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It's laughable that he believes the players mentioned are that much better than whats been brought in. Cambiasso retired and Adebayor didn't want to come so we did go for some of the players he wanted. As for the others? Traore looks to have a lot more potential than Lennon or Townsend and so far to me will have just as much impact this season as they would. Veretout is settling and looks better every game and as for Ayew if he played him he might be able to make a proper judgement. It was his performance against Blues that's kept Sherwood in his job as a defeat that night would've been the end yet he's hardly had a kick since. I fear Sherwood is too stubborn to be a top manager it's ok having confidence which borders on arrogance but you still need to admit you've made mistakes from time to time which is something he doesn't do. 

I think Sherwood is resigned to losing his job and has started his exit strategy. By deflecting things already he's actually weakening his position. I wanted him to do well and can forgive the results so far but I'm fed up with him not taking the blame. The buck stops with him. He should be getting the pressure off of the players do they can go out and perform yet it seems to be doing the opposite so he'll look better once he's sacked. I think Rodgers getting sacked may be the making of him so it could be an ideal time to get him in. After LFC finished 2nd he got carried away thinking they'd cracked it now this could b e the grounding he needs. He's  a better manager than Sherwood more experienced the lot so sometimes things fall in to place I'd probably make the change regardless of the results because he's available. Letting Sherwood have more time may bite us later. Klopp being available made Liverppol act maybe we should do the same?? 

Sherwood has to win the next home game or he'll be gone. As some has said its only when the media ramp up the pressure things change because as fans we ate emotionally involved so get carried away a lot easier. The worrying thing for me is he seems to have lost his bottle of giving players a go. He doesn't fancy Gil and yet Leicester was probably our best performance only for it to collapse with bad substitutions. The midfield have stopped hitting the box and it looks like Lambert is back in charge. He played Gestede but then plays without any width to get crosses in the box. This is the 1st time Sherwood has been under pressure as a manager some thrive on it and if he gets through it he'll be better for it but I'm not sure if he can. It's worrying when he says the players are unfit seeing as that's his main job in preseason. 

Our form has nothing to do with how many we take away! We've sold out every game so far and can see us selling this before general sale. It's a shame we didn't take the 15% we'd have had a cracking night!! 

Why start from Southampton? Is it because it suits the argument? We were safe at Southampton and from then on it showed in the players so I disregard that just as much as some regard it. If anybody moans about this years results I will agree and understand and discuss reasons why but picking an arbitrary start point to suit an argument is silly. This season we haven't got the results we deserve but come May that can't be an excuse but after 7 games what can be used is the players still adapting. What did you think of Sherwood on the morning of the Southampton game when he'd kept us up and got us to an FA Cup Final? Or is that going to far back? 

We lost our 2 best players as I think we are all aware and signed 13 in the process. Apart from up front we are a better squad of players even though we are scoring more! If we beat Stoke we will be averaging a point a game which for me until Xmas is fine as its a lot of players to get used to each other. If we start falling badly behind that I'll get worried but I do believe we will be there or there abouts and then kick on. We deserved more points against United Sunderland and Leicester even just getting 3 extra points from those I'm sure people wouldn't be over reacting as much.  

Westwood is sitting midfielder as is Sanchez. Veretout so far in his career has done all roles in midfield. It's not a case of who better individually at times but who works together in the team. Sanchez and Westwood can't play together in a 2 or a 3 so either Veretout or Gana has to play. For a player getting to grips with the league playing in a 3 will help them adjust and seeing as we aren't strong enough in a 2 at the minute play a 3 with either Sanchez-/Westwood and Gana and Veretout. Veretouts flexibility also means he can push on as a 10 if the game goes that way. Playing the other 2 means we are limited in options and ability.  

If he can play left side of the CB I think him and Richards would be very good together not sure if he can though. I'd throw him in at RB for now with Traore ahead of him and just tell Jores to give him the ball and concentrate on defending. 

We were in a lot worse position when he turned us around last year so to say he can't is silly. This is his first time under pressure and a lot of managers don't actually survive that. We aren't playing that bad and have deserved more graham we have got. For me we've played badly in 110 min this season and really have only let ourselves down points wise against Albion and Sunderland. 

