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That arguement falls short when you consider 40m was on Joelinton, though.

Andy Carroll's involvement just slows our attack right down. You cant have him and Joelinton playing together.

Still would prefer him over the tory.

I always said that I didnt hate Bruce personally but that he was just a poor manager. After hearing his comments yesterday, I've changed my mind. Rafa was a man of the people, constantly pulling the fans back in, in spite of the owner. Bruce seems to have a "with us or against us," mentality. Sadly, this will be his undoing, when those so called loyal fans start to boo him (and his players) once he starts fiddling with Rafas side and results go south.

An incident being that hes probably their highest earner and cant afford to keep him?

For a big lad, he doesn't half get knocked over easily. Spends a lot of time getting bullied off the ball. Has he had a booking for us? Needs to fucking change. Get some aggression man. He also hasnt caused much bother from set plays, given what a unit he is it's really not good enough. It's one thing that he isnt getting a lot of chances from open play but it's another when he isnt even causing problems with his height.

I wouldnt mind so much but there is genuinely people on twatter that think hes better than Rafa. Results have been waaaaay better than the performances.

ASM is a much more exciting player than Atsu but I'm not so sure hes that much more productive. He will be fine.

Not quite Jermaine Beckford but funny all the same.

Hardly makes sense to question him when he put in plenty of good performances before his tricky spell. All keepers make errors.

Surprised how much stick he got for a couple of half errors earlier in the season. Hes solid.

Absolutely. Our defence defines us.

Might go to RTG for a laugh.

. Palace must be the most boring team in the league? Is there a more boring team than them? Watford? Burnley are horrific. Stinked up the league for far too long. At least Palace have Zaha and Townsend. I quite like Woy, too.

No chance, Rafa would but not Bruce. Bruce changes things after they have gone stale. Should be bringing in Schar for Dummett. At the very least. Possibly Joelinton for Carroll because theres no way Carroll can start two games in a week.

I think I've said from the start that I dont dislike Bruce, the person. Hes taken a job he cant refuse and seems a pretty decent bloke. He's just not a very good manager and more importantly, hes worse than Rafa. That's the issue here, hes worse than Rafa and its typical of this club to downgrade is quality/ambition/expectations. I will give Bruce credit for a couple of things. His team selections have been decent and he's a decent motivator. The tactics are entirely Rafa's. We are set up in exactly the same way and getting similar results. When he tried to fiddle with it, he proved to be incapable.

The attitude of the players has been excellent since Rafa joined. It's clear the club has done well with recruiting the right people, in terms of professionalism, since our last relegation. Almiron and ASM, regardless of their faults, have worked tirelessly since they have joined. Even Joelinton, who I dont rate, is at least putting a shift in.

To be fair, it's the smart thing to do, easing Schar and Lejeune back in. At some point we will need to change things up and they are our best centre backs to bring in. No point in rushing them back for no reason. Couple more games and they will be back.

Yeah, I'd rather we won, ta.

Will be nice to see Coward Radgemaat get relegated.

Watford are fuuuuked.

Ward-Prowse with a belta. Classic WP freekick

Southampton equaliser. Stay like this, ta.

Officials were fine IMO.

Or not.