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They should switch Trezeguet over to the left to run at Maitland-Niles now that he's on a yellow.

I'm going to predict that Wesley doesn't have a single shot today. The ball is going everywhere that he isn't.

McGinn shot nearly broke Leno's arm!

Jack's passing at times is putting us under pressure.

This is how I feel too.

I think you make a lot of great points TRO. Wes needs to man-up a bit and shrug off some of the attention he's getting from opposing players.

We scored the most goals from crosses in the Championship last season. We need to find a way to get the ball onto Wesley's head but, when we do, he needs to do better and at least hit the target!

He was right to have a go at El Ghazi because it was his man that got the cross in.

He looks a really talented footballer. The back-heel was sublime. Solid tackling too.

His lack of pace showed last night. Him and El Ghazi are going to have to up their games and chip in with goals. Same as Grealish and McGinn.

Wes is my main concern right now because if he doesn't score the goals we are really going to struggle this season. Lack of service is one argument but he had a couple of chances last night and he failed to hit the target. If he flops we will be in trouble.

He says he's a number 8 or number 10 we'll, if so, he needs to stop being back in his own box during open play. That is killing him because he's going from one box to the other and he's probably too tired to make the right decision at the end of it.

Apart from a couple of stray passes I thought he was superb tonight. Easily gets the nod ahead of Luiz. Trouble is, Luiz will soon need to start ahead of McGinn or Grealish.

Yes, that last paragraph is a worry!

We've replaced a 26 goal forward with someone who looks a mile away from being as smart in the penalty box. Our left back has proven to be not quite up to scratch but, hopefully, he will come good. McGinn and Grealish need to adjust to the PL quickly as we really need them.

McGinn or Grealish are going off for Luiz second half. Neither of them have done anything major to warrant another 45 minutes of that with Luiz on the bench. I reckon Deano will give them 15 minutes then sub one of them off. Nakamba, one bad pass apart, has been solid and full of energy. The wingers haven't been great but Jota is worst of the two. Wesley proves we need another striker. Does Deano wish he'd spent the extra money on Maupay?

That was my thoughts too. Looks too slow for this game but, who do we replace him with when we only have three wide attackers and one is suspended?

Made an error that led to Azerbaijan equalising against Wales.

My point is valid. If they aren't using it, what's the point of having it?

It's called Video Assistant Referee. Therefore, it is supposed to be assisting the referee. If there are able-bodied people sat in front of a screen watching Grealish lay the ball off to Lansbury and him scoring, how did they not assist the referee straight away by telling him he's made an error and the goal should stand? Against Spurs, McGinn gets flattened by a failed attempt to get to the ball by the Spurs defender. Why didn't the VAR folks assist the referee by telling him immediately what happened in their view and that it should be a penalty? Against Bournemouth, why didn't they remind the ref that Billing had already been carded and had gone on to make at least two more fouls that could have resulted in a second yellow? The linesmen are now called referee's assistants. They assist the ref by identifying that a foul has been committed in their area of the pitch and the ref goes with them. So, the same should be happening with VAR but in the three incidents above it didn't happen. So, what is the point of it?

That Connor Coady looked real international quality today

VAR is a complete and utter waste of time.

You're right. We were outplayed by them and but for Heaton and some wasteful Palace finishing we could have lost that by 3 or 4. We do need to be better than that and maybe that's a game Deano and his coaching staff can look at to find ways of making us harder to get through. To be fair though, most of their attacks came through Zaha and we'll only play him once more this season.

Not just Friend though! We should have had a penalty against Spurs when leading 1-0, Billing should have been sent off after making a further 2 or 3 fouls after getting a yellow vs Bournemouth and we were denied a perfectly legit goal yesterday. Also, how can Friend justify giving Trezeguet 2 yellows for 2 tackles. In that case, Billing should have had 2 red cards!

I think he deserves a game.