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Salish and Stephens really stepped up. KWP great game. Adams, JWP, Armstrong, even Redmond worked their socks off.

You cannot be serious. Magnificent display after a ludicrous red card.

This. Absolutely. Was a great tackle.

Ref gave them the chance to score after the added minutes before blowing.

Ditto!

It wasn't a chip. It was a hard-hit, curling shot into the top corner. Mccarthy actually helps his defence by coming for crosses. Forster puts pressure on by staying rooted to his line.

The first sentence is bizarre. Any team should be able to hold out for 30 mins? So if you're 1-0 up at 30 mins you should never concede? Simply ridiculous. It's easy to agree with the second para in hindsight but what Ralph did wasn't an unreasonable move. Unfortunately it seemed to reinstate the Cup team formation and we dried up. Mccarthy is our best keeper. If you think Bale scored with a chip, you weren't watching. It was a hard-hit, perfectly accurate shot intl the far too corner. Either brilliant or lucky, but no keeper gets anywhere near it.

Agree with that, especially about how we fell apart when Ings went off. The defeat was particular frustrating as we were looking something like our old selves in the first half: energy, pressing, movement, getting the ball forward quickly. Ings and Adams together were a key part of that. I agree that Armstrong is a better partner fur JWP than Diallo. He can still make his runs forward and we have options to replace him further forward. Salisu was a definite upgrade on Bertrand. Ralph's reorganisation when Ings went off was logical enough and should have been ok, but it just didn't. It came at the time some players, especially Adams, Walcott and Tella, were tiring and it broke up our cohesion. In hindsight, maybe a straight swap with N'Lundulu for Ings would have been less disruptive and worked better, but difficult to predict. We would still then have had Redmond, Djenepo or Minamino to liven up the press. As it played out, we ran out of steam. I actually think last night would have been a great time to bring on Long if we had him. We were one up and he would have hassled their defence against the ball as Adams faded and been an annoyance chasing long balls. The only positive I take is that the starting eleven looked better. But now no Ings.

Because they can only review attacking handball if it leads to a goal. Utterly stupid. Anything leading up to a goal, a pen or whatever should be open to review. And, as said above, any contact with the arm by an attacker leading to a goal is handball. No question of arm position or anything. So if the shot had gone in, no goal. But no goal, just a pen, so no VAR review. VAR has ridiculously restrictions and isn't fit for purpose.

I think I agree. But what's more wrong is that there was handball by a Spurs player before the pen. Any handball leading to a goal can be reviewed by VAR and if there's contact with the arm, it's a free kick, no goal. But VAR couldn't review it as it didn't lead to a goal, but a pen. How can that be right? And if Djenepo had pulled out of the block and the shot had gone in, the VAR check would then have disallowed it. Stupid.

Not travelled. No mention of injury. Sounds like a disagreement?

Probably, but also never won at that time

Looking back at the game a key factor was the way they stopped us building attacks so the ball kept coming back. They pressed well to stop us playing out. With no Adams no-one was going to win and hold up the long ball. And for the shorter clearance into midfield we were outnumbered and outmuscled, missing Romeu. Short clearances we're intercepted under pressure (Ings, goal 2). Longer ones simple came straight back, or they won the second ball. (Goals 1 and 3) Then they did attack with pace and danger: clearly wanted it more than us. If we're going to get anywhere on Sunday we somehow need to stengthen midfield and play Adams as the get out ball if we're pressed. And be much sharper passing out.

Sad day. The queen will be devastated and lost. Such a pity he just fell short of his century. The best instant tribute I've seen said "He was many things, but never boring"

Exactly. The problem is, when they tightened up on this a few years ago, there were penalties galore for a few weeks, but rather than persisting until players got the message, they caved in and introduced an interpretation to allow players to carry on hanging onto shirts. Laws should be Laws.

Just seen MOTD2. Very surprised Moss on VAR didn't give Burnley a second pen for Bednarek's shirt pull. Blatant. Perhaps making up for not giving the foul on KWP before the VAR pen that was given. But that's two VAR wrongs when it's supposed to eliminate errors. Mess.

How the f#$& does that have any relevance to us?

No, the funniest thing is you failing to accept that Walker-Peters was fouled before the penalty incident, which should have made any consideration of a penalty void. VAR totally cocked up.

Even more now. 3-1

WBA now 2-1 up against 10 man Chelsea

Their report isn't very accurate. Ralph says he should train tomorrow and be available for selection. The "injury" is very vague.

The third, booster jab is expected by September to give better protection against variants. This won't be the last: it'll be an ongoing annual thing like the flu jab, constantly updated.

I see the Saints semi-final will have spectators, but not fans of either team. Local NHS and other key workers will be offered tickets. At £80 each! So much for a generous gesture. And you'll need a vaccination certificate to get in. There will be fool-proof ID checking.

He won't be. He'll play 90 mins

Just said being rested to protect his fitness for the weekend. He'll play against Burnley.