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Worried about simpson and williamson again like. Having shite strikers and weakened midfield didn't help. Great result though. Impressed with Obertan as an impact player.

Definite impact sub material. Brilliant stuff

Bit backward isn't? terrible like but wtf?

Al Bundy involved at all?

You deserve to be castrated. You sirrah do deserve to be shotteth with shit

Willo 40 yard header. nailed on.

2 defensive players confident on the ball? Nah fuck that.

Ade's no mag....Mariappa's got a brand new bag ...to keep this season's Watford kit in

Could say that about 3/4 of our back for tbh. FWIW I'd sooner see the likes of Abeid play who seems a genuine talent. I just don't understand the level of vitriol he gets in comparison to some of the others who are just as bad/average if not worse. The reality is we have a very shaky back 4 without Colo or Saylor that makes getting ample defensive depth an absolute must. The fact we've lost each time he's played a bit part says nowt. I can't remember a significant mistake he's made so far this season bar the Chelsea criticism, in a game which we Raylor got raped and Colo played with a crippled back.

It's because horizontal stripes make you look short and vertical ones make you look taller, and black is very slimming #hahgay

Perch has contributed positively whilst played out of position too. Everyone knows he's not a centre half and produced some decent unsung stuff. There were even flashes of this in the Chelsea game. Which ended up as a completely unfair reflection of our performance. He's been decent as midfield cover when required. Not saying he's miles better but I think its been unfair that this lad gets dogs abuse after a couple of dodgy games and done alright in bit part appearances afterward, whilst the likes of Raylor, Williamson and Simpson get an easier time of it whilst being arguably similar in terms of their skill and effectiveness. He's not as bad as people like yourselves a making out; decent enough squad player imo.

He's not even that bad man...he's no worse than the likes of Raylor

It is so frustrating that we would likely have been in the top four and in both cups still if we had shown a bit of ambition and kept Carrol and Enrique. Liverpool would have been nowhere. How strange it is to have a Billionaire owner with no interest in his team.

if they had one more point than us, one more in a crowd, one more goal, they will make a statue to him, they will be wanking in his brief.

they won't play man. no way

Don't think Rey's point is that crackers tbh. I don't necessarily trust the fact that with a ball at his feet the lad hits brown alert. It hadn't quite been made as apparent to me before as it was last night. Don't think theres much between them bar Willo being a better 'blocker' and perch being better with his feet.

96% wages to see him 100% away from the team? The 'math' checks out for me like...

Brain the size of a Mackem gene pool. Talentless idiot. Yesterday tipped the balance for me now with this lad.

Wonder whether that lasses body'll turn up

Harper on ESPN was full of it too. 'I think we might have to get them back to St James' Park to go through' It's this sort of thinking and the fact we turned down away ticket allocations that baffle and bring out the conspiracy theorist in me. Can't find any other rational explanation to go to Brighton at supposedly decent strength and play for a draw.

Did not understand the thought behind those subs one bit at all. Bar ferguson. Nothing that was going to ever inject any pace or control. I agree in that Obertan would have injected some of that needed pace and would have considered him long before the other two.

The back line relies completely on a fit Colocinni. We need another CB/Fullback who is confidnet with the ball in possession. I don't think the backline is near sorted at all. Not that you had implied it fully was but with the addition of the 2 dembas I think we're looking a lot stronger in midfield and attacking options (bizzare persistence to start Shola aside). Part of the tendency long ball problem comes from players such as Williamson and Simpson who are incapable of building from the back. Raylor probably wants to see the ball but just doesn't have the ability at this level. The injury to Saylor was gutting in reard to this. We seem to be constantly in a state of imbalance; which imo is lack of ambition in terms of maintaining squad depth on behalf of the owners ultimately.

I'd rather he'd seen red to be honest. I don't think given time left, Brighton had the nous or bite to finish us off. As it was the midfield and right flank was left like an open door and a hard but aimless, shot ended up going in off a defender in the box, which is always more likely to happen if allowed respect like that. The above is moot anyway. He's shown consistently now that he is not good enough to a permenant fixure at RB at this level. Take away his athleticism and generally commendable professionalism and theres not much left to suppost his case.

It's the gutlessness that seemed apparent after waxing lyrical about a strong cup run that hurts the most in this instance. I like Pardew but he needs to take a step back regarding some starting and sub options.

Recent games have highlighted singnificant flaws in his approach for me. That's all that can be said imo. I'm not going to engage 'slavering bed-sheet mong' mode just yet.