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It sounds strange but i do think the team we were able to field out last year has better quality on average. Tiote, Cabaye and Colo were incredible last season, Ba, Cisse and HBA just cannot stop scoring goals, and Krul were having a career year as well. Most of them were free from injuries and always available for league matches.

This is our squad for the relegated season: Given, Beye, Coloccini, Bassong, Enrique, Jonas, Barton, Nolan, N'Zogbia, Owen, Martins Covers: Harper. Raylor, Saylor, Cacapa, Guthrie, Duff, Smith, Geremi, Butt, Lovenkrands, Ameobi, Viduka, Carroll Ignored: Milner, Xisco, Edgar I don't think it was that shit on paper as well. However we all knew what happened.

Do you ever read things and take it in? I said "With the squad he's got to hand he is easily the worst." Pointless trying to converse with some on here. Zero by name, ZERO UP TOP obviously Easily the worst? With a squad that we were even forced to play the likes of Sammy and Shane last Christmas? Simpson as center back cover? Jonas as left back? And the all mighty Ameobi as our only cover for Cisse? With only Obertan as our real winger? With 3 french imports who are thrown to the fire without any time for settling down and adjust to the league? Are you serious? Out of interest which squad in recent times is better than the one we have? On paper it looks like this year is the strongest. In fact it isn't, due to the factors I've mentioned above. I even forget to mention we got a captain who suddenly become "homesick" and tried to engineer a move away during January, and then further missed a few months after a stylish-but-meaningless acrobatic clearance. You know what without Mbiwa we definitely would be relegated, imagine it's Williamson at the back instead of Mbiwa. Last year we were fuming that we only got Raylor as our back up side back. This year in many occasion we even hoped Raylor's there instead of Jonas. Oh yea we can have a starting eleven that looks invincible (in which I agree) but what's the cover for them? shits and/or amateurs.

Do you ever read things and take it in? I said "With the squad he's got to hand he is easily the worst." Pointless trying to converse with some on here. Zero by name, ZERO UP TOP obviously Easily the worst? With a squad that we were even forced to play the likes of Sammy and Shane last Christmas? Simpson as center back cover? Jonas as left back? And the all mighty Ameobi as our only cover for Cisse? With only Obertan as our real winger? With 3 french imports who are thrown to the fire without any time for settling down and adjust to the league? Are you serious?

I can't believe that someone think we are even worse than the relegated season.

Why not Wilfried Bony then?

Carroll improves a lot under Allardyce, who know how to coach a target man just like Kevin Davies. He is a perfect partner for Sturridge / Suarez but luckily this would never happen under Rodgers

.....why is Sir Bobby not mentioned?

Bale staying <--- confirmed or just speculation? I am really surprised if he is willing to waste one more season there.

30m for a Chelsea Bench player? Well he better be prepared to be loaned out a few more seasons then

Seconded. BTW, just a thought, is 14-16m enough for Lukaku?

In fact we still dunno what the fxxk that "homesickness" is actually.

I believe a bid around 14m would be enough to beat West Ham. The question is should we opt for other options if we are willing to pay that much?

Inman

Response expected Nah, looking back after a few years later and you will change your mind.

Better display but still over-reliance on Cabaye. We didnt create much after Cabaye's subbed --- although Anita played well. Pardew's problem is he doesn't know how to "teach" players how to attack. Sometimes this would not be a problem if the team has more than enough fire powder, and letting the players play naturally may not be a bad thing too, i.e. HBA. But unfortunately we aren't that blessed with money and certain positions are weak as fuck. He should be sacked, but I don't think he is the worst manager we have had. In fact I still rate him above all the managers we have since Bobby, just that I can't see him succeed next season as Ashley would not back him with money again.

Tiotes passing is even worse than butt

Cisse ffs

Gouffran is tired. Stop moaning that please.

No, Simpson is even a bigger miss than Guthrie.

Officially our hero.

There are 3 players that we can never replace without spending huge amount of money: Ben Arfa, Colo and Cabaye. Sheer madness to talk about selling any of them unless they make transfer request.

Mental decision to defend like this. FFS that is Carroll not Shola, he can score from set piece

Mbiwa as left back?

Actually it is just a choice of Pardew or Carver for the last 3 matches.