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Is it just me or was elliot playing in slow motion for coutinho's shot? Thought he could have do e better. He rescued his neck through a few good saves later on.

Aye, that´s a good point. As a possible Nº10; I would like to see how Ritchie could perform there, and put one of aarons or murphy in his place on the wings.

Brighton look like rabbits caught in the lights so far. A steady start and then impose ourselves, their fans seem to be intent on projecting impending doom which will play right into our hands. Definitely think we need to change Ayoze, we need more goal threat from that position. He does do the covering work and dispossesses other players during the game but we honestly need much m ore than that from a number 10. Same team from last week but with a new number 10... Rafa, you can choose if you like

Too easily shoved off the ball and his decisions are just a fraction too slow meaning he is caught with the ball too often.

Would Gayle be capable of playing in there as a number 10? I can see Jose is trying but he just isn´t up to the standard we need for our attacking midfielder...

All round game is really impressive. He doesn´t seem to be excellent at any one thing... but very competent at everything.

I agree with this line up, but think that shelvey would be better alongside hayden with Merino playing in the more advanced position

Wonder how he would fare alongside shelvey, could be xavi/iniesta esque or smith/geremi?

Without wanting to ruin the party; west ham were absolute gash yesterday. Their midfield with Noble was as pedestrian as Ive seen...

He's been skinned a couple of times by antonio, better going forward though... Merino having a corker and Joselo involved in a lot.

Aye, he was poor on saturday. Thought Mooy controlled the midfield throughout. We really need to upgrade a couple of positions. Striker, no10 and combative midfielder.

Huddersfield outplayed us for most of the firzt half. They were constructive and had a gameplan to get their fullbacks and wingers high up the pitch. I didn't like our lack of pressing, looked like gayle and perez were i structed to drop deep and hold instead of pressing, at least I hope thaT is why they were so lacklustre. Manquillo got skinned every time by van whateverhisname. Not impressed. Merino in the middle had as many mistakes as positives in his debut, some dangerous lost passes didn't fare well for us. He did, however, show for the ball all the time and show confidence and positivity in his attempted play. Will take the positives over the negatives. Not close to shelvey though... Gayle up front and perez aswell were very poor aTtacking wise, we desperately need a number 10 , diame is a phantom footballer now. Aarons and murphy should have been on the pitch second half, ritchie and atsu had bad games. They didnt get many passes mind, ritchie dropping into defence to get the ball at times. Defence was poor. Dummet you'Re forgiven! Lejuene come and play with clark asap! Yedlin, get better soon! To sum up; it's a shame Rafa didnt get his targets. Somebody mentioned earlier- the players we have bought are not better than what we have... we are going to struggle!

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Who has gone off? Lejuene injured amd who else?₩

Nice bit of pace with front three, perez can supply through balls with baaldy and lejuene. Possible upset on the cards! 2-1 with Mitro late sub to take the plaudits

If he's been promised the prem money we will accumulate until crimbo and next zummer, is this enough of a carrot and sufficient funding for Rafa to execute his long term plans? I think this could be whT he is doing, but if fatboy then pulls the carpet from under him... he will no doubt walk! Safe for the moment, only one rotund MF who can fcuk the whole thing up....

Just read that Villareal are about to put in a bid for Lucas Perez. Charnley, y' bald cnut, pull your finger out!

Charming...

I dont want correa, think be's too fragile for the prem and bis final ball is lacking a lot. Need a back up striker or no10 a lot more tbh...

Get Lucas and move ritchie i to the no10 slot. Happy days...

Unreal, Rafa spunk the 70M on him, super class at defending and splitting up play and class at dictating rythym. Top Top player, never understood how casemeiro keeps him out the team...

How tall is de jong? Just looked at some training photos and he looks massive...

If we do sign Ojo, somebody mentioned in another thread about putting Ritchie in at nº10; he scores goals works hard and is reasonably tricky, could be the perfect answer. We would have some pace and guile up front with Gayle, Ritchie, Murphy, Atsu & (Ojo?)

This signing grabs a whole lot more significance after the latest quotes

As we are now... 16th. With three more signings (striker included) I would go up to 11-12th. Out of the top eight the rest of the league is very average