David Moyes praises Calafiori and Raya in the aftermath of the Arsenal clash

One point would have been more than well earned and we might have got three — just wasn't our day.

You could blame Pickford, but only if you're the type of person that always has to blame someone. My own view is that replacing Beto with the totally ineffective Barry was probably the turning point in many ways.

I'm not blaming Moyes. Beto, who also isn't the best, had worked very hard for the team, and probably needed replacing. But the effort out of Thierno Barry was nothing short of pitiful, making me think he'd have been better off sat behind the goal with his mates.

Barry was battered all over the place and didn't have the power to fight back. We were effectively playing with 10 men -- why not use Iliman Ndiaye as a false 9?

We played really well: Keane and O'Brien were a very good pair (what is the big mystery about the other two centre-backs?) and Iroegbunam is looking a good player to me now. He could become Gana's successor.

A very fair and accurate assessment of the game, I agree with everything you said.

I have to disagree with Tony -- this was an awful mistake by Pickford. It wasn't the greatest cross and he got it all wrong. Yes, he has won us many more points than he has cost us but yesterday, sadly the defeat was down to poor judgement by Pickford.

I thought, with both Branthwaite and Tarkowski out, it might unsettle us, but I thought Keane and O'Brien were magnificent at the back. If Branthwaite is going to be out for a while, then I would like to see these two get a run out more often.

I think yesterday, not for the first time, highlighted how poor either of our front men are -- easily out-muscled and both are passengers for large parts of the game.

I have to admit that Iroegbunam isn't my favourite player but I thought he had a good game yesterday. I also think, since his transfer fell through, that McNeil has come back looking a far better player.

Certainly a striker and full back are priorities in the summer. We can't keep asking Garner to play out of position, it's not fair on the lad.

Our biggest problem is our lack of goal scorers and that is really hurting us. I think Ndiaye is a lovely player to watch, a really skillful player, but for his talent, his goals per game is not great; same goes for Grealish.

I can't believe I am writing this but is Ndiaye a luxury we can't afford? Or will his goal output improve if we get a proper striker in the summer?

We gave them a game, they had all the possession, but we made the best chances.

What a difference a real dangerous front man would make to us. I'd spend big on Thiago from Brentford.

But when he makes a mistake, like yesterday, that probably cost us a point, we're not allowed to say anything?.

Some of the players are quite capable of holding their own against teams like Arsenal but, when you have difficulty scoring, you may get nothing for your efforts -- and that has been the story of the season.

Very little will change unless some players are discarded and some new blood is introduced. They have players like George and Rohl but Moyes has his faves and persists with them... so why were they brought in?

I hope finally they realize that Beto and Barry are not up to snuff and will not be part of the plans for next season.

Just try to understand that if you effectively pillory a player for what others feel is a relatively minor lapse, then those other people may feel they have an equal right to say they disagree with your assessment.

To be fair to Moyes, he did bring on Armstrong and Rohl for the tiring McNeil and Iroegbunam, but that should have been maybe about 10 minutes earlier.

It is all 'ifs' and 'buts', at the end of the day, you have to accept that the better team probably won. Those saves by Calafiori and Raya were indeed nearly as miraculous as the one that Pickford pulled off against Newcastle.

If our luck had evened out, we might have drawn both games (Newcastle and Arsenal) but ended up with a point less, so can't complain too much I suppose.

1st point: Playing a centre-midfielder at right-back weakend the team right away.

2nd point: A left-winger playing right-wing sadly doesn't work.

3rd point: Putting Armstrong on right-wing again -- it's not his position, and h bcomes a waste of space.

Moyes had a chance in the last 15 mins to put Patterson on and push Garner into central midfield and then put George on for McNeil. But Moyes only had 1 point in his mind -- that's why he is -- and always will be -- a mid-table manager.