Saint Pete

They do have a decent squad, but they have the extra demands of the Europa League to contend with, which is a competition they seem to be taking pretty seriously this year. Looking at the table, they still have a decent chance of making top 6 and are still in Europe, so it's ludicrous if their "fans" are calling for Martinez to be sacked. I've no doubt we will have the same thing on here though with Koeman if we do make it to Europe next season and then show an understandable dip in form in the league.

Good save Forster - ensures clean sheet

Well done Harry Reed today - good debut. Don't get why he hasn't been involved until now with all the injuries, but better late than never.

Great ball from JWP there.

No shots on target for us yet!

Get in JOSE!

Definite pen FFS!!!!

No confidence in our play at the moment. Need to get our foot on it in midfield more.

Should get that on target at least, Pelle.

Tadic hasn't doing anything since the opening day of the season - are you serious? Seem to remember 4 or 5 assists against Sunderland for a start.

I think he will come good. Needs a goal or 2 to boost his confidence (much like the rest of the team come to think of it!) Booing him and getting on his back during games won't help.

Didn't see the game last night, but 1 shot on target against league 1 opposition is seriously worrying. We need a confidence boosting win and soon.

What about Burnley then?

I agree. Very mysterious that Reed is picked on the bench every week but consistently overlooked when there have been so many players in his position unavailable.

The have had a few injuries already although not that long term ones. Sakho and Valencia were out for a few games but back now, and Carroll and I think Nolan were both out earlier on. I think they have probably got the edge on us this season because they have better options in the attacking 4 positions and are able to withstand a few injuries/out of form players and still put out a side capable of scoring a few. I think the last few games has shown us that we don't have good enough options in forward positions and have little option but to keep playing Pelle/Tadic/Mane and hope that they come back into form. With Jay Rod not seeming close to a return, reinforcements are needed in January if we are to stand a realistic chance of top 6 IMO.

Better options off the bench today which could be important. Will be interesting to see how Hesketh goes - good luck kid!

But Reed could have come on as DM and Davis could have reverted to his normal role as AM when Tadic came off. It is odd that Reed has not been given any game time given the number of injuries currently in midfield positions. I think he will be disappointed he wasn't selected to start this game, never mind coming on as sub.

He's a decent player. Not at fault at all tonight.

Reed could have come on alongside Wanyama and released Davis to play further up the field? Got to say, if I was Reed, I'd be thinking if I didn't get a game tonight with Morgan, Cork, Toby, JWP all out, I probably never will.

We lost that game because of lack of confidence at both ends of the pitch. We had the better of the game, but made 2 poor errors at the back and should have scored much more than 1 with the chances and good situations we had at the other end. Need to get that confidence and composure back or it could be a long second half of the season. Very frustrating as really think Utd were there for the taking for us tonight. One final point - what the hell has Reed done to Koeman? Do not understand why he didn't play some part tonight.

Forster could have come for it, but who was marking Van Persie?

Poor defence again.

We just seem to have lost a bit of composure in final third compared with earlier in the season. We seem to be rushing things too much and playing hopeful passes/shots rather than picking people out.

Promising signs from Tadic - looks like he's playing himself back into form.

Long needs to do better there - straight at him!!!!