Charlie Wayman

The last thing we should do now is start hiring loads of cast offs from other failed clubs. OK if Man C or Ma u want to shed one or two older players like Yaya Toure then we should try to bring them in, we need a wise old head or two and some real quality. We will need a few fresh faces as otherwise ewe may just have delayed the inevitable for one more season. Hopefully there will not be a summer exodus of our better players like Bertie, Tadic or Cedric despite the unfair stick they get from the less intelligent part of our fanbase. Anybody who has seen the great joy in our dressing room after the Swansea win can have no serious doubts about the sheer commitment of these guys to this club and this team. Of course a few will have to go, on my list Austin, Long, Boufal and Redmond probably also Forster who will want first team football somewhere.

The main factor in selecting a new manager is, is he cheap and available (i.e. out of work). No doubt Hughes meets both requirements in the close season so everyone should be happy.

Well done chaps!

I'd like to see him score a few more goals.

What worries me most about tomorrow night is not our back line without Yoshi but that we have no alternative striker to the two useless bankers Austin & Long. Where is/are our goal(s) coming from now that Redmond and Tadic have scored their seasons quotas. We won't win if the ball doesn't go into their net - obvious? - and that is the biggest barrier to us staying up. We cannot score goals! Had we been 2-0 on Saturday the late error would not have mattered at all which people seem to forget.

Can't see what there is for him to explain, he spelled it out in black and white exactly as can be seen on the match replays. The ref cocked up big time for whatever reasons so the dear old FA are once again looking after their own rather than accept their ref got it wrong. If I were Hughes I'd tell them to G off.

What's sad about a bloke of nearly seventy walking off into the sunset with best part of £100m in his back pocket courtesy of Sky Sports courtesy of you me and all our fellow mugs who made all that possible. The owes us a debt of gratitude not the other way around!

That's what happens when you worry about the wrong things. This time next week you'll have all the answers so forget about the others teams and what/ifs/maybe's.

Beat Swansea and we're more or less home & dry. OK a 5-0 thrashing by ManC and a win for Swansea could stop us but really is it likely?

Isn't knowingly receiving stolen goods a criminal offence. Bit rash to say so on here, now the whole world knows so you can expect a 'knock' :-(

Complete and Utter Tosh!

Yep! A dose of reality beckons. Too many wishful thinkers on here.

A fashion statement? You gotta be kiddin'. Fat lot of good this retro shirt has done us!

Bogey side at Goodison. We'll get tanked 3-0.

Bit ageist Joe, this old codger hasn't bought a programme since 1973

Lousy KO time 'though so long day and very late night so many will elect to watch on TV at home or down their local. Same with Swansea, Tuesday night at 19.45pm how the hell is one supposed to get home and then be up at the crack of dawn for work? Having said that Saturday's result will make a difference and there should be a good walk up to the ticket office today.

That sounds like crap to me and far more than a bit racist as most of our team are not UK born. In fact only 4 Brits started on Saturday and only two remained on at the end!

Let's not forget his assistant coaches that arrived with him either. Watching them in action on Saturday they seem like a couple of uncompromising hard barstards who were even having a go at Watson and Davis as well as individual players about poor play by people that they are individually responsible for. probably been a bit of a wake-up call for both of his sleepy valley types. Redmond had a bit of verbal with one of them (as he does!) in the second half and was hauled off about five minutes later. It's probably a tougher life at Staplewood now which may have posed a few problems especially for Sims and other young academy players who may have to up their games considerably to get into the starting XI. Maybe before they thought it was all too easy and getting in was going to be easy because Les was backing them. Seems, not any more!

It has to be Tadic by a country mile, two excellent open play goals that most would bottle. Lemina is gradually getting match fit as he gets over his long injury problems. Too many idiots on here have been on his back quite undeservedly but it was always evident that the player has real class. When he ran to the coaches after his first goal assist you can see immediately who has helped him get back in the team and find his feet. We must pray that he is still here for our battle for promotion next season. He Romeu and Hojberg will be by far the best midfield in that league and with Bednarek and Hoedt improving by the game and remember they are still young kids, the future is beginning to look very bright. I sense most of the players will give it a year before moving away and then only if we don't get promoted.

Tadic, Tadic, nothing else to add.

I'm sure he'd be happy to take your advice since you understand the game so well.

Interesting but very subjective and tongue in cheek. No reason to highlight Saints or WBA's failings either as they are far from being the worst at anything. The whole thing is evidently rubbish as it has no correlation with how teams will end up in the league.

Agree with what you say. Even 'though I watch matches intently during play it is quite easy to miss things happening on the ball let alone all the many off ball incidents as play moves on. Of course it's the ref's job and he's a professional - 'though they don't get paid a lot - and is so much closer to the action so should miss less things than casual observers like fans but some fouls are virtually impossible to see in real time. If a ref isn't certain then he can't give anything, he's not there to guess. Nor can he carry a rule book around in his head. On the other hand, refs get to know players very well so every player must have a certain reputation in a ref's mind such as "fair guy who never fouls" or "serial diver" or "elbow flayer" like Shearer. Sometimes it seems inevitable that reputations can sway a ref's mind as to whether an incident was fair or not.

Poor presser from Hughes. sounded defeated and downcast and in this mood he doesn't inspire confidence. Has he given up mentally? If so the players will soon sense it's all over

Quite a lot of venom based on absolutely nothing concrete except a speculative rumour published in a malevolent red top rag stirring the sh*t to unsettle our team on the run in. Well played sir for your very balanced opinion of something that may never have happened.