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So any midfielders that don't go to ground and just body people off the ball. Dembele for instance is great at it. I wonder if anyone has given him any pointers to try and do that more often, and put himself in position to do so. I wonder if anyone has told him anything remotely useful since he came in. When he looked his best earlier in the season, he was getting himself in front of the man and bodying' the man off the ball. It should be simple for any coach to see. A guy with that much strength and pace, should never be going to ground - he should be winning these battles by using his ridiculous upper body strength (who did he shoulder earlier this season? That bounced right off him?) and getting possession of the ball and BREAKING forward at pace. He's a box to box CM next to a physical holding midfielder every day of the week. He played great for Toulousse b/c he had Capoue doing all the dirty work for him. He should do very well with Tiote doing a similar role for him. I know that Pardew is the devil but Sissoko should know how to use his body already, he has brains. The player has to carry some responsibility too, the tackle he tried was disgraceful and I won't blame Pardew for that. He should be good next to Tiote, just wish he could control the ball consistently.

No football for nearly two weeks

Probably the worst tackle I've ever seen.

He was decent again.

Don't understand people that say he is lazy. Kept on running and trying, just shot on confidence.

It's a massive, massive problem. I do agree, but what passion/commitment that is there in the players has been eroded and nullified. The lack of ambition from the top down has washed away a culture which can sustain professional pride, I can't see how it couldn't tbh. It's not like all of our players have been this gutless always.

Really missing Colo and Tiote.

Cheik!? Cheik!? Cheeeeiik!?

Gouffran loves an offside too ffs.

First decent through ball from Vurnon. Williamson wasn't sleeping though.

It was a good save not his fault, williamson should be alert to the rebound Good save. Wouldn't change anything if he just let the ball roll past him from the first shot. Good save ffs.

Give you a tener if you do it Then I could buy all three of them and lock them in my basement. Fair. Sammy is fine. Luuk looks promising. Alright Pardew simmer

Give you a tener if you do it Then I could buy all three of them and lock them in my basement. Fair. Sammy is fine. Luuk looks promising.

So, when are Colo and Tiote back?

Sissoko & Krul

First time withdrawing?

Standard usually.

The day they are better than us at hockey is the day I quit winter sports.

I'm happy if we beat the Norwegians. Fuck Norwegians.

Ain't betting everything though. Clearly I've learned from my over 0.5 goal bets that I shouldn't do it. Been putting sometime 6quid on a two game accy amassing 1.3x money. So takes a long time, probably made over 20 straight winning bets. Lowest win been £0.9 largest £7. I just pick what I feel extremely confident in. Tennis is a huge thing, you can find good value even if favourites are a set up. (chance always exists they'll lose two in a row, but usually non-favourites tend to lose morale and lose by a larger margin in 2nd set). Also do it through betfair so value is larger than live-betting on other ripping off sites. http://youtu.be/wXw6znXPfy4

There's always drama in this thread, even after Jack Flash has left.