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Fine with me. Just try getting more athletic players this time around please. Loads of decent players there.

He's not going to be another Gouffran just because he's coming in from Bordeaux! Stop it people. With any luck he'll be even worse.

The Gouffran mentions are really cringe. I mean ... come off it.

Yup, I'm geeked already man. I hate out central midfield so very much. Unbearable to see them game after game be dominated physically. We need at least one athlete in there, alongside Anita preferably. Ideally a brand new pairing altogether.

New manager and Saivet?!

http://frenchfootballweekly.com/2016/01/05/newcastle-united-in-talks-with-ligue-1-midfield-target/

An athletic CM?! Oh my God ... I'm sold. When last did we have one of those?!

Leicester bagged one for peanuts over the summer (Kante), so it can be done. Here's hoping.

That Firmino is proper s****.

Nope. Been involved in everything for them. If they persist with him upfront he'll come good for the for sure. Looks quality. Despite some dodgy decisions here and there.

Firmino's movement and link up as the front man is very impressive so far, wow.

Emre Can is class man. Really like his game. Quite bewildering that Rodgers played him in defence!

Firmino actually looks better upfront than Benteke does in their setup like against Man City.

So much better without Benteke!

Got a lot of respect for Mark Hughes lately. He should be the one being talked about for jobs like Chelsea and Man U rather than Pardew IMO.

Love how he's handled and developed Arnautovic, who is such a maverick. Under Pardew such a guy would have gone the way of Ben Arfa. We'd all be calling him fat and lazy by now.

 

I've never seen a player with his acceleration and control at high speed TBH, Messi comes close.

 

Exactly who that reminds me of. Terrific stuff. Very frustrating for us. Sad.

So many bitchy effeminate guys on Twitter. Terrible stuff.

Thing is if we wait he could easily opt for someone else anyway! We can't gamble like that.

Good we are looking at loan options anyway. Got to be other decent options on the continent even with previous prem experience and everything.

RMC saying he wants a week to decide which is too late as we'll miss out on other targets and indicates he's waiting for other teams to bid.

Man, this guy lives to screw us over. Such a pain in the backside. We can't let him dictate things this way or we'll end up empty handed for sure. Sucks.

Wouldn't mind that actually. Perez is more adept at running at people out wide and will provide more width when needed.

Benteke 

The state of this Liverpool team man. So ordinary. They'd better have loads to spend. The players aren't very good at all.

Benteke man ... Yikes. Letting this team down big time. Terrible fit.

Hmmm ... We always go back, and there were very strong rumours we bid for Rolan multiple times in the summer.

Why not go back for Lacazette who is not being pursued as much as he was previously by bigger clubs it seems. Too expensive no doubt.

Instead taking more risks on someone who could be boom or bust. Standard!

How bad did Benteke look in that Liverpool team?! The number of moves that broke up with his awful touch. That one on one at the end too ... my goodness. Second game in a row he's done that. Going to be a massive headache for Liverpool, that price tag will mean he has to play but he is holding them back big time. Awful.

Henry Saivet plays in central midfield nowadays as a box to box midfielder. Quick and athletic, which are things we lack desperately. Also their captain, so hopefully has some bollocks.

The state of Chelsea man!

Remember worrying we would get Mark Hughes when he was available. Boy do I feel stupid about that.