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How do you explain the assists then? He's 22, you can't expect him to read the game like Andrea Pirlo.

I personally hope Nolan is the first to be sold, he'll go for a decent sum and just isn't capable of contributing in the premier league.

Or me quite honestly.

If he hadn't of gotten that pointless red card against Liverpool we probably wouldn't have been relegated last season with him in the middle. Aye we wouldn't have lost against Villa final day with him in the middle. We would have tbh. Our players looked more likely to grow wings than score in that game, or most of them under Shearer.

A few posters wrote him off from the start (almost) and lie in wait every game hoping for the lad to make a mistake, It's very sad.

We most certainly do. We'll get absolutely murdered in the premiership unless we stick to playing Smith and Nolan in the centre with Barton on the bench.

We always play 4-5-1, don't we.

Nolan is knackered, Shola is injured. Where are the goals?

Taylor and Williamson are very similar from what i've seen so far. Wouldn't like to see them together in the premiership though. Has to be one or the other with Colo.

He's got a hell of a right foot when it warms up but he's a pretty poor athlete. I'd still start him in every game though.

Instead of berating team mates everytime they choose to pick out someone else, maybe he should spend a few seconds thinking about making a different, less predictable run next time. People say he's a 'nightmare' for defenders but he really isn't, defenders are undone by clever and dynamic movement, not some idiot content to have physical battles that win no advantage for 90 minutes. Shouldn't be anywhere near the first Xl.

We've known for a long time that a striker is a priority, 4 weeks in and still 1 striker short from December is unacceptable in my book.

A good striker with good movement and we'd have won that game.

Look at Pearson, do you think he'd be scared to drop Smith or Nolan when they're not pulling their weight? Hughton's a spineless little bastard and we're very much top of the league in spite of him.

We can get loans in after monday, moron. Well that's ok then. Who gives a shit that we've dropped points again.

Fucking hell.

We're a day and a half away from the deadline closing. We've had a month to get a striker in and the fucking idiots have failed again.

you don't half repeat yourself. We know we need forwards that's why we tried to sign Beckford, Vaughan, Harewood and Moses Do we? Last night i'm fairly sure I had a argument with a few blokes who laughed at my suggestion that this month couldn't be considered successful without a new striker. Anyway, let's just hope we have one soon.

He might be back for the next game tbf, but there's a good chance of further injuries this season knowing him.

I'd honestly have faith in at least 10 on this forum to do a better job. A lot of us have seen these problems from day one.

Hope they go down, and they just might.

At the risk of repeating myself, with Shola likely to be injured for a lot of the remaining season, just look what we've got up front, it's absolutely terrible.

He's been one of our best players all season but you hate him and always will, we get it. Move on.

Colo played better than Williamson? Love the fact i'm not the only one who thinks that yet you've highlighted my post, get a life.

oh go take yourself for a walk. its not the end of the world We aren't going up with those strikers, I just can't see it.