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He wa s our only outlet today, what worries me is that we are only capable of attacking down the right hand side and our reliance on him is unbelievable.

Was lucky not to get a second yellow, really annoying when he shirt holds in front of the ref... Got forward well today

Only mistake elliot made was trying to fist that clear, then we had the colo and anita clown show trying to see who could make least effort to clear it. They completely dominated for the first 30 mins then it evened out a bit, second half it could have been anyone's, we were unlucky not to hold on for the draw. Lukaku was magnificent up front, had our lot all over the place. Sissoko again looked like our only chance of getting crosses in... Very predictable at the moment.

wot Adapt title at will... lol

You could even put coloccini in as the defensive midfielder instead of Tiote, that way we get rid of both jack and anita!!! Yippeee

Can't see a thread anywhere? What's wrong with the mods around here... slack...very slack! Anyway, here are my christmas changes and a gameplan to nullify Lukaku: ----------------------------------Fats---------------------------------------------- Janmaat----------Mbemba---------Dummet-----------------Mbabu ---------------------------Tiote (or Anita)------------------------------ Sissoko----------Perez-----------Gini---------------Thauvin -----------------------------Mitro---------------------------------- Colo on the bench cos' he's gash at defending against anyone over 6ft. DeJong punished for missing a sitter and perez and mitro on from the start. Thauvin to add some ammo from the wing and Mbabu to give him some backing. If dummet is to make it here it's at centre back and not left back (gash there!)

Especially against "lower" teams

I said against villa we should have put Gini into the middle (with tiote or Jack or Anita) and Thauvin down the wing... We need to change something as our play is stifled and comes in bursts and breaks without any dominance. If we want to pass the ball then put gini with anita, if we want to have some protection in front of the defence then tiote and gini. If we want to improve the defense against giants then put dummet in the middle... It's plain to see for the fans but McClaren and company can't seem to see the wood for the trees!

The reality is simple; he's top six going forward and bottom three defensively...

I think Everton will do us, principally because Lukaku will think it's his birthday up against colo again. This type of striker always prevails against our weakling defence.

Not much like Nolan or Ozil (perhaps a mix of the two), I would say more sheringham but without the aerial prowess

Anybody think of a weaker centre midfield pairing than ours in the prem? I still laugh out loud at times when I see Anita running full throttle, he looks like a cartoon figure when the body stays still and the legs are going 100mph.

They don't though. We've been absolutely horrendous in possession at Spurs three years running and somehow won all three games. It's a very easy cliche. Nobody can tell me we were impressive against Liverpool and Spurs, this season or last. We've won the games because we've been solid and pinched it on the break in the second half. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not evidence that the players are somehow turning up against those teams. I'd be even more worried if that was them turning it on, Jesus. We were very impressive second half last week. After we scored certainly, when the home team under enormous pressure to win the game has to come out and throw everything at us, and we can break. Mitrovic nearly scored on the break, then Perez did score on the break. We've hardly scored a goal all season that wasn't either a counter attack or a set piece. Our offensive threat against a team that is defending basically doesn't exist. Agree, we seem to have only a "Plan A" which is work hard,soak up the threat and possibly hit them on the break when they go through a rough spell, add to this the silly tactic of bringing on our two better forward players with only thirty minutes and it shows the imagination of our coach... Thauvin for ten minutes yesterday was the exception to the rule

Very true, what he offers going forward is fantastic but he does not offer much defensively. Hate the fact he drifts out of games a lot as well.

Just watched the "Ben Arfa chop" and some other videos, I am 100% honoured to have seen this guy play three or four times...Wow! what a fu#k up of a club we are letting him go

Dummet has the same problem as Coloccini: a compete lack of pace and slow starters off the block. they both defend by interception or letting their prey have five yards... Put any sort of medium paced winger/attacker near them and they get raped. Colo at least can play the ball out of defence and reads the game well, also is ten years older than dummet. Mbabu needs to come in at left back, we look really weak there at the moment. i thought dummet looked decent there a year or so back but he is absolute tear gas now.

Does anybody on here think we would have paid any money for Colback? Imagine if he had a price tag of £5M, we would not have him in our team... that simple!

Goal was completely the fault of the defense, janmaat and another player were very poor and should have closed the space as soon as he moved. Elliot is playing ok for me, I suppose with a run of matches he is now "match fit" and has more confidence than when used sparingly.

Thauvin was class yesterday, his first touches his pace on the ball in those conditions and he got every cross in the right area. Was very impressed, there is a player in there for us! As per the points above, I would also rather we dropped one of Anita/Colback and bring Wijnadlum into the middle. Actually, i think if we were to do that we need to bring Tiote back into the middle and drop both anita and colback and go something like this: ------------------------------------fats-------------------------------------- Janmmaaaat------Mbemba--------------Colo-----------Mbabu (dummet just gets worse) -------------------------------Tiote----------------------------------- Perez------------Wiji---------------DeJong-----------Sissoko ---------------------------Nitro------------------------------------

No, this isn't fair, we are in front FFS. What is the ruling? do we restart the second half at some point or a complete rematch

need Mbabu on the right of defense, dummet is getting skinned and has a yellow, we all know what's going to happen... :sad:

Cisse will score today! You heard it here first, he lloked sharp ast week...

Couple of places mentioning LOic Remy on loan from Jan. He would provide some decent fret up front?

If mclaren had the balls: ------------------------------Slug--------------------------------- Janmaat-------Mbemba----------Colo---------------Dummy ------------------Wijnald-------Anita (colback)-------------- --Perez------------------de Jong-----------Sissoko------- ------------------------Mitrovic---------------------------- Choose one of Anita or Colback to partner wiji in the middle

Yes, Shelvey, matip and any striker (if papiss stays) would be awesome. After Jan we will see if Mike was actually telling the truth in that famous interview, the bare minimum requirement is a top Centre Back plus one of CM or striker....