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Wilshire will be in as England's midfield creator and be absolutely dog shit again. Shelvey should walk into the current England squad but he won't

Gayle is awful with the ball

Has to give Slimani 30 mins

Perez class!

Gayle is doing my head in

Not a fan but was good today and we are more solid with him in the team. His passing seems to have improved

Very impressive loved the calmness he brought to the team. Looks a huge upgrade on Darlow

It's been 13

They looked dangerous on their left. In the first half Van Aanholt got past Ritchie far too easy. In the second him and Zaha doubled up on Yedrlin.

For me I'd have hooked Ritchie (did he pass the ball forwards once in the second half) and put Murphy on. At least he has the legs to keep pace or run Van Aanholt the other way

Diame, Shelvey, Lascelles and Kenedy the positives. Gayle and Ritchie the negatives i hope neither start another game this season

Mbemba hardly seen since Moratta pushed him to score at Chelsea. Benteke pushes Clark who reacts and tugs at his shirt. We didn't get either decision.

I think rafa would prefer a defender to do what Clark did and so would I. That said Mbemba is a better player than Clark like to see him paired with Lascelles from now till season ends. Won't happen though

Paul Godard was underated. I think when he played alongside Beardsley and Gazza they started 8 or 9 games together. We didnt lose one.  Then we sold them.....

Favourite player close between Albert and Tino. Go with the latter as everything he dud good or bad made people smile pure entertainer

5 million for Joselu when you compare it to 20 million for Beharino doesnt look that bad really!

woodman, gamez, haidara, mbemba, lejeune, fernandez, hayden, merino; saivet, aarons and mitrovic

i quite like the team picked only change is possibly merino rather than Ritchie. He said we lacked premiership experience so he has put the most experienced midfield players in the middle today. Makes sense

today Brighton had more possesion, more corners and more shots on target. And sod brighton or Hughton i dont care about them. But these stats are typical of how we are set up at home

no one hates rafa. People like myself ate just frustrated with his negative tactics. Treatment of some players and i honestly think he has wasted a significant amount of the small bugets he has had

to answer your question i thought we would struggle but would at least go down fighting

Right... Example time

Rafa wants a 15mil striker, a 10mil LB and a 15 mil CM. 40mil is not much in todays market.

Ashley counters with a budget of 18mil. Rafa then has to buy a 5mil Joselu, a 5mil Manq, and an 8mil Merino.

If he doesn't buy them, we have no LB to cover the injured Dummett, no CF he trusts other than Gayle, and 2 CMs in Hayden and Jonjo.

See the problem? Or would you rather he bought nobody and we play Mitrovic at LB?

he bought lazar never game his a chance. He brought in Gamez who can also play left back and did well v Swansea. He spent 12 million on a winger who although early days looks woeful and is blocking Aarons. He spent 9 million o  Lejeuene whem Mbemba is better. He spent 5 million on Donkeylu when Mitrovic is better. 5 million on Mats Selz.

Fair enough not a massive budget but his signings havent beem great. 21 million on joselu, murphy and lejeune id rather it all went on a striker

as for lb id havw flogged dummett to some idiot like pardew. Not just for his footballi g ability but he doesnt have a great record pf staying fit

take a deep breath again

very rare that the winger playing in front of him has a good game. When he recieves the ball he has to run around it to control it. Invariably takes three touches by which pint the onlt balls on are the hoof or a square pass to the CB. He is not a footballer

he needs to pick the same eleven and have a fucking go. Obviously resting the stars for this one worked. Piss poor at home again

keeping our main man Joselu fresh for Stoke

jack colback has a high passing percentage due to him being a coward and never passing forward. Sellong Shelvey would be idiotic

we have 5 or 6 premiership quality players and he is definitely one of them

it was great defending. He looked ok in a defensive performance. He should be ahead of Murphy in pecking order who just doesnt look like a footballer

i think Jesus will be the deciding factor at Christmas

blatantly meant to take it! not disputable and cracking strike hope he gets a bit of a chance

when ive seen him for Senegal he plays as a number 10. Be worth a shot there. Would rather have mbemba or perez playing than Joselu