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He is getting in the right positions though. He hasn’t been as bad as people saying. We don’t have the squad we did two years ago and at least they are putting the effort in.

To be fair that’s a great finish with his weaker foot. I’ve always thought lamprey would be a great player since he made his debut here a few years back.

Some decent options off the bench today for later in the game. I think Ayew is better off the bench too but he holds the ball well and helps us with our shape. His Experience helps in this regard.

On form yes

I hope that’s spellcheck and not spelling. Not that mines any better. Took me weeks to get it.

I don’t mind that lineup for this match. I wouldn’t overlook okoli if he is not fit as we lack pace at the back but coady and vesty did ok last game.

Definitely. We need to on point with our passing though. This is where we’ll miss Buonnanottes determination and the pace and intensity of fatawu. In Bilal Vardy Ayew mavs etc we can hurt them still. I’m buzzing now.

Really looking forward to this game for many reasons. I know RVN has been hamstrung to an extent due to player availability but it will be very interesting to see how he sets up for this one. In many ways Brighton are one of the most difficult teams for us to play against due to their pace intensity and organisation. Midfield will be a key battle and they will try to stretch and pass through us. Certainly a tougher test than West Ham. But we have a fighting chance and if we show the same level of fight and determination against these it will be a good game. I think Buonanotte will be a big miss and we could have done with Fatawu here but you never know. COYB.

Presumably because they couldn’t give him away.

Definitely settling in now and I have a feeling he is going to be a star for us. Along with buonanotte who already is a star we made two very decent signings.

After a spell going to know the league Billal is looking like the real deal now and will only get better. Imagine if we somehow manage to get Buonanotte signed permanently as well. We would then have a base of really good young attacking players. I liked the way RVP set up last night and the tenacity and intensity difference was very noticeable.

Great goal that all round. El khannous has been everywhere tonight. Pleased for him.

Yes I think it is very noticeable the improvement in effort and application. We haven’t seen the bunching of defenders seen in the last two games either. There are still big gaps in midfield but the closing down and blocking has improved. With the players available we were never going to play a high line tonight.

I think that is going to be the pattern for the rest of the season but hopefully we will regain some confidence and form. Our passing and decision making could have been better but we are ahead at half time. Better than I expected when I saw the lineup.

I don’t agree he has done ok.

Great save again.

I think he is actually holding his position quite well and getting plenty of the ball. Should have put Harding but he hasn’t been bad. El khannous and Bonnie doing a good job alongside Vardy too.

We have seen that so often of late. Need to spell it out to these players. Schoolboy stuff.

FFS.

Oh I agree. Hence what I said.

I’d give it ten.

Nothing wrong with having slightly higher expectations. I’m quite happy with this appointment. A bit of a risk granted but that’s the game we play in. I do have a bit of sympathy for cooper but it just wasn’t a good fit and didn’t work out. Time to move on and upwards. As for Chris Sutton’s views….

Me too. My dad loved listening to him. Bless

To be honest given the players we had available most fans would probably have taken that scoreline. Could have been even better if we had that first penalty shout on Mavs. I agree with you that the most concerning thing is the set up. Just as in recent games we had players bunched up together instead of closing down players properly out of possession. Even if we were playing the zonal formation then we were executing it poorly again. We are missing some key players but I thought on the whole it could have been worse and we didn’t give up. We possibly could have got a point at the end but they were the better team. I hate to admit that about a Chelsea team. All round we need to find a way to do better as the next month or so is going to be crucial.

That was just a matter of time. Faes needed to be stronger there. We are just sitting ducks here. I’d have thought we would have learnt some lessons since the last game.