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2-0 to them I reckon, maybe 2-1 if demba scores

Thought they could only ban retrospectively if ref didn't see it properly. Might apply for Coloccini but ref had a perfect view of Cabaye and let play continue. Thought ref was turned other way when cabaye did that, horrible tackle though could have broken his leg

I thought Jonas was worse tonight, bu t he was useless also

Agree we need a quality Centre Half and Left Back with Santon going right back eventually. Likely to only get 1/2 players this window so Striker and Centre Half should be priorities I agree 100% that we need the striker that you describe to play alongside Ba/take the reigns whilst Ba is away with Senegal/injured. However we need a decent centre half before another wide man. I also think we lack balance without aquality left footed left back and would target this position also before a wide man.

I reckon to win this we need Tiote, Cabaye and Ben Arfa to play at the level they are capable of and defence to stay organised. We also need Oberwank to not lose the ball all the time and be a decent outlet.

Desperate for another striker with decent technique and mobility to play alongside Demba. Also think we need someone on the wings that can actually cross a ball or has an end product of some description as its fucking painful watching Jonas and Obertan on the wings. Its how most of our play breaks down tbh. We have a centre midfield that can distribute the ball and Wingers who never make the most of it, Jonas looks like running on water with it and Obertan just loses it 9/10

Bound to score on Friday btw, but he has absolutely nothing on Demba Ba except for maybe "medical passing knees", Demba is prolific and I reckon would score in any team. Carrol needs the team to play to his strengths.

I don't think Ben Arfa off just BA will work. I think Ba has played better with a big man in front/beside him this year, such as Best or Shola tbh. I have seen no evidence yet that Ba/Ben Arfa will work as well, however I believe Ben Arfa has to be in there somewhere maybe as part of a front 3 or on the right drifting in (Can't be worse than alien head)

Can't wait to see the scum emulate Barcelona this afternoon, mental

No way should Tiote play in defence, to rash in the tackle and does not put his foot through the ball. Best hope is Kadar or Santon I reckon

After our run of shit games they are still the same amount away, they were convinced they would be above us or level by now

HaHaHaHaHaHa :)

Simpson is an awful centre half, may be better putting Santon in there to see how he does.

Hope wolves beat them today like

Opportunity for Kadar or Santon to come in and do well. Can't think of any centre halves in the reserves who you could put in except Kadar, as the rest are surely just to young

Also would be harsh to drop Guthrie, I thought his passing was top drawer yesterday, best player for me, at times he had the ball looking to create a play and our forward players were not creating the space. He looks vastly improved like. Maybe a 4-3-3 going forward with him, tiote and cabaye in there

Thought Ba looked much better with Shola up there, looks type of player that likes to play off someone, so Best or Shola must start - Never thought I would say it but would prefer Shola to start as last couple of times he looks up for it, maybe Sammy driving him on. We really need to fit Ben Arfa in somewhere though and maybe dropping Obertan and putting Arfa out there would be best. Jonas has to come back in if Pardew is gonna persist with Raylor.

He has been here a year next Friday, have to say thought it was daft getting rid of Hughton, but he has improved our organisation greatly and showing signs that we can play decent football. Will be interesting to see what the next year brings and if we bring in a few more decent players could be good. He has done excellent considering the players we lost and we are better for losing them.

They are acting as if we are quaking in our boots right now. Biggest thing about O'Neill for me is his knowledge of overseas players appears very limited and therefore they will end up paying fortunes for British players. I don't personally think he is a great manager just middle of the road. Yes he did well at first for Villa but then he was given a pretty decent amount of money and he spunked a lot of it on shit players with Milner, Downing and Young the exception. Mackems I know keep saying Short is loaded and will give him 70 million and stuff, what a load of bollocks. Didn't they fund the summer from henderson and bent money and let Gyan go because of 6mil loan fee. If he has to sell their players I don't think they have a single player worth more than 5 million that they own, wheras we arguably have 3 or 4 worth in excess of 10 in Colo, Tiote, Cabaye, Ben Arfa

Dreams > Reality

Fucking hell, gutted

Just seen the winner

He was fine against City. If Obertan can play, so can Sammy. Obertan's better in just about every department. Its right to bring Sammy on for 20 minutes here and there but he is not ready at all. Looks promising though but needs more discipline and to do the simple things well, He got caught in possession by trying to run with ball when there was no space down the right yesterday from our half Evra took the ball, needs to learn when to run and when to pass it.

Wonder how much he has had to do with what we have done this year