Memphis

Robbie Earle is 51.

What's David Edgar up to these days?

This decision puts the Que? in Enrique

Not dressed like a complete idiot, so already ahead of the game compared with most of our signings.

This pretty well says it for me. Never really rated him. Most Spurs fans don't seem to, either. I do think his attitude with regard to training/playing with the U21s was very professional, a rare thing from a young player these days.

I heard that McClaren called it a tremendous performance by our lot.

According to him, we've been playing tremendously and we're going down. We'll be tremendous with McClaren in charge next year and probably be fortunate to finish top half. Don't assume I mean that literally - I'm making a point about his ludicrous rhetoric given what we've actually seen.

I don't really understand what we're playing at with Lacazette. That said, if Edwards is reporting there's more encouraging noises, I'm inclined to believe it. He's been reliable and generally has something of a realistic attitude towards the usual transfer bullshit we like to foist onto journalists.

We're certainly right in line to be the most tremendous team in the Championship.

Formation was a mistake even taking injuries into account. Shelvey was much more like the player Swansea fans grew to hate. Needed Perez from the start. Looked every bit as useless in the middle of the pitch as we have with Colback/Anita. Worrying result.

Happily donated. (can I get my old name back please?)

Great hustle by Sissoko there. Shelvey would even be ashamed.

Stat on the NBC broadcast says it's been since Boxing Day 2014 since we were awarded a penalty...

http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/16732196/3/stock-photo-16732196-watching-grass-grow.jpg

For some reason, he's perpetually that young up-and-comer to me. The fact that he's 33 and has children aged 10 and 5 makes me feel ancient.

Not the biggest problem we have, but certainly a big one. Players don't even pretend to give a shit under his tutelage. What the fuck has golden boy Ian Cathro been up to? Or motivational genius Steve Black?

Away from home in the Premier League: 2012-13: w3 d4 l12 (scored: 21 conceded: 37) 2013-14: w7 d1 l11 (scored: 20 conceded: 31) 2014-15: w2 d7 l10 (scored: 14 conceded: 36) 2015-16: w0 d1 l2 (scored: 0 conceded: 4) TOTAL: p60 w12 d13 l35 (scored: 55 conceded: 108) 49 points out of a possible 180 away from home in our last 3+ seasons. We aren't good.

Big test of our ability to manage his personality. This has the potential to go very wrong - we could overcoach him to be too timid, taking his edge away and blunting his important aggression. On the other hand, we could fail to control his aggression and end up with a player that's not to be trusted on the pitch. Methinks Steve Black and the psychological team will have a real job on their hands in the time he's suspended.

By no means is it entirely Krul's fault. But I've gone back and looked at seasons past and the pass charts are more or less the same. It's much more understandable in this game but the one last year, for example, against QPR is mind-blowing (in fairness, Riviere was the targetman, so, yikes). It's a failure to either a) improve what is an important aspect of Krul's game or b) modify the tactics/personnel so it doesn't have to be such a huge problem (or c) both). It's an indictment on Krul's poor long passing but it's also an indictment on our team's continued inability to generate play from the back. McClaren has tried to do that a bit more this season but there is still no cohesive link between the back 5 and the midfield, leaving Krul to punt it upfield, generally inaccurately. The charts against Southampton and Swansea look very similar. We've got to find a better way to start attacks from back to front.

Van Morrison - Gloria: "Flooooo-rian TH-A-U-V-I-N Flo-oo-oooooooo-rian TH-A-U-V-I-N"

http://i.snag.gy/lpHTu.jpg Great shot-stopper and such but that is shocking.

He's alive!

Memphis. As in the city. Never envisioned at all when I registered with it (been a good 10 yrs to the day almost) that there would be any other interpretation.

Ha! Had a feeling that might be coming...

I'm of two minds here - love the point, love the determination and what appeared to be a much more organized back 5. I didn't - and haven't - loved the 4-2-3-1 we've been sticking with and I don't think it suits us particularly well. We were aided in large part by facing a sluggish, pointless Rooney and a mostly insipid attack. I thought after the first 15 minutes we were pretty sound defensively, albeit riding our luck at times. Considering Mbemba's never a RB, he did OK against Memphis and crossed it beautifully for Mitrovic's thumping header. A miraculously effective performance by Colo and Taylor, Haidara (for the most part), too. I didn't like the way Colback and Anita, especially Colback, were separated so much from the back 4. They didn't really do enough working to allow us to transition effectively from defence into attack. So often we would get the ball back only to see the defenders stranded without an outlet, giving the ball back quickly - or cycling it back to Krul for one of his inevitably poor hoofs. We didn't set up particularly well to allow our midfielders any time on the ball or too many decent options to move the ball to. We never really created enough natural width to generate crosses or decent balls for Mitrovic to attack. Though Wijnaldum did well again considering what he had to work with, Perez, too. Terrific workrate from them. I'd prefer to see us in a 4-1-4-1 (or even a diamond) with Anita as the DM, Thauvin and Sissoko out wide, Wijnaldum inside with Perez playing slightly behind Mitrovic. Aarons would be a natural impact sub or even a starter depending on the situation. I think that would helps us retain a little more threat while still being solid at the back. Colback's just not good enough, doesn't provide enough to be in the 11. Our plan of widening the centre backs and dropping Anita or Colback to receive the ball and attempt to play it out from the back was sussed out very easily today - we didn't have a Plan B. That's a bit worrying. They pressed us high and we didn't have the cohesion to provide outlets so the ball ended up heading back to Krul far too often for aimless punts (or, worse, giving it right back to them in our final third). Still, caveats aside, any point at OT is a great one. Any clean sheet, too. We've certainly got far better individual talents than we've had in years. In a few weeks, I think we'll start to see a much more cohesive product on the pitch.