Rich

Don’t usually get riled up by morons in the media these days, but fuck me what a daft cunt.

De Gea Yedlin Lascelles Luiz Townsend Loftus-Cheek Merino Hamsik Sturridge Slimani Abraham We could play Townsend at LB to ensure Manquillo and Dummett don’t have to feature.

POTY

I'd prefer loans to more permanent deals like £21m for Diame, to be honest.

Getting David Luiz on loan would be a significantly better deal than when we spent £18m on Diame like. I'd be all for it.

As bad as the second half against Everton was there have been overall signs that we’re improving in the fundamentals, largely due to Lascelles being back. We’ve got the lesser of two evils back in goal and in general the line-up is beginning to settle down. I’d still like to see Dummett back to solidify us a little bit more, but otherwise there’s nothing I’m crying out for given the options available. Maybe less Perez and Diame...

We’ll win this.

Have we ever spent a worse £12m than Diame? Keen to find out people's thoughts.

You’re 7th tho.

Spot on. He'll no doubt think promotion is very easy as well, based on the last two times. I don’t think he’s got the stomach for another relegation, personally. He was squirming when he spoke about it with his mate on Sky.

Puel has seen the majesty up close though. He knows.

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It's a lack of belief as much as anything, the lack of communication on the pitch is extremely frustrating to watch and it's very noticeable inside the ground. Nobody wants to know, so it's brilliant that he's back.

Elliot Yedlin Lascelles Lejeune Clark Manquillo Murphy Hayden Merino Atsu Gayle

Other than passing (mainly over distance), what’s he good at?

It said “Long Live The King”, me and Ian held up either end. I genuinely just find him funny now that he’s not here, he brings a lot of entertainment.

I like him now.

Aye, we're back in that pre-Tiote phase again (to use a comparison from the last time we came up). Need someone with his aggression and mobility.

This guy Loved his Sol Campbell jaunts out of defence, he’s coming along nicely.

It’s no shock things are bad inside the ground at the minute, but it always surprises me how quick it goes from the sort of atmosphere we had against Spurs/Liverpool to this. People are very worn down, I suppose.

Had clearly just brushed his hair back in the build to the goal. Gloves are always going to be too slick after that. Needs to drop the Brill Cream.

Didn’t fancy Arsenal, don’t blame him. Back to Hayden and Merino.

Saw this guy jog a bit earlier. Was good.

Bye Mike :'(