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Really hoping we get to see him and Murphy on the flanks for a run of games, before the season's end.

Class.

I'd be looking to continue his progression as soon as we're safe. I think there's a very handy Premier League winger in there that, in the near future, can go on to do far more than the likes of Atsu and Ritchie at this level.

Spied The King walking past Harrods this morning with a fetching red cap on. Unmistakable lips.

Merino is looking a bit like Perez to me, atm. Does some of the difficult stuff really well but the simple things are erratic as is the decision-making. I hope he's just rusty.

Only thing I'm annoyed with today is a number of players not doing the simple thing going forward. Quite a few dallying or making the evidently wrong decision that really hampers us. Meh, we move on to these bigger games.

One sloppy break and they punish us.

Some good pace in that team, like.

5 lessons please!

It's literally been a couple of games We know he has some talent but consistency, whether mentality of performance, has always been his issue here.

Those misses. Shameful, shameful finishing from professional footballers.

Absolutely pathetic.

I completely agree it's best to not get carried away. However, neither Darlow or Elliot have given that much of a composed and all round goalkeeping display this season. This is it, for me. He wasn't flying around making loads of mega saves and whatnot, something that can't be replicated every week. He simply went about things in a calm and professional way. He made a couple of really decent stops too, of course, but it was mainly his positioning, collection and distribution that made me excited.

I think he thought he was off balance, checked back and saw the 'keeper was down and probably presumed it was a sure thing even if he took a step to compose himself.

He's useful enough in these sorts of games but, despite a good finish today, he's 4th in that winger pecking order for me. Hope Murphy gets a little more time soon, been a shame to see his minutes reduced after some really promising matches.

Christ, what a battle this is this year. Get Slimani fit and let's get going. Top 10 finish

Absolutely no doubt he's been our player of the season, like. He's been consistently good and his reading of the game gets better and better.

That's how your senior CM should play - taking charge of the game in all aspects. That was his most comprehensive performance for us by a long shot.

As long as he's by Lascelles for a while, he'll be good here.

Whatever PEDs he's on, I want 'em. Another all-action performance.

I usually don't jump on one performance from a player but he did the basics of 'keeping really well. The distribution and quick saves were an added bonus.

This just isn't true, like. I can think of quite a few occasions we've been ahead in games and missed chances to extend the lead.

It's the absolute surety that '"being more attacking" = more points' that I don't get. We've seen that when we've opened up, it hasn't ended well, and our strikers have had lots of chances they've spurned. The stats show we actually create a decent amount. It's pure cliche and a bit of a baffling focus point, considering the issues around the club.

Underwhelmed, man So desperate to be edgy.

We tried to open up in the Autumn and got repeatedly bummed - it was literally our worst run.