Granted we lost 4-1, but they're on course for the title. Was pleased to see us with more possession, more shots, and an attacking front 3!

If we lineup the same against lesser teams we'll compete much better than we have....

Hopkin looks to curl one!

Looking back at the game, I felt we looked better and a bit sharper. Add to that, a rookie keeper in goal, Tomkins thrown in for Andersen, Ward for reasons I don't know for Clyne, the same goes for Luka (Hughes/Ahamada). And why take off Olise for Ayew when we need to score is beyond my understanding.
We could (know that is a lame excuse) have been both 1 and 2 up, their goals due both to good play and switch-off from our players. Zaha for 0-1 & 0-2, how come Jesus not offside for the 4th when we actually had a go?
All in all, 1-4 sounds bad, but after all, a good effort and I don't mind Paddy & Co running the show till the end of season.

We all appreciate it’s tough at the moment sometimes it’s hard to take. But we are not cut adrift at the bottom, getting hammered every week. We now have two weeks to regroup PV is history, let’s move forward with a positive mindset,

It’s all about Leicester now and putting the hard yards in for 3 points. We the fans at the Leicester game need to be vocal, the team need to show some spirt and get those points.

I heard somebody who has contacts with the club saying that Ward was chosen as Paddy looked back on games we had win this season and that Ward had featured in these games.
Also, that Paddy had gone for experience which was why Tompkins came in instead of Richards.
Arsenal have been devastating all season down the flanks, so the reality is that we would likely have struggled whoever we selected at full back.

With regard to better attacking I noted that Schlupp played 3 penetrating forward passes that could have led to goals as well as scoring himself and that Zaha had two shots saved and one that flashed across the goal which Olise was not that far away from turning in.

Looking forward I have two concerns.
How will we react if we fall behind in a game?
How will we react if we continue to miss chances?

If Roy does come in I imagine he’ll set us up to stay in games so there could be lots of 0-0s at half times.
At some point we’ll have to be braver though to achieve the necessary wins.

Paddy said after the game he cant fault the commitment!!

Zaha lost the ball on quite a few occasions and just stood there after or strolled back. He did that when Saka scored and quite a few times Ben White just ran past him and started an attack.

Zaha played well going forward but we need a manager who will drill into him on a daily basis that he needs to do more off the ball. Strolling back and not running to win the ball back is unacceptable.