We were clueless in front of goal, without Saha's goals we would be bottom. We need a striker in January, but how can we get good pedigree if we have no money and fighting relegation?

I am a moyes supporter but he and his backroom team are responsible for picking the team and geeing up the players and it obviously isn't working. Worrying times are afoot...

We haven't won at home since September, we don't look like winning a game, if it doesn't change then we’re fucked. We lose the next two (which we probably will) then you can't have an argument...

I can't see us winning at Sunderland, the Burnley game is the proverbial 6-pointer...

We can't keep getting away with it, lads... I hope I'm wrong, we seem to struggle to score goals this season. Everyone is hopeing our injured playes will come back but it will take them 6 to 7 games to get back to fitness. COYB

Anyway, we played great football for about 20 minutes, scored a great goal and Saha was wrongly judged offside when he scored. After that it was always going to end up 1-1 (or even worse) but they were so poor they could not even get a shot against Howard.

The reason: Brum started to press us more and we could not find a way to cope. It is so easy when you have players like Hibbo, if you press him, he will hoof it. That was the key to the evening’s result: Brum were playing against a better team but they adjusted; Moyes did not. In a way he should be pleased because Brum are playing now like we used to do, carving out results with a poor but resolute team. It was so frustrating to watch us try long balls against a tall defence who were organized enough to deal with them.

It will be long and hard winter: every team will know that we will fall apart if they just press us tuff enuff.

The Team today?

• Heitinga and Neill were good. Hibbo is a great tackler but that will be enough. Coleman could bring more threat to the attack.
• Pienaar was good for most of the match but he tries too hard.
• Billy is not ready yet, sometimes the pace of the game is too much but his goal was great.
• Fellaini played well, I think his natural for the defensive mid. He was the culprit for the goal, though.
• Osman, where do I start? Well, he seems to have learned how to fall because nowadays he is winning freekicks for us. Some good moves today also but not enough and not WHEN IT COUNTS.
• Cahill my hero is not doing it now. Timing has gone.
• Saha is a world class striker. I wonder if we can keep him.

Also his transfer policy is unbelievable: I know we don’t have money but surely: there must be players out there for loan, but that should have been done in the summer.

I’m confident we’ll turn it around, it wasn’t pretty but we dominated a team that had won 5 on the bounce before today. If we had scored a second, i’m certain we’d have scored a hat full today. Sunderland had better watch out, I predict another seven goal mauling next weekend!!

They then go up the pitch and score... after that, we were poor. No movement and no ideas. It was like watching two different Everton teams. Mad stuff.

In the second half we only attacked down one side because Billy just stands still and then we resorted to hoofball, because no-one else was moving to make space. And why bring Vaughan on for 2 minutes?

We need height up front for a plan B. Stead of Ipswich? We need pace, full stop????

The 3 games you mention, we only got 2 pts from a possible 9, that is relegation form.

Also "We are just not getting the rub of the green right now" — Did you see the Chelsea game?

We are in relegation shit at the moment, this transfer window is very important; Moyes has started well with Donovan for three months, this lad a pretty fast and can play both wings, so we can replace Bily who to me is... watching the world pass him by at the moment.

A centre back, £2.5 million is quoted for Senderos from the Arse, he is better than what we have at the moment. This guy Gago seems to be a good move but with Moyes's record in the transfer market he will go to Sunderland etc.

Someone mentioned Stead at Ipswich... I've watched him a few times in a piss poor team, he looks good and has a bit of skill to go with his speed, better than Vaughan, Victor, Jo and the young lad, and at the moment I am better than The Yak.

We need something quick otherwise we will suffer as Newcastle did, we are not too good to go down, we are shyte at the moment, but Moyes can do something about it.
COYB

Does anyone honestly think that any team we will face from now to the end of season will view us as an easy mark? We’re in this position because of our early season form... we’ve turned the corner now and are playing well with MORE than half the season to go... I’m not in the least worried, our best is yet to come!!!

The piss poor pathetically assembled squad put together by Depressed Dave and his backstreet boys is diabolical and probaby ranks up there with the worst of the worst. No money to spend, why is that? Because we waste it on never-has-beens and never-will-bes.

Unless Moyes goes before the next season starts, we will go into free fall like Notts Forest, Sheff Wed etc.

We are clueless and keep holding on for the return of our ’best’ players. Well I'll be surprised if we see much of Jags or Arteta this season so they won't be of much help (not their fault). Yak is clearly struggling for fitness let alone match fitness.

Donovan won't have played for 6 weeks and so will presumably need time to sharpen his fitness levels and adjust to the EPL then will go home in March. (I dont see the point of him coming myself.)

Added to all this are some mediocre players and yes, my friend, we're in deep shit. If you don't think so just ask any Leeds or Newcastle fan how a team ’too good to go down’ gets relegated.

However, things also need to be taken into context. Our last 3 games have seen us draw all 3, and the opposition all came from the top 7 of the league. The performances have been better, and the first 20-25 mins of yesterday’s game was described by MotD2 as ’one touch passing’, and even the most pissed off Blue should be able to appreciate that there was only one team playing ’hoofball’ in the game. On the last 3 games, we are a million miles away from relegation, but the need for wins grows ever greater.

On a side note, the decision of offside for Saha’s goal was, quite simply, incompetent. From my seat (lower Gwladys), there was no way to tell, but the replays show that Saha is a YARD onside, and I cannot comprehend how that official is earning a living doing what he does and making mistakes like that.

On the form we’ve shown over our last four league games, we are far from being ’relegation fodder’ and are in fact playing some very good attacking football. We were by far the superior team yesterday as we were against Liverpool, and against Spurs and Chelsea... where maybe we were lucky but we punished Chelsea’s weakness to set pieces and scored two very good goals against Spurs. So maybe we earned our luck?

Nobody can disagree that we are playing far better now than we were at the start of the season and I am confident we will regain our winning ways quite soon... Sunderland in fact... and once we win a few we’ll hit a run of good form as confidence will return, with or without Arteta, Jags and Donovan.

I know it’s speculation, none of us know how the season will progress... but then I’m an optimist, and football, as they say, is a "funny old game". But I repeat, top 6 is where I visualise us finishing. If you or anyone else disagree then that’s your option.

Personally I prefer my train of thought. If I’m horribly wrong then it's me who’ll be disappointed but I’ll still be sitting in my same seat next season.

Neville is back again and Donovan is a better prospect than Osman. Vaughan could finally make his impact and hopfully Jags and Mikel may not be too far away. All these factors may now work in our favour to climb the table. If not, then we face a hairy battle in the relegation area to maintain out status in the Prem.

Moyes has a real battle to turn this season around and another defensive signing next week is an absolute must.