LionOfGosforth

You're kidding!? He must be in his mid forties by now

I posted earlier about going round in circles with the same poster(s) for days on end. It's pointless and exhausting. And that's just reading it, never mind doing the posting.

Woosh...bloody hell another day gone, where does the time go? Oh yeah, it was spent going round in circles for the umpteenth day in a row with TCD. The club finds itself in that tricky position of making that leap to top 8, but not having the revenue/sponsorship/squad resale value to make the leap so we're being smart in the transfer market. Everyone has made some good points, i'm as anxious as anyone for new signings to bolster the front line, basically it comes down to trust. I trust the key people to get there, even if it's later than we'd all prefer.

Whenever we're in the fortunate position to have a player of this calibre, it's natural to want to compare him to quality midfielders of the past. To be honest, he doesn't really play like anyone i've had the privilege to watch in our colours. In my lifetime, only Gazza and Rob Lee compare to this guy really and he doesn't directly play like either one, though he possesses similar traits of both players. He has the ability to tackle, intercept, dictate play, like Rob Lee could in another era. He also has that rare quality of being able to just grab a game by the scruff of the neck and drive us forward and create and even score, like Gazza in his prime, though we've yet to see him produce Gazza's amazing dribbling and artistry from dead balls and set pieces.. He's incredible to watch. I feel like the "top" teams really missed something as for me, he'd walk into most midfields out there. He's probably already close to tripled in value, given the ease with which he's adjusted to PL football. Feel like he could play and dominate in any league as his natural game defies and flourishes regardless of tactics and systems. A truly elite player and much much better than I even thought he was or could be.

A key point and something Ashley never ever grasped in all his time here. Stunning that a billionaire businessman never understood that by trying to cut corners and employ yes-men and has-beens, instead of progressive coaches like EH, all he ever achieved was to drive down the value of the key commodity of the business, the playing staff.

Was never missing that like

Enjoy Le Saux's analysis in games, nice antidote to Drury's tripe

9 defenders in there and Antonio still nearly scored

"Their every fibre twitching". Fuck off man

Drury has started already with "crackling cacophony". Fucking arsehole

Brighton will be a right handful next week. Wish we could play Man Utd instead

first game but they look exactly the same. Weak physically and mentally. They were fucking awful today, lucky not to lose by more.

How many players under 5ft 8 do they have

Sancho does so little, so poorly used

Brighton rode the 5 minute storm well and killing the game nicely

Man Utd, amongst many things, lack true physicality. Never seen them with so many tiny, though technical, players

"And now it's on". Like Man Utd are some plucky underdogs

what a shit undeserved goal

Dalot is hopeless like

Early days but Martinez looks like a satisfying waste of money

Big hard slabhead being a cunt with Trossard

Absolutely hate that Eriksen went to this shit show, awful move, would have loved him at the toon, he just looks all wrong in that shirt

What do Man Utd do? Throw more money at it? Right now, they look like a mid table side at best. Early days, Brighton look great, Potter is an excellent coach man.

Fred is useless

Great move, well deserved goal, Man Utd looks awful, slow and lacking in ideas