Hodgson now holding the team back. He is a stubborn old man. He wont play Franca as he did not support buying him.

For some reason will not play Richards who is a massive upgrade on Joel Ward. Played well in the Doucoure role today and proved himself well worthy of his place.

Wan Bissaka only got to play because we were short of personnel, went on to become a £50m player within 18 months. Lets not forget we were trying to sell him to Colchester before he broke through in the first team.

Could have brought Ahmada on for Hughes and Franca for Edouard today, but did not. Mateta is a complete waste of space.

totally agree

I think both sides of the debate here have some merit. The squad we have available currently severely lacks creativity. In these circumstances does Roy opt for more seasoned players who are likely to perform with discipline and determination ? Or does he risk throwing in a couple of youngsters who might add something unexpected but may lack discipline and resilience ? I think he made the right call today away against an on-form West Ham, and I thought the players did pretty well given their capabilities. But comparing this to last season, when we went to Selhurst to see Zaha, Eze and Olise in the same team (admittedly rarely), it is dismal to watch.

I watched Franca's "cameo" v Spurs, and he was terrible. As a young guy and a flair player sometimes things won't work for him, but having seen that I am not surprised at Roy's reluctance to give him many chances. Other lessons reinforced today were that Will Hughes (bless him) is spirited but limited, Lerma is solid but offers little creatively, and Richards acquitted himself well in an unfamiliar role but is unlikely to develop into a proper alternative in midfield. But overall credit to the players to come away with a point in the circumstances.

The most accurate comment I have seen here is that our first 11 is probably the strongest we have had, but the squad is one of the weakest. With injuries we will be lucky to avoid a relegatio scrap in my view.

Have you attended any training sessions recently?

Of course all opinions welcome even if spouted without knowledge

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

A pretty turgid game with a distinct lack of quality from both sides.

We've been missing key players all season and not being able to play Eze and Olise together has pretty much rendered our attack to pure hope. This can be blamed on misfortune of injuries but also poor recruitment. We're all hoping Franca comes good but we've seen little of him, what the reasons are for that is open to discussion.

What we're basically left with is a lot of useful squad players all being forced into a starting 11. Ward, Hughes, Schlupp, Ayew, Richards (out of position), are all decent to fill in when necessary or battle for specific positions however when pretty much all starting without a distinct lack of other viable options then it makes for a very average side.

Fairplay to Edouard for getting another goal, he's been feeding off of scraps all season but scored some important goals. Also well done Richards, he had a strong game considering he was playing out of position and apparently only found out late.

Onto the Bournemouth game where points are very important. They're in good form and like to play with advanced speedy wingers so it's gonna be a big test for our fullbacks!

Fair assessment.

Its tight games like this that really highlight how poor our summer recruitment was. If we could have put that 30/40m on the pitch it might have been enough to win it