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Cabaye replacement, must be.

Shola wins again i'm afraid, although Ben Arfa is only sensible replacement (Although I would put him out right and move Sissoko) Thing is Sissoko has 5 assists from right midfield this season and I'd like to see what Hatem could do with an extended spell at no10. I'm just not convinced Ben Arfa can play that position, the few times he has been put there he is anonymous. His movement off the ball is not great and does not contribute as much. Sissoko isn't great there but he is a threat because of his power, pace and mobility that pushes opposition back.

We need to be getting some young players through. I had hoped Sammy, Campbell, Bigi, Streete etc would have progressed to play some part. Do we have any young wingers - what about Aarons or a 6ft striker (I suspect they are all Campbell like dwarfs)

We will end up with Shola as only striker at end of season man, guaranteed - and then new contract time for him

If we don't sign anyone it really is time to blood a young player or 2 as this season has nothing left to offer and we will probably drop to 9th or 10th. They will probably reinvest 15 million of it, I do believe that. With £25 mill we should be able to strengthen in a different way with a good winger and striker brought in.

Shola wins again i'm afraid, although Ben Arfa is only sensible replacement (Although I would put him out right and move Sissoko)

I doubt his agents would want to discuss with PSG if that was the case. Wouldn't surprise me to see us stretch it out until Friday leaving no time for replacement and probably Pardew rolled out to slag off PSG for late deals. We will keep our powder dry for the summer and most likely bring in a couple of players, however this season will be fucked as won't get that 7th place without Cabaye or a replacement.

Our players should be mentally stronger than to let 1 transfer effect them to any sort of degree. We still have much better players than Norwich.

It will be gutting if we don't replace him this week. Inevitable that he will leave and getting over 5 times what we paid for him is good going and kind of shows there is some point in our transfer strategy. It will mean nothing if we don't use the 25mil and look to bring in 2 or 3 players to replace him and improve squad. Cabaye for a Striker, Attacking Mid and Centre mid (8 mill a piece) would be good news. Even a Striker and Attacking Mid/Winger would be good use of the money. It's just unlikely we are going to improve the squad and find a player as influential as Cabaye. We don't have anyone in current squad capable of having that kind of influence on a game. Can Anita or Sissoko? - Probably not at this time although Anita is very tidy player, he doesn't have the attacking abilities of Cabaye and Sissoko is limited and unable to control a game with passing, defensive and movement like Cabaye can

Yip, good that we are actually trying to offer for replacements though. it's just a pity we won't get them near that ever moving line, never mind over it

What? I think we are 1 good manager and 2-3 players away from challenging top 4 each year, but we will never get near the title or anything like that while Chelsea and City are loaded.

You expect Kinnear to sell AND buy players? He's only one man ffs! Who needs more than 11 players anyway, not like we have Europe or cups. Doesn't matter how unbalanced the team/squad is and we can just bring in some 16 year olds from academy if things get that bad, sorted

His motivational team talk will get us through it. It would be awful and he would do something completely stupid I reckon. I already think he will start Shola in place of Anita if Cabaye stays but if he doesn't start Ben Arfa or Marveaux if Cabaye goes then it will be an awful game by us.

And you just know he will play 4-4-2 with Shola in for Cabaye if it does happen. If/When Cabaye does go this window he will have to play Marveaux there because nobody else can play that position unless he takes a chance on Bigirimana, or puts Ben Arfa right and shifts Sissoko central

f***ing home game again for them, how f***ing jammy are they in cups It's not that we got an away game against City in the FA Cup. We have had 3 home ties in 4 years in cup. They have managed to get through to league cup final with a single away game and home for 3 round of FA cup. We fucked it against Cardiff and Man City but fuck me they are lucky

Fucking home game again for them, how fucking jammy are they in cups

Amen Me too, hate them fuckers up the road but so funny seeing Man U fucking terrible. I knew Ferguson leaving would hit them but fucking hell they need a massive rebuild. Literally average all over the pitch. Won't get champions league for at least 3 or 4 year I reckon

That's what happens when you give it a shot. It kind of helps that this was their first away game in the cup also like. We never seem to get home game's except Blackburn few years ago and Cardiff. Cups don't matter to us. Expect Man City to beat them tbh in final, they will probably take 30 odd thousand yet managed just 25 for game against Man U at home (Funny to get more 600 mile away)

Man U are fucking garbage without Rooney or Van Persie, they have literally nobody. Januzai is young and too selfish at moment, Welbeck is utter garbage

7 more days Then BAM..... Shola's extended The curse will never be broken, shola for another 10 year

We still have some of the Carrol money left Bought a bore hole remember Ha Ha we might get a windmill or water wheel with the Cabaye cash Thats the spirit, windmill will attract de jong n other dutchies

We still have some of the Carrol money left Bought a bore hole remember

Should be at least 20. He will go at end of season just hope we splash cash we do get for him

Starting to think mackems will get out of it now mainly because West ham, Fulham n Cardiff are rank.

I think we have a handful of players at best that would get in top 5 teams - Cabaye - Debuchy - Mbiwa - Colo - Remy I don't even think Krul is that good, his kicking is shocking. Def top 8 keeper but not better than keepers at top 5 clubs. Don't think ben arfa would make top 5 and only maybe Tiote left out that on his day is better than all but City have in their defensive midfield. Sissoko and Gouffran top 10 players but nowhere near top 5.