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What I meant by that was unless the team gets good enough to be challenging for CL football there'll always be the chance that the CL clubs will be able to come in and sign our Tiotes and Cabayes. If we can get top dollar for any of our players though we should be able to buy quality replacements similar to what has happened at Spurs, then hopefully we'll be in a strong enough position down the line to be able to rebuff those offers due to our own success.

He pops off some clever first time passes into forward areas as well. He's not like some wingers who have a tendency to hang onto the ball too long.

Brilliant post. I agree with more or less all of it. I find it hard to trust Ashley but deep down I think we are being run along sensible, if over cautious lines. Buying players with a resale value will prove successful over the long run, although it might be difficult to build an established team for a couple of years.

Also, by the time this nightmare run of fixtures comes around we will have had time to hone our best 11, bed in the style of play and re-introduce Ben Arfa and hopefully Santon into the team. We might actually be good enough to get points off these top 4 teams. If Stoke can give Man U a bloody nose who's to say we can't?

You know what? The best thing about that is I really don't know. I can see both players getting goals, I'd have to toss a coin to decide which one gets the first

I think that's probably the most graceful way to end it. I didn't like him being here from day one but he made the most of it and good luck to him.

You have to factor in that some of the people who have are looking for a chance to have a dig at the owners aren't really interested in any other reasons being discussed.

QPR's equaliser was a nice bonus. I'd switched over to a different channel after 90 mins I just couldn't see them hitting the target. Not surprised it took an own goal to break the duck. Another great result for us.

Warnock is a pillock. There's no way he can ever get the most out of a premier league side, most of his players would lose respect for him within one week of being at the club. Self-publicising twat.

So now that's not all You win the anal argument award, I'll let you have that one.

Seems strange to say it but Carroll had his least effective games for us against Samba and Haangeland, yet Best's given both of them a bit of a battering. He's a lot better in the air than I first realised.

I would wait until Ben Arfa's completed a season in the premier before making any comparisons with Rooney who has after all been there, seen it, done it and bought the t shirt.

2-1 win.

But I thought people couldn't afford it? Make your mind up. I also think that had we been playing poorly and results had been poor, following the transfer window, a lot more people would have stopped going, including those superfan card players. There was a lot of frustration following the transfer window, when we were again fed a pack of lies by these wankers and lot of threats were made, but as one of the lads above said, you get that "next season will be better" feeling. Are you incapable of understanding that both finances and the ownership could be contributing towards declining attendances? If you are then what are you talking about when you say make your mind up?

I think if we keep playing good football and the likes of Ben Arfa can get people excited again we'll see near full capacity at some games. Crowds have been dwindling around the country, we're still one of the best supported teams tbh.

Of course we aren't, but aren't you secretly happy that he thinks we can?

If Jonas is dropped at some point, the last reason ever would be because he is not running/working hard enough I'm a massive Jonas fan and I've defended him on this thread when he was getting real stick before now so I'm a big fasn of his running. But I don't think he likes making runs to score goals unless he has the ball at his feet. You rarely see him moving into a goal scoring position when the ball is on the opposite wing. If you watch wingers who score goals they often arrive at the far post when their opposite number crosses from the other side. Ok you may have a point on running off the ball when we are attacking. He does do lots of off the ball running when we are defending though. No argument there, he covers as much ground as anyone.

If Jonas is dropped at some point, the last reason ever would be because he is not running/working hard enough I'm a massive Jonas fan and I've defended him on this thread when he was getting real stick before now so I'm a big fasn of his running. But I don't think he likes making runs to score goals unless he has the ball at his feet. You rarely see him moving into a goal scoring position when the ball is on the opposite wing. If you watch wingers who score goals they often arrive at the far post when their opposite number crosses from the other side.

None of the people I know have problems with their disposable income though. I think if you asked a vast majority of fans whether we should have sold Nolan or given him a new contract most would have said give him a contract. Would that make them right? What? What is it you don't understand Johnny? I take it you read my previous posts which led to that remark? I don't see what relevance that post has to what Jonny is saying. If you take it out of context and ignore the rest of the discussion you are probably right, it has no relevance.

Can't believe how good he was bringing the ball out yesterday. I think the new style and mobility of the side has just made him look even better, if that's possible.

The thought that they would be after another striker after signing both Connor Wickham and Bendtner on loan is just too stupid to give the time of day ffs. Brewcies next signing will be at the DSS unfortunately.

None of the people I know have problems with their disposable income though. I think if you asked a vast majority of fans whether we should have sold Nolan or given him a new contract most would have said give him a contract. Would that make them right? What? What is it you don't understand Johnny? I take it you read my previous posts which led to that remark?

I think it's more likely that Sunderland will try and sign Eric Pieters as they have no decent left back, and like King Kunny, Bruce does most of his scouting at St James Park.

Watching the highlights again in the first half Cabaye released Obertan with a fantastic ball and he went haring towards the goal with only one defender in the way. I noticed Jonas just jogging along on the other side when he could easily have raced towards the penalty area and got into a goal scoring position instead of just letting Obertan try and score on his own. I think that attitude might cost him his place in the long run.

None of the people I know have problems with their disposable income though. I think if you asked a vast majority of fans whether we should have sold Nolan or given him a new contract most would have said give him a contract. Would that make them right?