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Three games in a row, everyone of them there were long periods of excellence, chance after chance, woodwork after woodwork, and zero points. Actually quite staggering, the ball is just not dropping for us, got to be proud how they played again. Tettey was everywhere for 60 minutes, I enjoyed our football, just wish occasionally we would get a little rub of the green, hits somebodies back side and fly in, perhaps we used it all up last year. Villa were second best, and yet we lost again - sad, but I don’t think you can knock the team, some wretched luck and the odd wrong choice, like Pukki not laying it off to Tettey in the first half. Run out of lucky under pants.

A true gent, a lovely footballer - remember watching him from the river end as a kid on my crate, sad demise of a top man.

I support Farke 99% of the time, but again today not for the first time he failed to use substitutes early enough to change the dynamics of a game, wolves were clearly on top second half, even at 1 - 0 you could see the writing on the wall, a substitute can change that momentum. Sorry this was weak by Daniel. We were excellent first half but were tired, time for fresh legs, very very frustrating.

****!!!

Really frustrating performance, Southampton are not good , too much fannying around with it going nowhere, half hearted , haven’t felt more disappointed watching a performance all season

We simply haven’t turned up first half, bitterly disappointing no fight, no energy - give it a go, very very disappointing

Dyslexia bane of my life, still haven’t done too badly despite of it , being MD for the last 10 years. Fortunately I haven’t met too many pedantic blockers on the way.

Everton fans were quiet as hell in the stadium, my god couldn’t they whinge on the way home. In fairness they were decent , chatted to a few of them walking back to car- very disillusioned

Your right - definitely got an exclamation mark problem - tried desperately to avoid them

Apart from in the title!

Just home from Goodison, haven’t enjoyed a match so much since Wembley , great performance, superb commitment, Zimbo was massive, a big piece of the jigsaw back! Fans tremendous, great singing , highly positive from word go. Even forgive Everton’s worst toilets in the top 4 divisions. Felt victory in my water this morning and had a punt at 13/2 - icing on the cake. ( king canary not even a exclamation mark insight - must have been a good day)

That doesn’t surprise me king canary!!!

This analysis is as tedious as VAR & Jeremy Corbyn!!

Thank you for your constructive insight as always King Canary!!!

What with outrageous totally unbelievable politician rubbish day in day out! What with Pink un journalists getting slaughtered for sensationalising headlines! What with Norwich city fans leaping to the defence of our manager despite being bottom and heading for relegation!! (By the way totally agree with them, just pleasantly surprised how unified everybody is behind this support given our perilous position) You could be excused for thinking the the world is going ever slightly mad!!! Thank goodness for the quite wonderful Anna Trybull (on latest TNC podcast) she restores faith in human behaviour!!!

I have a 5 inch scar on my shin given to me by big Duncan, playing in a charity match at Dereham, my shin pads were poor defence from his flying studs. I grew up watching him and carry a mark for life from him. Rest in peace big man!

Now now, if you read the pink un match day thread this was raised several times. Anyway king canary the fickle nature of the modern day fan gives me plenty of ammunition! (! Just for you) - but that’s not the real point here. Given where we are we have little option but to take risks. And it was good to see some cohesion on the pitch today, even if it is not always the case off it! ( again for you )

A lot of comments questioning why play Godfrey after a hernia operation only two weeks ago, a case of excellent hindsighters again me thinks !!! Let me remind you we have no centre backs fit! Hernia’s these days are minor ops! It simply a case of needs be!! The same people were shouting for Farke to put Onel on earlier - a case of duplicity me thinks!! Great draw - good for confidence!!

Looking at the latest city utube on today’s training session, Todd Cantwell looks like Messi - hopefully he bottles some of it for Saturday!! Good to see Krul, Vrancic and Tettey all in full training. What with Pukki scoring two, I feel the wind changing !!!!

I feel a bit guilty about it, but what a relief to have a break this week, from the emotional rollercoaster. Having three bad defeats in as many weeks is bloody tiring !!! That’s when you know your football team is really important to you ( probably too important). Remember those championship days when the positive emotion of another victory saw you through Monday and Tuesday at work? What’s the old adage ? - you can change your wife but not your football team !! Regardless of what happens in the next 6 months, we will be back next year, as long as I am still alive & kicking!!

TIL 1010 - don’t mind admitting it , the jury was out for me - I wasn’t a knocker unlike a lot of our moaner community, but I was unsure. He has grown on me more and more, and Saturday I realised I and we needed him more than could be imagined!!!

Lappinitup - agree whole heartedly , think this and what Krul does behind the scenes is what Webber was referring to last season. Hugely influential for the youngsters on and off the pitch. Yes I am having a Tim Krul love in - - but I think Saturday shows what will happen without him!!!

Barclay Wazza - don’t necessarily agree with all your points. But well put argument - and have to say although hindsight always adds strength to a view - your logic is convincing!

Looking at the goals yesterday again (painful as it was) I realised a number of them may have been prevented if Krul was between the posts. Not because he would have necessarily saved them , but more that he would have nagged the two CB’s to pick up - only speculation of course, but we seemed to miss him as much for his experience and communication with a young CB in Godfrey and a makeshift CB in Amadou !!!

Above was for you BarclayWazza - if we knew how it was going to turnout of course we should have bought more - but losing so many players was totally unpredictable.