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That didn't really add anything to the discussion

I think Lascelles, Hanley and Clark are all the same height iirc.

Diame and Gouf to play for 60-70 minutes before being replaced by Perez and Atsu.

Hope he's ok. He's somebody's son ffs.

Could never be trusted to get tight to his man. Gets turned too easily. Good positionally though as long as he stays back. Glad he's here, like.

He was a bit in and out of the game in the 1st half but got a lot more involved in the 2nd. Got in the box well too. I get the feeling he hasn't quite bought into the whole team ethic thing yet. Hopefully he gives in to it and becomes a cracking player for us.

I think he brings in the other players better than Gayle. It helps the team attack more as a unit. Also, he's quicker than i thought (although not fast) but then, Gayle is actually slower than i thought he would be (while still being pretty quick).

Ouch

Love this personally. Good on Pep for taking this stand.

Is this shown anywhere in the world for christs sake?

Don't agree with Stray Mackem about a few things, football nor politics, but he's a decent poster IMO. He's going to be loyal to his feelings, pro Sunderland. That's totally expected. But he's an individual and representative of anyone but himself.

Wasn't there some stat somewhere (i can't find it) whereby it showed that if you score 5 or more goals in a game you are more likely to have a very low scoring game in the next? I'm sure i remember this. It just showed a trend towards that.

This guy can't play every game but we'll look considerably worse without his range of passing. We haven't got anyone else who plays it forward so confidently from midfield.

Harold Hill. I'd heard of Harold Wood but not the Hill. Has it got a tube stop?

What's the problem? TCD thinks Yedlin looks stupid. So? He's as entitled to that opinion as anyone else thinking another player looks silly, surely? How many people called Cisse a simpleton for his excessive smiling? Or Saylor for his antics? Woodgate?

He did just sign Yedlin and Lazaar, not of the Dummett ilk.

Quoted. Here we say "internal competitions". Why do you people have to keep correcting me if you understood what I meant in the first place? I wasn't correcting you, just thought I'd share a weird English expression. FWIW I meant an 'unusual' word! 'An usual' sounds so good though. Just say it now.......an usual.

Quoted.

As if anyone, let alone Ashley, would sanction a deal that means if the buying club sell him on they're free of all liabilities. I've bought a house for £500,000. I'm paying it off over time. If i sell it before the maturity i don't owe the lender anymore

Mourinho looks like a wax work of Mourinho

Can't believe he's only 25. Seems to have been around for ever.

Some very nice passages of play where we played with tempo, 1 or 2 touches on the ball then moving it. Stretched them and they lost shape. Also some good moments when we were passing it around the back, drawing them out and then moved the ball forward (on the deck) once they opened up to close us down. Shows the players are starting to understand how to be a TEAM. There really were times when we looked easily a division above them. We just need to develop the concentration and desire to make those passages of play last longer and longer until we are dominant. Then we will be ready to play in the Prem again.

I wonder how agents really do influences things to such a degree. We hear more and more managers saying agents have all the power.

Do we know for sure that it's Wenger who is in charge of all financial negotiations? Surely it's more reasonable to assume the people who own and run the club will be.