mrmojorisin75

This is exactly right. Consider how fucking atrocious we were at the start of last season and Pardew fluked 6 wins that dragged him into 5th after 17 games was it? We'll be much less 'streaky' under McLaren but if we match that sort of points haul and avoid a Carver-esque collapse then we'll be top half in with a shout imo. Cup runs if they come, and biblical injury plagues will be what stops that happening.

Any of our German watching contingent know how the Bayern fans are with Guardiola? It's interesting to me, he's won the league twice and will probably do so again but he's done it without a realistic challenger and has failed to regain the CL after that great team won it. I was sure he'd be leaving at the end of this season myself.

if we're not signing someone we know is going to be good then i'd rather spend the remaining window getting rid of williamson, gouffran and obertan and going with taylor, colo, mbemba, dummet and lascelles for CB until january by which time we'll hopefully have found a contract loophole to exploit or the euro might be further on it's arse by then Both started last night. Not going anywhere. Shop window....?

if we're not signing someone we know is going to be good then i'd rather spend the remaining window getting rid of williamson, gouffran and obertan and going with taylor, colo, mbemba, dummet and lascelles for CB until january by which time we'll hopefully have found a contract loophole to exploit or the euro might be further on it's arse by then

All other things aside it's staggering how many of our fans are so easily able to ignore the fact that the cunt has spent years pissing all over the history of the club, renaming the fucking ground man, and covering the best stadium in country in the tackiest advertising known to man. That alone should have any self respecting supporter up in arms, never mind the rest of it, but it all passed by with little more than a whimper from within Steve Wraith's coffin.

Man it's not possible to say the words 'the test will be the next window' or equivalent anymore after what they've done over the years However McLaren has clearly stated 3 windows to get the squad in shape afaik so, erm, January and next summer will be the real test

Yeah I never had a problem fielding 'weakened' teams against clearly inferior teams like, the problem is as we know Pardew only cares about his first 11 or so players and makes no effort to integrate fringe players properly so he was essentially just throwing them in and hoping it came good. Plus he wasn't really trying to win anyway the prick.

Good to see a signing impose their class on inferior opposition tbh, how many times have we seen players not do so in recent years? Hopefully he tears arsenal a hole on Saturday

dafuq?, not chelsea or citeh? is this real life?

Come off it man, they are clearly better than us and we always do f*** all against them. Not saying we won't get anything but they are one of the best teams in the league for a reason. They are the one of the "top teams" in the league who I don't really fear playing against. Anybody who shows up with a good performance can give them a real go. Arsenal beat poor teams but struggle against good teams. they've always got too much movement for our side though, it's always the problem, we can never defend against their wispy little fuckers running about all over the place

What's wrong with Zouma then?

The 5 they have signed are 'serious signings' by their standards Well, at a push, 2, maybe even 3 of them are. But still. Short has invested so much recently, it's hardly surprising he has cut back a bit. They are so short term it's unreal. Manager on a one year deal. They constantly buy old, past it players and give them lucrative deals. Plus, they seem to have a squad and management over haul every year. It's almost like they have people who know nothing about football in charge of the club. Fortunately we can't relate.

They didn't get any money did they? Sure some of it was offset against Negredo's transfer wasn't it? Almost all afaik

The part is that everyone forgot somehow was that Advocaat is and has always been utter shit too

They didn't get any money did they?

Just came in to say the same, top class though not his best. Last frame man

Sounds like he's away soon. "I wasn't intending to say this but I will say this because I don't care." :lol::lol::lol: wonder if she'll return the flower money

ar man that cockerney banter

Needs to get injured. He really fucking does

Aye the end of the guardian article said it all might be a ploy to get a better contract. Barca would be lunatics not to tie him down, offer him fucking anything really.

'The club' is Mike Ashley. He's taking it from himself and giving it to himself, as uncomfortable as it sounds, it's the reality of the situation. And the metro tunnels are really not an issue, probably makes some of the engineering a bit more expensive, but its no real hindrance to development. It was first used by Freddie Fletcher as an excuse in the mid 90s and it was as much of a mistruth then as it is now. This is what I'm saying aye. It's all well and good if 'the club' were developing it and getting the revenue from hotels and such like other clubs have done but this will be Ashley's thing and when he fucks off he'll take it with him.

Aye this I think. I keep seeing articles with words from him that I just fail to read. It's great after Pardew.

Fucks this ludicrous Neymar rumour? I'm starting to think that Manyoo have hired The Bishop to try and hide how utterly shit they've been in the market since Fergie left.

It'll be just like us for him to get in the side now, partner Colo and look his absolute best until we extend his contract and he dislocates his shoulder again putting the full stop at the end of his signature.

Thing is with this he can just give the land to himself can't he, and take it away as an asset from the club? Classic MA move, gets himself some prime city centre land to develop and fucks over the club he hates in the process.