Tooj

Yeah I have thanks very much, he's on a downward curve.

I take it people haven't watched a lot of Hart this season then.

Wonder if Conte is going to stay.

I believe their Adidas sponsorship revenue is linked to being in the Champions League, so it's more of a drop off than you would expect.

He'd walk for most of the ninety too.

Tbf the whole program was really good and he did make some really good points about the attitude of the English game holding us back.

Phillipe Auclair isn't one to make up stuff.

Absolutely. I think Rafa has preferred Gouffran as he believes he's more of a shape player and likely to follow instructions, whereas Atsu is a bit more of a maverick. Just needs a run of games as whenever I've seen him for Ghana with more responsibility he looks to be a player.

He has been for a while but the press over here would make you think very differently. Guardiola might have made a mistake by bringing Bravo in but he knew what he was doing by binning him.

They desperately need to get rid of their owner. When the Norwegians were in it they might not have had loads of money but they tended to have a good eye for a manager and always seemed to find one player to sell on to give them money to survive on.

What a ridiculous thing to say when he's been out for the majority of the season with a cruciate injury.

I thought Guardiola should've went for him instead of Bravo as he's proven over here but his distribution is also excellent.

The Entertainers get a mention in Michael Cox of Zonal Marking fame's new book. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mixer-Story-Premier-League-Tactics-ebook/dp/B01N2QBCOJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493972663&sr=8-1&keywords=Michael+Cox Basically he debunks the popular myth about our defensive recording being dreadful in the season we finished 2nd as the reason as to why we didn't win the title.

Have you seen much of Shawcross this season? Maybe he needs a change of scenery for him to push on again but he looks like he's regressed to me whenever I've seen him.

Some Dutch public holiday tomorrow.

He's bobbins now.

Cazorla has been injured, that's the only reason that he hasn't played regularly this season. Was always a guaranteed starter for Wenger. Silly season has started.

There's tough competition like.

I want to know what changed from last summer when he was clearly allowed to do that and January when it looked like Carr was back in the game.

If Pickford is as good as they reckon then somewhere like Everton would probably be the most realistic destination for him.

I have personally thought we should sign him all season so no, 6m gets you f*** all in this day and age as evidenced by the fact Mitrovic cost double that. If you think we can do a lot better for that amount of money for someone who could likely contribute quite a lot to the squad then fair enough but I doubt it. I think some of you are quick to forget how much trash we have had at this club, we can and probably will do a lot worse. Also people who say we can do better are not really giving it enough thought. Wide players are notoriously difficult to buy because not only do they need a combination of pace ideally, but also end product and a work ethic. Think back to how many we have managed to sign successfully in the last few years. Atsu isn't the finished product but he's got at least two of those attributes in finishing and pace. If we can get a better player I'm all for it, but we haven't got one at the moment. I personally want to see two wingers come in, him and someone else. Get rid of Gouffran and assuming that mystery Winger is actually good it wouldn't be a bad 3 to choose from along with Ritchie. and aarons of course, who will be looking to prove himself now, i still have hope for him Aarons has a lot to prove as even before his cruciate injury he looked way off where he should be.

Fuck the derby btw, I want them to sink like a stone.

Nah.

Valverde to Barcelona then?

A fair point, but you could argue that he's still in that bracket of players who still haven't quite found their feet. There is talent there. £6m seems fairly low risk in today's market.