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2 goals for Ayew is the ultimate disgrace

Eze moved out to the left now. Think he should start there and make that his position. Looks so much more dangerous in that position IMO.

That was a clinical finish by Edouard. I think under the right manager in a more attacking side he'd be so much better. Was ridiculous at Celtic.

Just now, Rich said:

Think sacking Vieira might’ve been the right move, you know?

Maybe ... however, I think he would have got results against these other teams down there.

We'll never know now though. They'll be happy as long as they stay up so fair play.

7 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

That rumour's been around for a while now. Looks like it will happen.

2 minutes ago, Froggy said:

Relegation battle is going to be amazing in the final weeks. 

Relegation. European places. Title. Everything.

Been a fantastic season, and it's going to be an epic finish. 

Just clicked that they didn't start Gnonto. Bad move.

11 minutes ago, kocunar said:

I'm probably biased as a Croatian but I think Sutalo from Dinamo Zagreb would be a fantastic signing at RCB.

 

He is young (just turned 23), very modern centre back. Will probably go to RB Leipzig or a similar club for £20m pounds this year, and then be sold for £40-50m in a year or two so it would be smarter to buy him now. 

 

He's been excellent for our National team and for Dinamo in the UCL. Very similar to Schar playstyle wise, fantastic technique and very calm on the ball. Also faster than Schar, but also makes a mistake here and there which is to be expected from a young player. 

 

Don't think we'll sign him, he will probably go somewhere where he will be a guaranteed starter, but with us playing European football, we will have lot more minutes to give at centre back positions. 

Was it him alongside Gvardiol at the World Cup?

If so I really liked him and that's a great shout. Didn't realise he was so young.

Yes please!

My guy Eze! Glad for him. Has been off the boil for a while now.

Leeds man. Their defence is such a disaster.

What a ball from Olise to Eze. Geez. Would have both if Palace relegate.

Ayling is so goofy.

Leeds deserve to get relegated for letting Jordan Ayew score against them.

Really surprised at how bad Edouard has been at Palace.

I know it was Scotland, but he looked so much more dynamic there.

I am actually really in the mood to see Liverpool get humbled at home and see Klopp miserable afterwards so hope you're right!

Leeds should be so much better than they are. 

Too wasteful in the final third and too careless at the back.

2 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Hodgson might not work but he's definitely made them more attacking, not quite as painful to watch. They could have scored 2 in this game today already and made a lot of chances last week, maybe at the expense of their defending though. Seem to remember watching a game a few weeks ago and the commentator said something like they hadn't had a shot on target in 3 straight games or something. They were dreadful to watch under Vieira.

Think they had played a set of really tough fixtures during that period they didn't register any shots.

However, just for what he did last season I think Vieira deserved a chance to get through the season .

Think they badly miss Gallagher from last season, and the Edouard signing just didn't come off for them and so they are quite toothless upfront.

Zaha has also been out injured for a while now and he's the one attacking player that did do well for Vieira.

Just now, LionOfGosforth said:

How did we fail to score against Palace in 3 whole games man, they're terrible

They didn't look this open under Vieira. Looks like this Hodgson thing is going to go terribly wrong.

Just now, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

 

 Did he swing his foot at the penalty spot there?

Yeah, seemed to get it mixed up with the ball

Needs to be drug tested the second after the final whistle blows.

Palace deserve relegating for this Hodgson stunt. They have looked a complete mess. Definitely  going to be worse off than under Vieira. 

Most of their players are so incredibly likeable and sound though. Would love to see them pull this off, especially since they have legitimately played the best football this season. Arteta is secondary to those guys for me really.

Can't have them doing a Bayern in the Premier League though man. It's disrespectful.

I'm sick of Man City man. They really took the piss landing Haaland for £50 million this past summer the scoundrels.

It would be incredibly satisfying for them to have him come in and score 40 goals or whatever he ends up on, and for them to lose out on the title to Arsenal with Jesus and Zinchenko playing a big part in it for them.

Filthy nutmeg and curled finish from Gouiri ... wew.

Just now, KetsbaiaIsBald said:

I felt at the time it was too much money.  This wasn’t based on knowledge of the player just stats and it just seemed we were getting a little desperate due to other deals failing.

 

From what we’ve seen so far he had it all goals wise:

- goals on break against Liverpool 

- the cracking header the other week

- the shin in from a cross

- a couple tap ins being in the right place

- creating his own chance from the wing where he skinned the player (I dont actually remember if he scored this or set up a goal)

- now the long range goal

 

On top of this his midfield/link up play is outstanding.  

 

If he can keep this up this season and next he’ll be mentioned with some of the best players in Europe ?

 

Yeah, a big deal was made about his stats last season by a few when we signed him.

However, he had already shown he could get goals previously, and more than that, his whole style of play and his physical attributes are just so well suited to the Premier League, and that was the key thing for me.

Whenever I watched him for Sociedad it was such a slower paced team that never looked to get him the ball early in space. Was such a waste. They also played a diamond setup last season with him a bit wider as the right side forward, which was a bit different for him.

Lyon vs Rennes on BT Sport now.

Have been linked with both Cherki and Majer and they both start for each team respectively.

Listening to Chelsea fans over the last week or so, I don't think they realise how easily they could start to fall away due to the mismanagement of so much money and the mess over identifying the right manager first time around and putting him in position to succeed.

Just throwing money at stuff is not going to fly anymore like it used to. You'd better have the right manager in place and a solid structure behind him that identifies and gets him the right players that suit his approach.

There's just too much money in the Prem and too many players and managers willing to work join the league. The likes of Newcastle, Villa, Brighton, Wolves etc are now no longer just recycling PFM managers that are just going to sit back against these so called 'top teams'. They are all now attracting legitimate managers with sound philosophies that can lead very good teams with players decent enough to cause serious problems.

Chelsea and Spurs with a few missteps this summer could be in big trouble going forward, as Newcastle and Villa in particular are progressing very quickly with everything already in place.