[WBA-Josh]

I'm sorry if the exclamation mark insulted you in any way but it is just an exclamation mark. It has never hurt anyone in the past and it wasn't intended to hurt you. I also know I'm not always right. I have never said that I expect to always be right or that I am always right, that is for fools like fireymoose.

As for doubling up on Varela, West Ham doubled up on Varela on Tuesday night but it didn't leave much space for anyone else because of the sheer numbers that West Ham had in defence. Hull would have done the same thing today and Varela wouldn't have had much chance to make an impact.

My opinion is that Irvine has got it right today by choosing to save Varela for the 2nd half because of how the match has turned out which was to be expected. You feel differently and that is absolutely fine by me. This site is for debating things like this after all.

Depending on how Varela's match fitness levels are now with an extra 25 minutes of game time, we could see him start against Villa especially given that we will be the home team and it is a derby match.

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Full time and we have stopped the rot at least. A win would have been so much better but it's a start.

If only Dorrans had put that spot kick away....