Ponky

I thought Chambers did a pretty good job on the circumstances. 

McGinn was my man of the match but just by a smidge, because he kept driving us even when we were under the pump. Tielemans and Bailey could have been just as easily too.

Bailey is just unplayable at the moment. Ramsey is on the cusp of being back to his best but his end product is not quite there yet.

And worth noting that Gibbs-White is one of the few players in the league who seems to have figured out that if you want to beat Martinez one on one you've got to lift the ball over him.

That's red

None of those fouls against Moreno were anywhere near as bad as the non penalty call

Push in the back not given. Shoulder to shoulder given as a foul 

Ref has absolutely choked there

That was one of the most clinical finishes I've ever seen from Watkins

Hell yeah Ollie

Stop giving it away so cheaply FFS 

We've been absolutely burgled in that half. Hope it doesn't cost us.

Cairney's a bit of a cheating prick isn't he?

The Fulham player's foot was a metre behind the goal box line. Moreno was about 30cm

Absolutely pathetic the way Zouma goes down and stays down after a light tap to the face with a live opportunity for his team to score and he's just lying in front of the goal like a big cat-kicking numpty getting in the way, simply to make a point to the ref.

Diaby also set up Rogers for a pretty easy shot.

Watkins motm on numbers alone.

Some of the things that Moreno did tonight were absolute filth.

Pity Rogers was unable to score from that chance. Would have done him and Diaby the world of good.

Is Billy Sharp coming on yet?

Moreno goes Bang!

If at first y don't succeed ...

What a bit of decisive ball movement will do for you

18 minutes ago, Powehi said:

And Bluey

You get Bluey's name out of your mouth!

1 hour ago, Powehi said:

Not sure if you’re ‘doing a bit’ here but Russell Crowe was born in Wellington

What? Next you'll be telling me that the Finn brothers, Sam Neill, Phar Lap and pavlova are all from NZ too. 

Btw Aus play Sth Korea in the Asian Cup quarter finals later today. Barring a massive shock Ryan will be in goals, but you might get a glimpse of Gauci on the bench, which will give you an insight into his Villa career for the next 6 months.

3 hours ago, Rossco76 said:

Looks like the lad started out where I'm currently living in NZ!

It's the Russell Crowe effect. Anything great that comes out of Aussie the bloody Kiwis come out and claim them.

Next they'll be claiming Margot Robbie

Absolutely top drawer young keeper. Has all the attributes but also maturity beyond his years. Will be Australia's no 1 soon enough.

I think if this goes through it will be a loan back deal until next season. Sitting on the bench watching Emi won't do much for him or us.

He has absolutely nothing to work with going forward. Tielemans' work rate is poor and Ramsey is still working his way back. 

Hopefully Rogers might help reinvigorate that left side for us a bit 

The one goal we scored was from fast thinking, decisive movement. I'm not sure why we just fluff around with it 95%of the time.

I mean, if you're going to turn it over, at least turn it over trying something...