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As long as we get to see Lazaar and Mitrovic I'm good.

I don´t think we should spend anything until the summer unless it´s for a player who can perform at a good level in the PL. No more Daryl Murphys or Grant Hanleys. Alan Judge is a 27 year old winger who has spent his entire career in the Championship.

Granted I only ready the first 3 pages, but most of them aren´t wrong. We have spent more money than anyone else in the league no matter how the balance sheet looked in the end. We also need to remember that nearly every relegated team makes profit on the transfer market due to selling the biggest stars who won´t stay on. The loss of TV money, ticket fees etc will not make us £30m in the black. I also agree that Rafas true test will come next season, as any average manager would be expected to reach promotion with our squad. I admire the way we have gotten to the top, but we are were we should be in the table, no matter who the manager is.

Poor mans Darren Bent

3 goals scored in the championship so far today

We´ll finish 1st regardless, but it would be nice if Benitez bought another central midfielder in January so we don´t have to watch Colback anymore.

Dandelion seeds

Redditors are gay as fuck

Really?! Took us 10mins straight after the game FTR Diame was poor but unfairly criticised as I feel is too often the case these days. Namely down to the fact we have a retarded element of our fan base. The kid needs confidence, he doesn't hide and his overall game play is average at present. He is older than you, child.

He had best goals per minute at Palace the last two seasons, didn´t he?

long time ago Mitrovic started his career in Partizan FC,fans beleived he will become a legend,but early sign for Anderleht made him just marvelous youngster Very off topic, but got some mates going over to Belgrade this weekend. Think they're watching Red Star over the weekend, but not sure. Belgrade is horrible if you're not Serbian tbh. Got refused service so many times because I was Norwegian, heard the waiters walk away mumbling stuff about "Jens Stoltenberg" Surreal stay that was. Really!?

Why odd? They were brilliant that season.

I thought it was the other way around, that your body recovers faster at a young age and takes longer the older you get?

God bless

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck me. Colback in again. Waddafak Rafa, sort yourself out!

Eurosport Norway got the rights to show Championship matches today. First match: Rotherham - Newcastle

GAYLE FUCKING SUUUUUUUUCKS!!!!!

Don´t agree with the selection once again but howdy, let´s suffocate these canaries! If we start bad and Rafa needs to make changes, any substitution will arguably improve us which is a positive as well.

For as good he was 1st half, shelvey was a shambles 2nd half. Can't remember, but did Villa by any chance deny him time on the ball in the 2nd half?

Yeap. Good. Also is there netting above the pitches? Not that there should be any long ball crap mind. Is there grass on the ground? Will the ball contain any air after injection? Will he play with back to the sun?

1-1 is a good result. We´ll end up topping the league eventually.

Thread could have ended here.

Totally potty idea, he should be blooded with late bench cameos when games are already won. The goal this season is promotion not to experiment beyond what is necessary. Was just about to say this. Mental idea. Guess it's just a difference of philosophies. Applying your method, in my mind, just delays the process. This isn't some 16 year old academy player, so we shouldn't spend 6+ months easing him into things to see if he is up to it. He has a much higher skill ceiling than Dummett, so a couple of bad performances is worth it in my mind if he gets up to speed quicker for the sake of our long term results this season. It showed yesterday that we can get results even if he doesn't play particularly well, so why not persist with him for a few more games even if his performance level is inconsistent/poor?

Sels Yedlin-Lascelles-Mbemba-Lazaar Hayden - Shelvey Ritchie - Perez - Gouffran/Gayle Mitrovic Will never happen though.