Agreed, he's said that he'll always go for the win rather than trying to settle for a draw. There must've been a point between starting the second half and the second goal going in that dropping a striker for midfield/defense was the best way of winning the game. Normally I agree with the "easy...

He'll play a solid spell then suddenly seem surprised by a good ball. Just need a bit on consistency.

Theroyalbox Mccarthy
Marriapa Pearce Gorkks
Kebe Legs Karacan Mccleary
Mcanuff Guthrie
ALF

Ah yes, clearly we won't need to defend against wingers.

oh dear

TheSiege For all that's been said above, at CB, I rather think that a Gorkss-Pearce partnership - or a Gorkss-Mariappa partnership, work better than a Pearce-Mariappa partnership!

Hate to agree with The Siege, but Gorkss was crucial against Swansea, and we missed Pearce.

Big Ern Not convinced by either of them to be honest

+1 Shorey has looked better than both.

Hunt is winning on goals and work rate, but Alfie will get goals too. Strikers are one position we don't seem to have a problem at the moment. Very happy with out options, and not even a sniff of Church.

Crap performance, deserved to loose, got lucky, there'll be better days, there'll be worse days. Move on.

He looked more joyous at Fulham.

I vote for the apostrophe.

Agreed. McAnuff has been good. Had a poor match against West Brom but that's it. He's a good player and a good ambassador for RFC.

It's interesting that almost without exception the fans who were at the game are bemoaning a shyte performance and two lost points, yet in his post match interview McDermott was celebrating a point won! Quite how throwing away a 2-0 lead can be a cause for celebration for a manager is beyond me and...

Ideal In your face federici-fans, McCarthy was excellent today, obvious man of the match.

Yes he was, and at this point I wouldn't want him dropped, but McCarthy having a good game and Federici being good are not mutually exclusive.

It's interesting that almost without exception the fans who were at the game are bemoaning a shyte performance and two lost points, yet in his post match interview McDermott was celebrating a point won! Quite how throwing away a 2-0 lead can be a cause for celebration for a manager is beyond me and...

I was clenching every time he went for the ball. He was a red card waiting to happen. You can't substitute talent for effort at this level.

McCarthy did most to earn us that point today, and was easily the best player on the pitch. Cummings was poor today, and Maps was only ok. Gorkss, put in a very good shift for us today.

I think the pummeling we took all match which finished 2-2 is a balance of luck. Should've been 6-1 today. Worst performance this season. On a real downer. right so one of our goals shouldn't have stood? This thread is about the balance of luck. Both of our goals took a massive slice of it, so when...

I think the pummeling we took all match which finished 2-2 is a balance of luck. Should've been 6-1 today. Worst performance this season. On a real downer.

A point away is good, and at the beginning of the season we would have jumped at a point in Swansea...so why does it feel like we just lost?

What's the point in another striker when the midfield can't get it right?