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Slimani mentioned again, would love him here.

Think we could do with an enforcer type centre mid in the Tiote in his prime mould as weel.

The wheels are already in motion. Gary Monk visiting the training ground to 'learn' off Rafa according to the Chronicle.

Ashley won't sack Rafa,he would do his best to drive him out the cloob.

Also if he knew the takeover wasn’t going to happen this month and he said he wanted transfers done by the 20th,it’s now the 19th so he must know we are unlikely to sign anyone.

Read something on a website this afternoon about Staveley now looking at Leeds as a potential takeover. Probably a load of s****.

Gary Monk.

This is a quote from a Valencia fan on another forum. 'Every one of his situations is different but he's naturally a defensive-minded manager.His first inclination,usually,is to set up a team to make them hard to break down and defensively very resolute.That can sometimes make for unappealing football and if your not getting results there's little for the fans to latch onto positively.'

Another young, promising player we'll ruin.

My lad was taken into the academy at u9's then they released him at the end of the u11 season saying he wasn't aggressive enough,aggresive enough at bloody 11 year old. I spent 8 hours a week watching him train at the academy and i must admit i was expecting to see elite football training but i never really did. I found the sessions very dated and nothing you wouldn't see at a decent boys club. He's been back at a good boys club now for a season and a half and he's a different kid, much more confident and not afraid to express himself and loving his football. So in conclusion i would say he's come on more in a season and a half at his boys club than he did in his 3 seasons at the academy.

Troy Deeney according to ESPN reports.

I could imagine he’s got a cock like an old school gym rope.

Allardyce.

Think a 4 was a bit harsh but he wasn’t dropping for the ball enough. It took the crowd to shout on one occasion in the 2nd half when we were playing the ball along the back 4 to come and get it off them .

aye his distribution seemed to take an eternity.

Shame he loves the drink more than football.

cos he’s shite.

What the fuck do these cunts do through the week?

Sack the Spanish Tony Pulis and we get that bounce Any chance we can sack the forum Lennie Small instead? Would rather sack you tbh. Zing. Right back at you, prick. Surely you’ve got to be questioning your bum love for Rafa.

The worrying thing is Rafa was willing to pay 5 mil for him.

Every game is the same. It's what we do, surrender possession so we can try and not get beat. Funny that, we beat West Ham just the other week with 35% possession whilst apparently 'trying not to get beat' That's what we do. We go out to not get beat and if we score then brilliant. We never go out to try and take it to a team. I will never warm to this kind of football like, always detested the "not get beat" style. Just takes any kind of enjoyment out of the game of football. I was taking the p*ss, you'd have to be a bit daft to think that we went out to not get beaten in that West Ham match. I'm mainly talking about playing this way at home. It isn't right. I don't agree, Rafa's working with what he has, if you think we should take it to teams indiscriminately, godspeed. So are you happy with two banks of four in front of our box and letting a team as s*** as Brighton have all the possession? I just don't get it. It's not how it should be done at home, which is why our record is so s***. I didn't say I was happy, I said Rafa's working with what he has. He is, I agree with you, but I wish we would do it with the ball more. We set up at home like you would expect for an away game. You should never let the opposition have more of the ball than you at home like, but we set up like that. For me it is nowhere near good enough. It's been said countless times, but I can't work out why people can agree that Rafa's working with what he has and then complain that we don't dominate possession or take it to teams at home. Which one is it? Is Rafa working with what he has or should we be attacking teams? For me there's a crucial link between the two and a bit of contradiction in terms from people who keep forgetting time and time and time again that these players are nowhere near good enough. Some of these players aren't a million miles off being good enough. That's where I fundamentally disagree, for me it's comfortably the worst NUFC squad I've ever seen for the level its playing at, including both relegation squads. Lets say we replace half the team with 15-20m players, or much better if we can't agree on value, don't you think some of this lot could look a lot better in a more confident fluid side? I'm thinking Lascelles, Merino for definite - then Atsu, Murphy, Shelvey probably, and I'm not giving up on Lejuene yet, still think there could be a big player there. Core of the problem may be in that Rafa doesn't think they're good enough (as in trust) - that creates its own problems because it is difficult to hide that from the players themselves. Hmm, I don't think I've given you much of an argument. Of course, but that's how these things work. Everyone knows we need a striker and a number 10, and that getting those two things would make a massive difference. For me the team is functional in terms of organisation and shape, which is down to Rafa, but going forward there's very, very little to hang your hat on. Sort out both of those areas in January and it should make a huge difference. were you at the game today? Our problems are a lot deeper than a striker and a number 10.

Very negative that like, even from throw ins nobody was willing to make a move. Just looked like a the players were scared to attack in case they conceded a goal. Everybody’s going on about takeovers and buying our way out but at the end of the day the manager sets out the way the team plays.

A lot of them can’t even do the basics man.

Awful that like, Clark loves putting the ball out for a corner. Nobody showing for the ball. Darlow taking ages . Gayle and Joselus first touch is shocking. Need to dramatically improve second half.

He’s been linked with West Ham, any players from there worth swapping with?