HawK

Phenomenal goals and assists record recently.

Colback back in the middle, 3 points, clean sheet. Fulcrum of our team. I want to die.

And arguably 2 assists as well.

Overhead, pigs are flying through the sky. Sissoko takes a shot, gets in on target and scores. In pure disbelief atm.

yep

That overrated lemon with yet another goal/assist. Travesty, get him off. /bandwagon

Boris Johnson would be more effective at winning the ball back than Tiote today from what he's shown so far.

Not surprising, the only player we have with a brain and positional sense.

same. A season in the Championship could be the making of Mitrovic too if Rafa's at the helm.

I think it's because the fans know more about 'legacy' players than the new managers do. Rafa Benitez won't have a clue where he played for Toulouse before he came here to be a winger (great job Pardew). Don't have many/any coaches in place from when he arrived to pass the information on, only Darth Vader and he's probably in Holland again right now. I'm pretty certain he will like K, maybe me using Steve Mac as a guide was a bit naïve, but he genuinely appeared to not know who most of our players were and he was managing in just the league down from us 6 months prior to joining. Rafa hadn't been in England for years, and doubt the teams he was at would have scouted Sissoko.

I think it's because the fans know more about 'legacy' players than the new managers do. Rafa Benitez won't have a clue where he played for Toulouse before he came here to be a winger (great job Pardew). Don't have many/any coaches in place from when he arrived to pass the information on, only Darth Vader and he's probably in Holland again right now.

Siem captained Ajax to the title before he joined us. Despite the fact he's made of tissue paper, he still seems like a leader on the pitch and sets an example. Then Wij captained PSV to the title the following season. How on earth this chap was a captain, based on his year here, is beyond me. Transfer fees and reputation aside, for what they both bring to the table, I still don't understand why Wij is being preferred to Siem.

I miss Mike Williamson.

He loses the ball through misplaced passes less than nearly all of our other attacking players when they just have the ball at their feet.

Isn't that the best possible result for us ?

Shelvey is a very good player. He's enabled by the players around him though, our movement off the ball has been atrocious for years. We've got plenty of players that like running on the ball, but have no concept whatsoever of moving off it - Sissoko, Townsend, Wijnaldum to name 3 of our 'best' players. It's no coincidence on Shelvey's debut he pinged about 5 long passes to Janmaat as he's the only player with a football brain, despite his shite defensive contribution. Our team is awash with brainless, head-down, Forrest Gumps and it's no wonder Shelvey is looking gash when faced with trying to pick a pass in our team.

Considering Blackburn are now over £100m in debt I'd rather not be them to be honest.

Love the poll

The Dutch Nolan is not a patch on the real deal. How he's keeping SDJ out of the starting lineup I haven't a clue.

Capped, capped, wanted by Woy and capped Our managers sure know how to pick an England squad

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