Liam Ridgewell and Jonas Olsson

Think the loss of Mulumbu was massive. No coincidence that both our goals came from the advanced CM.

Didn't think Olsson did that badly, but Ridgewell is not a full back and it showed at times.

Think the inclusion of Long showed the game plan was to get in and about us and ruffle us, but the midfield didn't do a good job of it.

Lukakus introdution changed the game, imo. He scared our defenders and although not involved in the penalty, his presence on the pitch was felt. Luckily he fluffed his big chance!

Thats how big a player Mulumbu is for us mate. thank God hes in talks for a new contract.

Lukaku did fluff his chance. As did Shane Long when he went trough on goal

Well Done D'J

Think you'll comfortably get 4th myself.

A positive for us today. Billy Jones was outstanding, yet again. Easily our player of the past 2 months.

I want 2nd 6 points behind City, they have a game in hand, but it is the Manc derby...

Fair play

I like Arsenal live with a Gunner aswell. (Giving me some stick as soon as I got in from the game)

As for us us. Our season is in danger of just fizzing out...which is a shame. Saints are not that far behind us now and Fulham have 2 games in hand on us. I'd be gutted if we finished bottom half of the table and the start we had. We were 4th at the end of November .

A top half half finish would still be a very good season though, so Clarkey needs to get the boys going again.

Yes agreed. Olsson should have been dropped a long time ago.

Ridgewell is a classic case of a player getting picked because he is English.

I thought we were decent enough with the ball without ever looking like we were threatening them too much for 70 minutes. Lack of pace in midfield. This needs to be addressed in the summer. Without the ball we dont close down anywhere near quickly enough.

Our forwards have got be sharper with the chances they get too. All round improvement needed, albeit we were playing a top four side today.

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