That's an awful lot of information for an 'off air ' comment!! And wasn't Leicester the game when Gil scored? He may be a poor mans spanish midfielder but he's one of our better ones!! 

In the short time he's been here he's played all over the middle in both attacking and defensive positions. He's nothing like Westwood and I think in time he'll show he's a lot better player. 

We have a very young team hopefully they can grow together and get us up the top of the league so our better players don't have to leave. Jack is villa through and through so he'll stick around longer than most but we need to match his ambition  

hopefully Gana and Veretout can be good enough and strong to play in a 2 with those 3 behind Ayew. Playing Gil centrally will also help if he can get fit enough to run things in there. Ayew makes runs all day long something we lack badly from our other strikers

well actually if we continued at that rate we'd be on 38 which has kept us up for the last few years!! You seem to forget Sherwoods impact when he arrived when we would've been relegated if he hadn't come. That for me is enough reason to give him long enough to get his team winning. 6 games isn't long enough. We still haven't fielded our strongest 11 or let the new signings settle. 

Can someone clarify what state we are in? 

he's never been under this sort of pressure before. Lambert turned into a shadow of his former self by going negative I just hope Sherwood doesn't stop trusting himself. He's still inexperienced so it'd be daft not to use what's available though. 

it's a virtual new team 3/4 of the back four are guaranteed starters. Gana Traore will be once fit. It's Grealishs and Gils first full season and every one knows about them now so it will be harder. The biggest thing is getting the strikers scoring. We have played well in every game so far apart from the last 20 at Leicester and the Albion game. I will forgive Albion if we are at it tonight it's way too early to judge Sherwood but not to criticise. His substitutions need to be better and as for his in game tactics. He seems ok when he starts but games seem to get away from him. I'd hope he's using Wilkins for more than just his coaching but also for his experience in the dugout. 

It's Sherwoods first real test as a manager. It will either make or break him. If he comes out the other side and gets us playing again he will be a lot better for it and we could have a cracking manager on our hands. So far this season we've had very little luck a good win tomorrow could just be the kick start this season needs. 

he gave away a penalty but for me the blame was in Baker. His crap pass went straight to there player who played into the space Baker had left Bunn had no choice but to come out as there wasn't any other defenders and the player was clean through. Guzan is causing errors and mistakes when there are other choices. His distribution also puts us under pressure time and again. He never kicks the ball into the last 3rd and only just gets over the half way line with a good kick. That straight away applies pressure. 

it was loud when they scored like everywhere else They get a reputation because of a bunch in the corner who clap along all game but it's not loud at all. We were a lot louder there but away fans generally are. 

I'll assume you never went to Palace this season? It's just the same as every where else. If you've got exciting football you'll get a noisy crowd. 

Bunn hasn't put a foot wrong and has better distribution than Guzan. When he played for Norwich in the PL he did very well and they were gutted he left. I wouldn't swap Guzan for the next 2 as too much pressure but next mistake he's got to give Bunn a chance. 

Can Adebayor sign for us and play in Cup games until Jan when he can register for the PL? You can sign players outside the window it's the Premier League you can register them to play for I think. If we are serious about getting him and he's serious about playing we can't get him in get him fit so he's firing in Jan. 

we are a new team that's still getting to know each other and getting players to acclimatise yet we were the better team at Leicester. That team had about £10m of new signings in it and played some great football first half. The subs cost us but the majority of the time we see that game out no problem regardless. I'll look at the game as a whole not just the mad last 20 which is a one off. For the rest of the game we looked like we were developing well. If it becomes a consist theme of not holding on to 2 nil leads and bad subs I'll be worried at present its not so no need to over react. 

TBF it wasn't until the mad 20 min that we looked like conceding. We looked solid against an inform free scoring side then we got complacent. It was in midfield that we lost the game for me but that'll be rectified with Gana getting fit. It may be a blessing in disguise with 2 games coming up were we will need to be at 100% for the whole game.