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Quite a turnaround - from best player one page ago to unworthy of first back-up duties behind Vlaar and Okore!

At least we didn't play hoofball today.

I don't agree with anything here. If anything he's too careful with his passes forward and easily passes back to Guzan, but I can live with that. I don't know why he didn't start today. Baker being better against more physical opponents is bull in my mind. And Baker surely wasn't good against Spurs. Generally I expect next season's CB duo to be Clark - Okore. With Vlaar added every now and then. Baker is the fourth choice. Clark being 1st choice worries me massively. He has made costly mistakes and personally I think he's too slow and clumsy to be a decent CB. I think he could be half decent in midfield though. Baker would star ahead of Clark all day for me. No nonsense defender and you know what you're going to get from him, which you can't say about CC Sorry for my overly defensive post above benireduk. BTW, how big is Clark's foot? Looks like a massive canoe.

I don't agree with anything here. If anything he's too careful with his passes forward and easily passes back to Guzan, but I can live with that. I don't know why he didn't start today. Baker being better against more physical opponents is bull in my mind. And Baker surely wasn't good against Spurs. Generally I expect next season's CB duo to be Clark - Okore. With Vlaar added every now and then. Baker is the fourth choice. Vlaar is clearly our best CB at the minute though? Well, I like to think that both Clark and Vlaar are good enough, and we have very good competition from Baker and Okore when he's healthy again. So no, not clearly in my opinion.

Voted for Delph, but other than him difficult to say who did better than others, I thought they were pretty even. Poor performance by Benteke, hope he is ok next week. Luna was also poor, as was Baker especially after switching to Luna's place. Tonev was funny a couple times, flying up in the air when beng tackled. He made some good plays too, I'll give him that. And Helenius, who I've wanted to be given a chance, didn't do anything.

I thought today was a step forward in our home form. End result aside, there were a lot of positives, and in all fairness we should've at least picked up a point. It was clearly our best home effort so far. All we needed was an in-form Benteke, which we didn't have.

I don't agree with anything here. If anything he's too careful with his passes forward and easily passes back to Guzan, but I can live with that. I don't know why he didn't start today. Baker being better against more physical opponents is bull in my mind. And Baker surely wasn't good against Spurs. Generally I expect next season's CB duo to be Clark - Okore. With Vlaar added every now and then. Baker is the fourth choice.

Why doesn't he shoot anymore.

Wonder if Citytalk was like this when we beat them?

Let Tonev try the Strike.

Well done tonev.

Yes, but our first half was excellent too.

Vlaar, Clark and Baker look confident out there together.

Baker continues where luna left off..

Why all this negativity? It's a great game!

As an Antonio fanboi I object to this. But he is.

Clark, we need you back!

Lol Tonev.

OMG'!!!!!!!!

Great passes by gabby and tonev there!

Hey, Westwood is on the pitch!

Baker and Tonev? Why oh why? Will be painful.

I know

I agree heid3ster. You're making a very good point regarding KEA. Backwards passing is important too, however our lads seem to have understood it a bit too well to my liking.

Ok, thanks. Took it away. Obviously you're right. Nothing's certain. The reason why I reacted was that I don't like the notion here that we should just wait with everyone.