Harry_SFC

They aren't bad in the middle of the park but other than that it's a distinctly average side and one we should be beating comfortably.

I wouldn't say they are in a false position at all. They don't create enough chances and when they do they don't have good enough strikers to score goals. It doesn't matter how well you play, if the opposition scores 1 goal more than you every game in the season then you go down in 20th place.

I've just received an email to say I've been unsuccessful for the Sheff Utd game.

McCarthy, KWP, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Romeu, JWP, Redmond, Walcott, Adams, Ings Subs: Forster, Stephens, Salisu, Diallo, Armstrong, Djenepo, Long

Armstrong was very anonymous and when he did get the ball he didn't really make the right decisions. I agree he needs a rest.

I think he's basically confirmed this with his previous posts.

I'd be pretty surprised to see Salisu involved without getting any minutes under his belt for the U23's.

If he doesn't sign a new contract by January then to get a half decent fee we'd probably need to sell him next month. Would be a bit of a disaster but I've no doubt Saints are doing all they can.

Same team for me with Ings and Redmond back on the bench instead of Long and Tella.

Stephens being a good passer of the ball is a total myth. He regularly gives the ball away and has poor awareness in general. Vestergaard is light years ahead of him in that respect.

Leeds play very nice football and are a joy to watch at times. Not so good infront of goal though.

Can't imagine that's accurate. Maybe before the contract extension in April? I'm sure he would've had a hefty pay rise.

Bertrand would only be back-up at a top side so if he doesn't renew it would solely be down to money you'd imagine. I think Bednarek will be off in the summer but he is replaceable. Ings wouldn't be so I really hope it's sorted soon.

Vokins or Bertrand in for Stephens. Can see this one being a draw - would be happy with that.

It's crazy how they are going off and playing 3 internationals a month in the midst of this pandemic, especially for pointless matches (the nations league games are basically friendlies).

We were very good in the first half to be fair. They exposed our system in the end but Ralph has since dropped the line back slightly and the players seem very comfortable now. Other than the second half against Spurs and the first half against Chelsea we have been well worth our current points total. Even though we lost to Palace we were ok and should have got a point at least.

Incredible performance from Che tonight. Pretty good from someone who lacks pace, awareness and technique though, wasn't it?

Salisu or Stephens in for Bednarek. Redmond in for Ings, Walcott up top. Vokins in for Bertrand. 1-1 draw.

It was a tough one for Ralph. He wanted to take Armstrong off because he was fading badly but then Bertrand got injured. Diallo seemed a bit off the pace and Ward Prowse is certainly not a left back. That coupled with Stephens being rusty/generally poor and KWP struggling against Grealish, it was always going to be a dodgy last 30 mins or so.

Verlaine seems to get a kick out of slagging off our players (mainly the wrong ones), so I wouldn't bother.

Redmond was poor first half but did improve a bit after the break. I'd stick with the same side. Use Walcott as an impact sub - it also looks like Djenepo is back in training, so possibly a fully fit squad for Ralph to pick from.

We would be mad not to get him signed up to a new deal. The same goes for Bertrand.

This really. It's a dangerous tackle and a clear red card. Intention has nothing to do with it. The fact he had two or three goes at him makes me think maybe he did mean it!

Looked pretty good on the ball to me.

With Walcott, Djenepo and Smallbone out and Armstrong not fully fit, will we see a start for Nathan Tella? Or could we play JWP on the right and give Diallo a debut in the middle?