Joel Ward has signed a new three-and-a-half year contract.

Link.

Fantastic news. It's been great to see him look so comfortable at the top level.

yeah, now he's back in his right position he's proving what a damn good right back he is... reminds me a lot of john pemberton...

today's team:

Speroni, Ward, Delaney, Dann, Ledley, Bolasie, Jedinak, McArthur, Zaha, Puncheon, Murray.

Subs: Hennessey, Hangeland, Kelly, Souare, Ameobi, Gayle, Sanogo.

half time:0-1. poor goal to concede so early, terrible defending.

probably should be level, though. what an overhead kick that was from Bolasie!

full time: 0-2.

looks like we're ready for the beach...

One of those days. Can't moan too much because I think we've had a share of good fortune these last few weeks.

Disappointed with the result, we did enough to get something from the game- we had enough of the ball and created a decent amount of chances but it was just one of those days.

The last 10 minutes made me chuckle, Murray, Zaha, Bolasie, Puncheon, Gayle & Sanogo all on the pitch! Now that's gung-ho!

80 minutes of time-wasting was a bit much...and not even a telling off from the ref.

Such a shame they got such an early lead. We dominated the ball so much after that, but were always gonna find it tough against their defence.

And when Murray misses like that near the end, you know it's not our day.

what was up with the pitch yesterday? it was cutting up all over the place...

we will play worse than that and win games... thought souare did a good job when he came on, he's starting to acclimatise to the premier league now...

...hopefully the season doesn't just fade away now.

Hopefully that's something we get sorted out this summer... and it leads to better home form next season.


On a side note - RIP Staffie over at HOL. Deeply saddened by this awful news, he was a legend at that place and will be sadly missed.

On a side note - RIP Staffie over at HOL. Deeply saddened by this awful news, he was a legend at that place and will be sadly missed.[/quote]

Echo that . Always looked out for his post on match days . Even though his heart was giving him problems on Saturday he still had time to post some links , the site won't be the same without him . RIP staffie , as his byline said there is no capital S in staffie

Couldn't believe it when I saw that news. Very sad to hear.

I don't post on the Hol, but I knew of staffie and I often looked for his match download threads. I know he seemed very well respected by everyone on there.

can't believe the news about staffie... really can't...

one of the most selfless people i have ever encountered on the net, always had time for you and always there to help... his match threads & links/highlights threads were legendary... Hol will not be the same without him...

today's team:

Speroni, Kelly, Dann, Delaney, Souaré, Puncheon, Jedinak, McArthur, Zaha, Murray, Bolasie


Subs: Hangeland, Sanogo, Hennessey, Gayle, Mutch, Lee Chung-yong, Ledley

goalless at half time.

very open game. we could easily be winning, we could easily be losing.

0-2 full time.

that was garbage.

And we did , even worse performance than last week . We have to sort out our home form next season , it's been mostly dismal this season .

Well that was one to forget and move on quickly.

Oh that truly sad news.

Was too ill to make the game but from what I've read we were awful, did we not turn up? Wrong tactics?

We never got going at all and never looked like we wanted to either. Pretty much everyone's minds seemed to be thinking of what beach they were going to be spending their summer on.

Hull wanted it more, much more, and got a deserved three points.

No worries, though... Chelsea next.

That's annoying, can cope with losing if they put some effort in.

Well Hull are/were contenders for relegation of course they were going to put up a fight. Can't expect anything else when you're down there.

Chelsea hmm. Will lose but if they beat arsenal and Leicester then they also might be on holiday mode after being champions, and we always seem to okay better as underdogs so may turn up for it.

Just watched motd, and not sure how it looked yesterday. Their first goal was assisted by a hand and mcshane dived to disqualify yaya's goal.

Bloody spud face.

So, Chelsea only drawing today. If they beat Leicester midweek that means they can win the title by beating us next Sunday. Oh joy.

Which will happen, cause nice Sunday lunch kick off, Stamford Bridge. televised. It's the thing of Chelsea dreams.