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That must be the fourth time I've read about your trip to Vegas.

Cahill's last 3 PL season stats compared to Nolan's would probably make imbalanced reading, tbh.

He didn't have a Bellamy in the Championship. Lovenkrands is small and that's where the similarity ends. We whipped lots of crosses into the box and he was usually quicker, smarter and bigger than the defender marking him.

We'll beat this lot.

I hope it's why we're keeping them. We got rid of Geremi, we can get rid of those 4.

Time will tell. He isn't a top striker yet but I've been very impressed with him since around February, and he hasn't looked out of his depth in the big league whatsover. Needs legs and intelligence around him to be fully effective in our new system.

Lovenkrands will be on about 10k. Shola perhaps a bit more.

Championship clubs would have taken them all. A few prem clubs might have been stupid enough to pay money for Nolan.

I don't believe for one second we couldn't have gotten rid of all of them. And for prices above their value to us on the pitch.

What was stopping Hughton selling Smith, Nolan, Shola and Lovenkrands, and using those funds to buy a decent striker and midfielder to replace them?

I hate to say it but the attendances will probably continue to fall till they hit about 35,000.

He's made no impact whatsoever since the Villa game. There's no sublime to be acknowledged here. We're talking about a player that'll scrape one in every 4 or 5 games and score the odd penalty. He's a waste of a shirt.

It doesn't help that he's got nowt to aim for, most of the time. He should shoot more, he can certainly strike a ball.

Incredible.

They don't link up well together. Folk talking about Lovenkrands getting on the end of flick-ons are projecting qualities that aren't there.

Yep.

Three-game.

You need to lie down and stop talking rubbish/telling stories.

Aye, the writing's on the wall.

Penalty wasn't it? Either way it's another combination that should be avoided. Much rather Shola than Loven though.

Did Shola and Carroll ever score in the same game in the Championship?

Lovenkrands is not an average striker, not at this level. We're the only club stupid enough to be paying him a wage at this level.

Accrington Stanley didn't put out their reserves.

Well, no, an entire career proves it.