Sifu

Guess we'll start the season with Dummett/Tavernier at LB (if Ferguson isn't back by then).

Although like Barton, he's an idiot for making an outburst like this on Twitter.

That's him definitely off then.

Joey as a pundit, oh that would be great to see!

Makes sense for both parties really.

Hope so.

Almost €10 million for Matuidi, sounds like a bargain.

Erdinç may want to play in Turkey at some point in his career but I'm hoping that he'll think that it's still early in his career to even consider a move there.........

We'll see soon enough I reckon.

If Galatasaray are in for him, I can see him favouring them over us tbh.

More than likely tbh

Abeid should have come on sooner tbh. I'm really liking the look of the lad.

Erm, the Leyton Orient game that finished 6-1 to them a couple of years ago? Erm your point? That was the catalyst to a collective kick up the backsides, if this turns out to be the same then great, but with that group of lads out there now, just can't see it. We need to buy and we need those players out to get back, but bloody held with all due respect to Orlando City, our reserves should be able to beat them with ease. It was only a pre-season friendly like, so I'm not panicking yet. Neither am I, but these aren't good signs, the lack of creativity is shocking, yes we were without our most creative players but those out there should still be able to make the odd chance, when we got to the final third tonight we did nothing, absolutely nothing all game. You can't just turn on a switch and begin playing when the season starts, these games are first and foremost about fitness but you also want to see a patern of play and understanding develop amongst your players. I thought defensively it was fine, although the opposition was hardly frightening, but from a offensive point of view there was nothing there and that's been the case in all the preseason games so far which is beginning to worry me and should hopefully be worrying Pardew and Ashley. Sounds like you are panicking a bit there. But really we do need another striker so that we don't have to rely on the likes of Lovenkrands and Shola next season. This US tour shouldn't have happened really. Poorly planned out.

Exactly this.

Erm, the Leyton Orient game that finished 6-1 to them a couple of years ago? Erm your point? That was the catalyst to a collective kick up the backsides, if this turns out to be the same then great, but with that group of lads out there now, just can't see it. We need to buy and we need those players out to get back, but bloody held with all due respect to Orlando City, our reserves should be able to beat them with ease. It was only a pre-season friendly like, so I'm not panicking yet.

Full time meh.

Erm, what about the Leyton Orient game that finished 6-1 to them a couple of years ago before our season in the Championship?

Whilst I agree that this game has been s***, there's still a lot of overreactions in this thread!

Shola will save us!

Vuckic is on like.....

There's a lot of s*** on the pitch. Indeed.

That is a lot of toilet roll being thrown at Forster.