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Our heads have gone down and we've lost the shape. Spurs just walking through us at times now

Bannan on soon. We need a bit more invention in midfield

Another chance he should have taken. Great cross from Albrighton

Good play from Gabby. Benteke should have done better

No idea about tapatalk, but I think the mobile interface is good enough that this would be a very low priority.

Just had a look at the mobile site and it looks very good. Great work

Initial reaction is that it looks good. Haven't checked it on my phone but assume the layout will be better than the old one. Does the new one support tapatalk?

Is there new hosting too? Will this speed things up? The old forum used to get horribly slow on matchday / where there was big news

Good poachers goal

Looking at the replay of Benteke's chance I think the defender might have got a touch to take it off his toe

Great save

Some of our players (especially Holman) are getting very fustrated with the ref. We'll have to watch it in case they get a card

The midfield is starting to get a bit ragged. Pity we've no one on the bench who could help give some fresh legs

Did Westwood and Benteke sign in time to play this game?

No, neither signed in time

I'd go something like

-------------Given

Lowton, Vlaar, Baker, Bennett

------KEA --- Herd

--Ireland -------- Bannan / Holman

------Bent -- Wiemann

No matter who it came off, Vlarr was playing Vas Te onside

No PL experience and bought from lower leagues in recent times:

Gareth bale

Theo Walcott

Alex oxlade-chamberlain

Heaven forbid we should end up with such players!

It tool 2 - 3 years for Walcott and Bale to be considered starters.

We should be looking to bring in good young players from the lower league but we can't expect them to come straight into the team and be ready to be a first team starter in the PL.

I'd give him a fresh start. A midfield and forward line like

--------------Bent

N'Zogbia - Ireland - Holman - (Throw in Gabby, Albrighton and possibly someone new as options)

----- Makoun - Herd - (With Gardner, Bannan and A new (possibly first choice) DM as options)

You don't have a bad looking line up. Herd (or new DM) to break up play and Makoun to link play with the forward line.

Mid-table pushing towards top 10. With a rebuild of the squad and a move to more attractive attacking football.

It's funny, on another site a lot of people were praising OGS for his good work in with the United reserves and almost using that as a reason he's good enough. If we wanted someone who did well at reserve level we have MacDonald.

I hope he stays on a reserve level as he's done fantastically well there for us. But I wouldn't be surprised if he looked to move on. He seems to want to manage and he's not going to get the chance at Villa so he might have to go to the championship or league 1 to get that chance.

Provided N'Zogbia and Albrighton are given a license to get forward and provide the creativity it's not the worst choice in CM. He has played there for Blackburn in the past.

Our other options are Gardner who hasn't really imposed himself on games yet, Bannan who's been woeful recently and Clark who probably isn't fully fit. Given that this is a 6 pointer game experience might be worth it

And I have to say in the last 2 games when Heskey has come on he has done ok and was winning knock ons.

But it would have been nice and exciting to see someone like Carruthers given a chance instead of Albrighton.

Lichaj should be at Right Back, Baker at left back with Carlos & Clark at Centre half.Hutton placed on the moon in a space station.

Baker isn't a left back. That was shown last year when he had a couple of awful games there.

While Culleur was still at RB MeLean put in at least 5 great crosses that Sunderland should have done better with

The last time I remember us being dangerous from corners was MONs last season. We would swing in the corner for Culleur to flick on then have Dunne and Collins running in to get on the ball.

Now we just seem to float them to the back post (or beyond) and hope someone does something.

Wiemann should have went for the header there.

Never a red. He stopped Wiemann getting the ball in the box and then slid out. The attack was already over before he handballed outside the box.

What's wrong with Collins|?

Not liking how Gabby is holding his shoulder after every tackle.