Charlie Wayman

Yes. Shame that Larin lost his touch when it mattered most. Fellows has been a disappointment although Eckert still seems to see something in him. I'd rather have a battler like Matsuki with an eye for goal even if Fellows provides better defensive cover for Bree.

Tough times ahead. Squeeky bum time tonight.

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No way was it our "plan" to sit back in the first half and invite them to give us a battering. They came out of the blocks gunning for us, rocked us onto the back foot before we could settle and all we could do was to resort to rearguard action. They were by far the better team and should have been out of sight at HT. Credit to the coaches for lifting the team for the second half and spotting ways to neutralise their threat; thus enabing us to settle, slow the pace and start to play our game rather than theirs. Maybe 'born tired but it was us that had to do all the first half chasing so our lads were probably even more knackered than them. It was a tactical victory but only in the sense that we stopped the rot. We did not deserve anything from this match other than taking a good look at ourselves in the mirror. Tuesday is not going to be an easy stroll to Wembley Way, if we don't pull up our socks over this weekend there is every chance that this is all going to end in tears in front of our home fans.

dirty tricks to unsettle us

Clinging to straws

The lads need to pull up their socks second half or we could lose this one through complacency. Archer needs hooking and Charles doesn't look that bothered. Scienza needs a goal to restore his confidence.

He is already playing for one of he biggest teams

The lads were knackered from the off physically and mentally, why on earth didn't we use our subs. Beats me. Hard to understand Eckert last night, he must have had something in mind unless he was knackered as well. Bragg could have been our saviour and Matsuki?

Ah! OK So, Bragg & Charles in midfield, which is fair enough as Charles is better as an AMF, knows where the goal is and is less error prone in that position ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- saintant: Nah, gotta be Bragg and Jander for me. Reply: Ordinarily I would agree with you, Jander is by far the better player but sutrely he must be knackered after his heroics on Saturday? Charles will be lot fresher

More likely Downes & Charles in midfield. No reason to leave out Wood either. Keep JS on rehab until the play offs

The whole team ran themseves ragged on Saturday and Bragg was rested for mosT of the second half. He should be OK. Downes will start oevr Bragg anyway so it's not an issue

We've been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and not that long ago. Oh! and if you were being ironic, what delicious irony!

We still need at least a couple of players with good PL experience. We must keep Peretz, not sure about Larin or Stewart. Fellows won't cut it in the PL and James Bree will struggle. Bragg, Jander and Welington are real prospects.

Even Shearer is now proud to call himself a Saint and reflect upon his time at the Academy