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Looks like the music box in Camberwick Green.

Routine, comfortable and professional performance. Got after them early, went 2 up and simply held them at arm's length for 75 minutes. It's exactly what you'd expect a PL side to do to Northampton but it's something we'e struggled to do effectively for years now. Thauvin's going to be a star, disappointed with Aarons and the rest did well enough. Ref was fucking awful too.

Opened up a load of cash turnstiles, suggests demand may not have been huge... From 6.15pm on Tuesday, cash turnstiles will be in operation and will be located at: Gallowgate East Corner - 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 Gallowgate Upper - 60, 61, 62, 63, 66 Gallowgate West Corner - 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 Leazes Middle - 25, 26

Another goal wrongly disallowed against Liverpool. They're not even trying to hide it ffs.

That front 6 could easily be shifted into 3 or 4 different formations and still do well imo. De Jong, Aarons, Tiote (to a lesser extent) and Cisse could also be brought in as and when.

By no means is it entirely Krul's fault. But I've gone back and looked at seasons past and the pass charts are more or less the same. It's much more understandable in this game but the one last year, for example, against QPR is mind-blowing (in fairness, Riviere was the targetman, so, yikes). It's a failure to either a) improve what is an important aspect of Krul's game or b) modify the tactics/personnel so it doesn't have to be such a huge problem (or c) both). It's an indictment on Krul's poor long passing but it's also an indictment on our team's continued inability to generate play from the back. McClaren has tried to do that a bit more this season but there is still no cohesive link between the back 5 and the midfield, leaving Krul to punt it upfield, generally inaccurately. The charts against Southampton and Swansea look very similar. We've got to find a better way to start attacks from back to front. Must admit I've not looked at previous charts of this nature but aiming for a single person who is being picked up by 2 central defenders isn't going to produce much blue. It's a snapshot of what happened in that particular game but if you're saying there is a repeating pattern, and I've go no doubt you're correct, then it needs addressing. I'm hoping a change in playing style will negate his weakness and we don't have to resort to lumping it up to a lone target man who's constantly battling alone by himself.

That tells me he was mostly aiming for Mitrovic who was pretty isolated for long periods of the game. The nature of the fixture explains the abundance of long red arrows. I'd like to think the same diagram at home to Watford would look a lot different. That's not to excuse his poor distribution mind, it's the biggest weakness in his game, but aiming for a lone target man whilst hanging on desperately for a point is fairly understandable.

Confident he'll play more games, be more involved and really make his name this season. Looks like he's got it on a string at times.

I'd like to thnk that when the easier fixtures come around he won't feel the need to have 2 sitting in there and could play the 1. You could still play Sissoko and Wijnaldum advanced on that, wingers on the wing and Mitrovic to hold it up. Horses for courses.

Can understand the subs, would have been lovely to have brought Aarons on for his pace but I felt we needed fresh legs in the middle of the park a bit more. Discretion is the better part of valour and it was the sensible sub to make at that time.

Hell of a point that. Well pleased with what I saw, hanging on like fuck but working hard for the shirt. The minimum I expect is effort and organisation and there was shitloads of that today.

One last effort lads.

All over the shop. Complete disarray.

Worth a look for us? Stones to Chelsea Evans to Everton

Give me a bullet and a time machine and I can sort that for you.

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By all accounts we looked awful at Swansea. There's still loads of work to be done.

He did indeed.

Alreet professor I only hold a doctorate I'm afraid. You couldn't even hold a pen man. http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/30024/eight_col_Billy_Bowden.jpg?1418693085

Fucking nnngghhhh. NNNNNGGGGHHHHH.

Thrombosis Fucking thrombosis? Phyliss Jones.

We sign very talented players but some are clearly not really suited to the Premier League. Some fantastic players haven't quite done it week in, week out in this league and that will always be the case, doesn't make them poor players. We sign good players but not all of them adapt for one reason or another, it's not an exact science.

I think we'll get spanked about 3-0

Absolutely no objections whatsoever to signing Thauvin, if it happens obviously, we need as many talented players as possible to select from in the final third. Another player who creates and/or scores goals will always be welcome.The only frustration comes from the fact we're a pulled hamstring from being forced to pick Williamson. The positives he would bring would be immediately negated before the ink on the teamsheet is dry if we're still picking the players who have let the club down countless times in the past.

*mute*