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Aguero's strong and explosive. Armstrong's not.

I loved Hatem as a RW but he's never in a million years a PL no.10. He's worth most to the team basically doing his own thing out wide, not in a role which relies on the movement of and linking up with others. In other leagues where you get a bit more space the no.10 position can be more of a free role. Not the PL, and, as you allude to, especially not in a Benitez system.

Too expensive for us at £12m. It's still 2001, remember.

Good signs that Darlow and Lazaar look like getting sold, mind. Especially the former. We really need a new goalkeeper. Yes, I'm trying to find hidden positives.

Was 0-0 when he was subbed off on the hour, to be fair.

He can't be on £45K, man, surely.

Absolutely. I'm more along the lines of 'unfinished business'. If anyone can get the best out of him Rafa can. Since when does Rafa work well, or work at all, with flair players? Someone like Ancelotti is the perfect boss for HBA. Someone who'll encourage him to express himself and his talents on the pitch first and foremost, but he probably has better players already. I am talking tactically. In what sense?

Absolutely. I'm more along the lines of 'unfinished business'. If anyone can get the best out of him Rafa can. Since when does Rafa work well, or work at all, with flair players? Someone like Ancelotti is the perfect boss for HBA. Someone who'll encourage him to express himself and his talents on the pitch first and foremost, but he probably has better players already.

Better than Andy Carroll? Carroll made his debut nearly 11 years ago, to be fair.

As you said, it's a failure and needs an overhaul. As much as I rate him more than most it's an absolute embarrassment that Paul Dummett's the best player to come through the setup in the past decade.

Will you stop posting rubbish, man?

Key capacity? Steady on. And Jack Colback must have started the majority of games under Rafa in the PL and Championship but we all know he's shit. It's not as simple as saying that Rafa's hasn't axed him so he must be good at what he does.

I don't think Luque ever fell into that bracket. No, definitely not. Luque was a brilliant player prior to arriving in England. It should have been a very good signing and people were right to be excited and supportive. That injury just ruined him, though,

Off?

Wasn't Atsu once the best player in that tournament? Not sure how much you can read into that, like.

St. Etienne. Where by all accounts he was fucking terrible. Didn't the Chairman come out and slate him the other day? Galtier definitely did. Dunno about the chairman.

St. Etienne. Where by all accounts he was fucking terrible.

Aye, that'll be it, the prospect of working with one of England's greatest players has forced him out. Any excuse. He'll have left for the money. Nee doubt. What Ron says it fair enough like. I know a few Dads of lads who've been involved in the set up and some coaches and all say the same of Beardsley, lovely bloke could can't coach. Yep. Sums him up perfectly.

Aye, that'll be it, the prospect of working with one of England's greatest players has forced him out. Any excuse. He'll have left for the money. Nee doubt. 'Nee doubt' when you completely disregard our pitiful academy as a factor, yes.

Maybe he wants to work with better coaches than Peter Beardsley. I adored the guy as a player buy no one has a good word to say about him in his current capacity. Our setup has been incredibly amateurish for years.

Sounds similar to Aarons without the injury headaches. Obviously a lot further forward in his progress judging by the price tag. His career path is nothing like that of Rolando Aarons. TRon once compared the career path of Lennox Lewis to Aarons. He's off his fucking nut.

Nacho. What a player.

You say that like they can somehow compensate for each other's weaknesses. There's a big question mark next to Krul but the rest have no business starting games for a PL club.

£10m? That's a perfectly reasonable price by anyone's standards. Get it done.

Mbemba's not a PL DM, like. Far from it.