the ball well enough or move it quick enough in other areas of the pitch. As has been the case mostly this season, we are so static...

Dovin 6 Van Erwijk 8 motm Latibeudiere 7 Binks 7 Bidwell 5 Eccles 7 Torp 6 Rudoni 6 Sakamoto 5 Simms 5 Wright 5.5 Mason-Clark 7 Bassette 7.5 DaSilva 5 Thomas-Asante 6 Allen 5.5

Why don't we press further up the pitch until being behind?! At times there were 3 or 4 players knocking the ball around Simms/Bassette in triangles/ squares. This happens every game. Our tactics are not working. For all the talk of our strength in attack/weakness in midfield, our starting front...

Eccles and Torp have done well. Need a bit more from Rudoni. Simms looks like he has lost any of the confidence he gained last season. Not connecting with any conviction. Van Erwijk has been best player by a mile.

Bugs me this notion of whether a player is 'top 6 material' in order for them to be of value. Top 6 teams don't have a squad full of top 6 players. They do have a system that works; team spirit; a goalscorer; and some luck.

I felt frustrated and disappointed, like most people yesterday, having not secured a couple more signings. However, I hope that general feeling doesn't get directed at the midfield players still here that gives their best whenever they represent the club. Like anyone turning up to work, they...

I watched the 87 cup final today for the first time in a very long while!! I never realised how immense Trevor Peake's performance was in that game. Has there ever been a better centre-half display by a Cov player? His game stats must have been off the chart.

He has his critics but 150 appearances during our most successful period in decades is no mean feat. I think he brings energy and movement when he is in the team. A valuable squad player.