pete165

Hmm........ Well we've played better, we weren't bad first half but we tired. Maybe 4 away games on the trot caught up with them 2nd half. Gutting to lose in injury time, but worse things happen. We've got points on the board, have had some great results this season already and it's not the end of the world. I'd have like to have seen 4-5-1 and I'm not impressed with Carew right now. MON is starting to grate on people and I understand that. But come on, people, we're 7th and although we're not playing well, I think we'll put it right against Bolton on Saturday. The blessing is that a point could've given MON the opportunity to hide the poor play behind a point gained. This way, at least he'll have to change things a little.

Yep, we are 7th without playing well and have an England international waiting in the wings. Doesn't look promising.

hope we hold on now.

It appears that slowly but surely, not only are the fans all trying to make MON find his best team, but fate is intervening as well. FINALLY Luke Young will be on.

COME OOOOOOOOON VILLA. DIG THE **** IN!

At present, it's a tide towards our goal. They are creating chance after chance, we can't contain Hines and we're going to concede. MUST change it or we'll lose.

Everyone on the radio slating carew for being anonymous.

Hands up if you'd take a point

CHANGE IT MARTIN. CHANGE IT!!!!!!!!!!! Put NRC, Petrov and Sidwell narrow, Gabby right, Young left, then Delfouneso for Carew

west ham have come back well here, but we seem like we're lacking legs all of a sudden. they deserve to get the next goal. Need to change it.

not playing well here once again. west ham better side and look more like getting the winner. carew simply doesn't work hard enough. we're yet to find our best formation, I think. I would just love to see Gabby up front on his own with Petrov, Sidwell and Downing in the middle.

Petrov booked. Wow - we're becoming a bit dirty here aren't we?!!

Hines looks a real threat. We now look like conceding. Going to have to be a big effort to hold on here away from home. They are building up a head of steam.

Sidwell is NOT useless. He's a real hardworking player that does more than you think. He's one of these guys who keeps the shape, closes down and you'd only appreciate at the actual game.

YET MORE GOOD PLAY!!!!! I'm amazed. Free kick edge of box. Ash to take. Good play from Ash - he's getting better, you know. I think he'll hit peak form at home to Bolton - you heard it here first.

6 on target, 2 other shots. 7 corners to 0 Away from home. Pretty decent. Hope we don't rue the missed chances - we should be ahead and they must improve.

And yet another shot on target saved by green. Good play from us again. Formation is working.

We've been magnificent considering we're away from home. Creative, solid, working hard. Just need to take one of these chances, but to be dominant away from home I'm mightily impressed thus far. Quite simply, we deserve to lead - 7 corners to 0 and lots of shots / opportunities.

We've played really really well here. Am impressed.

With the way they play on the deck, I'd be going 4-5-1 and not playing both Carew and Heskey - mainly because neither are playing very well. I'd play to our strengths and stick NRC in for a game like this. Very odd that MON hasn't gone with that, considering NRC is ideal in away games and would play against his old club. Infact, when I think about it, it's -furstrating -stubborn -madness I can't see any way we'll play anything decent with that team. I pray I'm proved wrong, but WHY doesn't Delph or NRC get a look in and WHY can't MON see that we'll be overrun in the middle YET AGAIN!

Should be: -------------------------Friedel----------------------------- ---Young----------Dunne----Collins---------Warnock---- --------------------------Petrov----------------------------- -------------------Sidwell--------Delph--------------------- ------Gabby--------------Carew--------------Young------- Bench: Beye, Albrighton, Guzan, Heskey, Delfouneso, Gardner...

to be fair, I salted us and we've been great 2nd half.

shit. Saha.

everton really are quite dirty.

it's a big niggly out there now