Parky

Madman Tan.

Madman Tan the new danger.

Looking a bit lazy today. Needs a firecracker up his arse.

Will be interesting to see how Barcelona does with Xavi, Messi and Neymar out today. Atletico are 3p ahead of them so they can't afford to lose even if they play each other next up. Looking forward to that.

Pretty clear how shit AVB was now.

What do you see in him? Lovely beard, that voice, and a sense of charm not usually associated with PL bosses. I can see hamsters are not safe round your way.

DJ thinks Remy attitude has been off lately and ‘doesn’t give a shit’ for us. So probably digging at him not being dropped whilst Ben Arfa is warming the bench. You lot are batshit crazy. Please scroll back to the pages where I mentioned I may be actually wrong about that, and I even quoted myself back to YOU, Brett. I give up. Everything you say on this forum is set in stone tablets somewhere apparently, with people using it against you as some kind of evidence to justify getting catty Brett doesn't even know where Remy plays ffs!

The universally accepted flop of an 18 year old? Never. He scored 3 goals in 4 starts for them. As a left back at that. It took him plenty of starts before they managed to win a match he was involved in but a massive flop never good enough for Spurs? Get to f***. They tried to flog him to Birmingham but they pulled out last minute due to funds. Was definitely looking at one point like his days could be numbered for Spurs. Bale changed physically and added athleticism and power to his game.

Remy? He's a deep forward that likes to pick the ball up (mostly wide left areas) and run into attacking space. That's why I said no 9. Hatem needs a real No.9 that plays off the shoulder and is looking to 'get in behind'... Thinking about it Cisse could fit the bill but he lacks a football brain and pace. Chelsea have a similar problem right now because one of their strikers has lost a yard and the other has morphed into a workhorse who does a lot of work outside the box. HBA and Ba looked class together at times tbh when Ba was in the centre (and they obviously linked well when he was wide left too). Ben Arfa clipped some delightful balls over the back line and Ba met most of them (not sure he actually scored from any mind). Totally agree. Ba and Hatem were on a good wavelength and he was a great foil for Hatem in that he has a real football brain and looks for dangerous space and finds goals scoring positions as a second nature.

What Pards likes about Gouff and Siss is that they press the fuck out of the opp and both run back to shield the fullbacks. Hatem is never going to do that.

Remy isn't a No.9. He's a wide forward who doesn't like to be the furthest forward...So. this 'behind Remy' is a non-starter.

Remy? He's a deep forward that likes to pick the ball up (mostly wide left areas) and run into attacking space. That's why I said no 9. Hatem needs a real No.9 that plays off the shoulder and is looking to 'get in behind'... Thinking about it Cisse could fit the bill but he lacks a football brain and pace. Chelsea have a similar problem right now because one of their strikers has lost a yard and the other has morphed into a workhorse who does a lot of work outside the box.

The team has to be built around him..ie an intelligent striker (a no 9) with pace who Hatem can pick out...We don't have that player..There are about a half dozen other things that need changing but there is no appetite for it while we are winning games with the 'high energy' disco mix we play atm.

Mata at Chelsea is a similar scenario...Don't run around enough: Don't play.

Let's see how far Eng 'work rate' get them in Brazil.

Wildly overrated ginger ferret.

The wide forwards have to drop off and help the fullbacks it's why Pards prefers the athletic ones to Hatem. That's the bottom line. Is it the right line? No.

Laudrup would be ideal. Looks like Capello who will fail there.

I've been saying he's rubbish for 2 years now...No idea what people see in him.

It's time Haidara had a run of games.

This is basically it. They pass it around without panic and with a well drilled positional sense and intelligence. Pochettino will end up at a big club.

If Remy had scored one of his two gilt edged chances we would have won against a side that are currently superior to us in most departments and playing well above their station.

Goal if they win today.

Plankton.