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Yes, please drop this cun# now! He is costing us a goal a game at the moment and is carrying over his bad momentum from last year. We desperately need some height in defence and heading skills, Stevie T has this and I think I can put up with his fisty pumps and the rest more than i can a melancholic Colo!

Watched the game again last night, albeit after quite a few drinks, here is my very short take on it: -Our midfield didn't get near theirs, we were second to evrything and seemed a yard off the pace (need to replace one of Colback/Anita) -Cisse is crap in a 4231, he doesn't apport anything to the team, he is only useful when insed the opposition area. we need someone else up front in away games to help link up the play and/or hold the ball up. -Colo is still yards off the pace of the game defensively speaking. Getting beat by Ayew was very poor, he had time to set himslef up and jump but it looks like he just hasn't got the reactions/pace/energy to do so -Jaanmat won't be that crap in future (we hope)

we need aarons on in stead of sissoko if injured, gives us a counter attack outlet with mongheed. Would also bring taylor into middle and mbemba right bck taking colbakc or anita off, gomis is all over our current CBs.

Needs to get taylor on in the middle and mbemba at right back. Move anita into middle with wijnaldum and bring aarons or perez on for sissoko if injured

To be homest sissoko has been helping him out loads by doubling up on montero so Schetve and team have recognised this. Stupid tackle and really unprofessional. Three points down the tube...

This, we all knew it was coming, but sooo cheap as that and well in their half... Schoolboy, what more can you say

Montero and ayew on the wings, I hope Haidara has been putting in some extra work this week!!!

Can we ban "Fret"? turns my stomach every time!

The most endearing theng about steve, and incidentally the thing that annoyed me most about Pardle, is his ability to speak understandable English and not to bullshi# when he speaks, he really does seem GENUINE, something missing for a good few years.

Apply that to Aarons aswell, need to bed these in and see if they make team tick...

I don't think they are man for man better than us, we will hopefully improve upon last week and I think we will score against them so I'm going for a 1-2 win! Team will almost certainly be the same as last week, if Anita is unfit I could see Gini being moved back and siem/ayoze slotting in to the no10

A bit of improvement on his defending and covering for the left back and he might prove a useful player, but would much rather we brought Aarons on instead...

Williamson out and Dunk in would leave me thinking this window has been great business for us. He sounds like he is just what we are looking for, young , talented and tall (desperately need a good header of ball). Why don't we include Gouffran in the deal ?

...or is allowed to be depending on who's coaching and managing him. Virtually impossible for any player to move to a new country, language and league and prosper under the likes of Pardew and Carver. I'd be prepared to give him this season to see if he can adapt, write the first year off. Yes, agree completely. Who played well last year? janmaat and ... oh well

shirked

Not bothered about him anymore tbh, I liked watching him but we have so many options for that no 10 role he doesn't even matter really. Back during Pardew's time it did because he was really the only one. I didn't like him because he shired far too many fifty fifty challenges for me, yes he is technically gifted but he must also be willing to get in amongst it in the prem or he is of no use to us (see david silva for example... bar high!)

Yep, I would go with that formation! I think everyone on here wants to see Ayoze because he has the ability to change games with his trickery and vision as well as having an eye for goal and based upn last seasons efforts. We all know de jong should be reaching a level where he contributes " a la Nolan" to the team but he isn't there yet. Do we sacrifice the progress made by Ayoze to wait on DJ coming good or start him now... to be or not to be???

So we have Obertan, aarons, sissoko, ayoze, cabella and the Gouff for the wide positions, and Gini, ayoze, SDJ for the No10 position. Personally I would go for Aarons and sissoko in the LW/RW positions and depending on where schteve wants to play Gini, ayoze/SDJ?cabella competing for the No10

Yep, loan him out, get rid of willo and sign another proven CB and we are in Schtevie wonderland!

Wonder if he'll make it into the match day squad soon, midfield competition is intense!

Just my opinion, you don't have to agree. In love with Ayoze that's all!

not dismissing him or writing him off, just looks like he is three yards (not one) off the pace at the moment, has looked similar in the pre-season games also. Yes, he has good touch and control, holds the ball up well also, but when you see him run it looks like he's in slow motion FFS! Hope to be proved totally wrong and he becomes a first rate Nolan type for us... fingers crossed P.S. Still think Ayoze deserves to be in that 10 role before Siem just based on last seasons displays

Really want to see ayoze on the pitch next match, don't want to see de jong unless we are protecting a two goal lead (experience + calm). Wouldn't mind seeing Aarons aswell although think Schteve will go with Obertan after his assist last week.

Well said mate; voice of reason. Only minor disagreement, pure opinion, is he has been (for us and the Mac-na-maras) a solid 6+ out of ten player. He is reliably above average and consistently puts in 'discretionary effort'; gives his all. A rare rather than 'to be expected' quality in premiership/any footballers, or any other job role. The fact he puts in 100% effort every game and is consistently 6+ rated he is a valuable asset to us until we actually sign an authentic "pirlo"

I would prefer to see Ayoze in the number 10 role, we have seen what he can do attacking wise and he puts in a shift defensively aswell. Better the devil you know than the pensioner devil to play