KaKa

Riviere's coming out party. Will score a double.

Really like Cabella's energy, as someone mentioned earlier, really enjoys himself out there, and generally seems like a fun guy, also looks to get his team mates involved. Good type of character to have in the team for sure.

Remember Ba's first few games though? He looked really poor, and if you go back and look at the thread the initial comments were shocking. People were claiming that's what you get for signing a striker on a free instead of paying for one!

 

I'm very hopeful on Riviere. He's always been considered a talent, but hasn't quite got the consistent run of games to really come through. He's got the physical tools, and more encouraging he played like he actually gives a damn. I could really see him do well, particularly paired with someone more experienced and savvy, which is exactly what De Jong is.

 

 

 

People can make of it what they will, but there is some US statistics guy on twitter who think someone mentioned in the Riviere thread who rates him pretty highly.  I think he could come good to be honest.

I really do like what I see form him. Just hope he stays fit, and I think we'll all be really happy with him come the end of the season.

I don't know if people saw the article I posted earlier. It was just as over the top. These guys really need to relax a bit. Goodness.

Remember Ba's first few games though? He looked really poor, and if you go back and look at the thread the initial comments were shocking. People were claiming that's what you get for signing a striker on a free instead of paying for one!

I'm very hopeful on Riviere. He's always been considered a talent, but hasn't quite got the consistent run of games to really come through. He's got the physical tools, and more encouraging he played like he actually gives a damn. I could really see him do well, particularly paired with someone more experienced and savvy, which is exactly what De Jong is.

When Ba did play for Chelsea he did tend to score. Chelsea's attitude will always be, why have Ba or Lukaku when we can go out and buy Diego Costa, or whoever is among the best performing strikers at the time.

Yeah, you never feel Giroud can do something out of the ordinary. Solid reliable striker that will finish off moves in the box though.

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/agenda-jack-colback-can-newcastle-7636028

Pardew said: “I have been impressed with him pre-season. Since being with us he must have grown a centimetre in his body, also in muscle mass.”

Really quite a relief that his set pieces are looking good for sure. If he's going to be a fixture then he needs to provide something for the team consistently.

Just a bit of bantz Felipao! I've been getting it in the neck all week!

Should have kept my mouth shut at the start tbf

Just messing around. Fantasy Premier League is a slow and steady race. I'm just trying to make sure I time my wildcard right, and don't make too many changes that cost points along the way.

Really happy this guy scored a couple of goals yesterday. Hoping he just needed some extra work to get up to speed, as the Ukraine league is quite slower I'd imagine.

Oh dear ... now 48 is quite bad. Maybe bow out, and try again next year? 

58 pts in total. Not too bad, considering the Aluko and Isla fiascos 

Think it's a solid enough start not to warrant my name in the title thanks. Please delete. 

Wow, what's with the Nollywood references. Very unsettling 

This guy is just one of those smooth as silk types. You can just tell. If he comes around your girl, get a hold of her tight and flee the scene.

 

You're a harmless and nice enough lad KaKa, but what on earth possesses you to write worthless f***ing s*** like this?

Not sure 

Spurs definitely need to decide on an 11 and stick with it, so it gels. They've ended up with so many winger/attacking midfielder types, and it's all a bit jumbled up.

I honestly think they're dysfunctional midfield setup had a lot to do with poor old Soldado's dismal first season.

Seems like he certainly wants to play behind the striker, rather than out wide that's for sure.

VI what was he like in Italy? Don't really get his game when I watch him. They play him out wide, but he doesn't appear to like taking people on, seems to drift to the centre a lot of the time, and ends up playing little one-twos, and looking to play that way.

Wtf is Anita doing in his pocket?

This guy is just one of those smooth as silk types. You can just tell. If he comes around your girl, get a hold of her tight and flee the scene.

Keegan's team grafted their arse off as well, it wasn't just the flair there to love about them.

 

Yeah, but Pardew's mentality is graft and defend, at the expense of everything else, which shouldn't be acceptable really.

 

I'm suggesting that those people with that sort of mentality towards football loved the graft in Keegan's team before the flair.

Ah, right! Of course. Never even thought of it like that. Precisely what it would have been, yes.

Keegan's team grafted their arse off as well, it wasn't just the flair there to love about them.

Yeah, but Pardew's mentality is graft and defend, at the expense of everything else, which shouldn't be acceptable really.