Rousseau

Foderingham 6 - nothing to do again Tavernier 7 Cardoso 6 Alves 7 Wallace 6 Jack 8 Dorrans 7 Kranjcar 6 Candeais 7 Miller 6 Morelos 8 Subs Herrera 7 Pena 7 Rossiter 6

TB giving a player a compliment? And Wes Foderingham?

As frustrated as I was at the lack of energy and creativity that second half, I wasn't actually too worried defensively. Pena is lacking match sharpness, but I thought he did well when he came on: positionally good, always available and was constantly breaking the lines; should've scored and did well to tee up Herrera at the end with a chance. At their goal, I thought Niko was fouled; the player goes through Niko to get the ball. Niko only gets caught out when he dithers; for the most part he moved it on quickly and accurately; perhaps tiring at that stage - he is getting on a bit!

Re: Penalty incident - Anywhere else on the pitch and it's a foul; you can't tackle from behind.

The Ross County player was just protecting himself.

We've been comfortable - Foderingham having nothing to do - without really creating good chances. Morelos is a natural goalscorer; give him a chance and he'll put it away. That cross had no pace and neither did his header, but it was pin-point into the bottom corner. Great determination to get that second. Another absolutely awful refereeing display. Clear penalty, with Morelos being taken from behind - it doesn't matter if he got the ball, which is debatable. And that forearm smash on Miller was a disgrace. How there wasn't a red there, I don't know. It's just a league of hatchet-men; absolute disgrace.

Did you not see it? He was through one-on-one against Hearts, but the defender clattered him. It wasn't that tackle but the way Windass came down onto the defenders bended knee; like a wrestling move. Looked a real sore one.

I think he was a winger to start with - you can see it in his play - but he's been converted to LB. I agree he could be given a chance at LM.

I'll give it a go this week, as last week I seemed to get good feel for how teams would do... Saturday Bournemouth 0-2 Man City Crystal Palace 0-2 Swansea Huddersfield 2-1 Southampton Newcastle 0-1 West Ham Watford 2-0 Brighton Man Utd 2-0 Leicester Sunday Chelsea 1-1 Everton West Brom 1-0 Stoke Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Tottenham 2-1 Burnley

It's not unusual for players coming to another country to take a few months to settle. Mkhitaryan never played for 3-4 months under Mourinho and now he's a key player, as he wasn't ready; and he was a 28 year-old international.

His (Rooney) statement implied Southgate had contacted him about coming back into the squad - whether that meant he'd play or not I don't know.

I thought he would've kept going until he overtook Shilton's appearance record - he was only 6 off equaling it.

Mark Allen signing, yes, but I have no doubt PC told him what he wants; and then PC will have to agree to it. Yes, MOH springs to mind about pace...

We needed a winger with a bit of pace - he seems to tick the boxes. That's what the DoF is there to help with. There is no rush with Walker: if we can get him on a pre-contract then that's better than forking out £1M on him, which is too much, just to get him a year early.

Why are we lumping Herrera into the Garner/Senderos category? He's been good, but unfortunately he is injured so can't play. Pena has the pedigree - that's partly why we shelled out for him - but we knew he had problems, so it's going to take a while before he's ready; he's not played for a long time and you also have to factor in the culture change. Too many are too quick to judge. Hardie played 10 minutes the other and did nothing - is he a 'dud' now?

Foderingham 5 - didn't have anything to do, but that's a good thing Tavernier 7 Cardoso 6 Alves 6 Wallace 6 Candeias 6 Jack 7 Dorrans 6 Windass 7 Miller 6 Morelos 6 Subs : Kranjcar 5 Hardie 5

I don't understand the criticism of Herrera? I think he's been good. It's unfortunate he was injured for yesterday as a target man would have been a real benefit.

I'd maybe swap out Keane for Gerard.

I remember when a few of us were laughing at the prospect of us signing Aaron Mooy -- formerly of St Mirren -- and now he's dominating the midfield for Huddersfield in the Premier League after they forked out £10M to make his loan permanent. Huddersfield look very good; I was sceptical as to whether they could take their Championship form into the PL, but they look good. Proper German, high intensity, vertical, transition football.

Far too early for Pena -- he's only played 10 minutes! The price tag was for his pedigree. It's just a case of getting him up to speed.

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Wasted... so far.

That's twice you've made that point (going to 3 at the back). You do realise if we did, we'd have fewer attackers on the pitch? It was a back 4, but Tavernier and Wallace were playing like wingers, so it was only 2 at the back.

I'd take Moult if we can get him for a pittance, but I agree he's not the answer. Similar to MOH: plays well against teams that don't park the bus. Incidentally, anyone know where MOH was playing for St Johnstone? Is it wide, like with us, or as a forward? I always wanted to see him up top for us. I can't help but think his pace in between the lines - in Miller's position - could be effective. But, perhaps I'm blinded by his pace - what can he actually do with the ball when he gets it? For what I've seen with St Johnstone he goes on a mazey run until space opens up for him, which doesn't happen with us.