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Now that we have calmed down, let's try to be fair. That was not a bad half in terms of performance bar the first 8 mins. We are getting the ball in the right areas and Danny and Mata have been excellent on the wings. We could have had a pen for Fernando. On the other hand our defensive mistakes are just shocking....and Bos please fuck off.

That was a pen!

Good effort Torres.

Did he start for Swansea today?

Come on Frank..you're better than that shot!

Tbf, everton are defending brilliantly at the moment.

Better in the last few mins...

Shocking from Petr!

Petr should've done much better with the goal.

Oh great..

Meireles should be the one dropped for Lamps.

Mata on the wing..Bos

I agree with your last point, Lukaku should be given a chance but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Didn't we start danny as a striker against Everton and he disappeared for the whole game? I honestly don't think he is ready to lead the line. In what world is Torres playing well?

We currently don't have one striker on good form let alone 2.

No, too tall to be ashley

You sir, are an excellent writer, if I may say so. I really enjoyed reading that.

I think it will be transition season part II either way, as much as we'd hate it to be so. Even if we do get 5-6 worldclass players in the summer, they would need at least a season together to build chemistry and get used to the Manager's style of play; The recent revolution at city is evident to that. Proper transition takes years, we need to find the right young players that fit the team's philosophy and get them working well with the squad. It may be painful for us fans at first but I am a firm believer that it is vital for the club and will benifit us in the long run and prevent is from turning into Liverpool.

Pre-match conference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLJzc4o3pw0&feature=g-user-u&context=G29ac2e1UCGXQYbcTJ33YB33WLUsSqkbi_wwhYvJzw3xPAucfRDyk

Let's just hope Webb doesn't ref.

I don't see what we'd lose if we gave him a chance. He can't do much worse than our current selection.

Sad but true..

True, but that's only half the story-literally. I would even argue that away form is even more important because it is always harder to get ponts away.

The question is: Can we afford to play the same way we've been playing recently?

On what Basis do you make such claim? About a 20yo who almost literally walked into one of the best teams in England? He is not a finished article, he has lots of time left to develop. Your sentence may prove to be true in the future, I just don't see any way how you can make such a judgement now.