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Dovin 7.5 Latibeudiere 7 Thomas 6.5 Kitching 7 DaSilva 7 Eccles 8 motm Torp 6.5 Rudoni 8 Mason-Clark 7 Simms 7.5 Van Erwijk 7.5 Thomas-Asante 6 Wright 5.5 Thought Allen should have come on for Torp who was flagging and risking a second yellow with shirt pulling. And Bassette on for Simms.

Don't know why he didn't bring Bassette on. Thought he was exactly what we needed.

All in all, a much better performance. Need to be more clinical but would have taken a point before the start.

How on earth can Wright miss that?!

Torp needs to come off before he is sent off

Our defending from crosses though is concerning

What an incredible difference in performance. Quick passing and pressing. Should be game over, which is a worry

Maybe it was supposed to be a Doug King solo shoot and all the others photo bombed it!

In the photo Robins looks the same height as King so maybe it isn't him. Could it be one of the youth players wearing one of those Doug Masks?!

Is King sitting on Robins' DM wishlist?!

Is it the first time we have ever had 5 keepers on the squad photo?! Must be.

I share your concern Paxman, but I think it is just too early to judge. New processes may take some time to embed and see the benefits. I do wonder though if this season may be a disappointment in terms of performances and results. Maybe in the longer term though the changes were required.

Although Kelly was technically somewhat limited (although his goal today was a cracker), his ability off the ball is of the highest quality. He was always making space to receive the ball, thus creating space for others; he was the main person pressing; he had a goal saving tackle; he was always...

I remember when the options were Sky blue song or 'Shit on the Villa'.

With Raphael and Sakamoto injured, it might pave the way for Tavares, who looked like he would be out of the club 24 hours ago. If he can show the form he did v Man Utd, it may turn out to be a positive twist of fate.

Absolutely. Those performances gave me a lot of hope for the season. For some reason, as soon as the league began, it disappeared.

We used to be a dynamic team with good movement and intricate passing movements. I see very little evidence of this now. Instead it looks like we are setting up to try and grind out a 1-0. As we tend to concede first, this all goes out the window and then there is a change in intensity.

It is a concern as we have been particularly poor with the midday kick-offs. Surely the performance director has been advising?!

Our Performance Director started in February. This is one of Dr Roberts' quotes, when she was interviewed by CET. “I say this to Doug all the time, that we need to make sure that our players are the best conditioned, the best prepared, physically and mentally, for the season ahead." Since...

I would agree with you if that was what he was wanting. He just doesn't seem to be a person who wants to down tools. If he does then that is extremely worrying.