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They had 56 shots on goal against PAOK. They definitely did not.

What about Gignac? Gignac played well tonight, but he just looks so limited. He's dangerous, powerful, and a good finisher (despite his lack of goal with us thus far), but he's incredibly one footed to the point that he'll walk into defenders just to get it onto his right. Such a predictable player and not too creative. I think he'll get better, though. OM is the club he supported as a boy and there is a lot of pressure on his shoulders. He works hard and goal will come, though the price tag is still questionable.

Feyenoord a a good team as well, very odd. Loic Remy looks worth the 15 million. :good:

That is his job in the 4-5-1, but it is limiting when playing 4-4-2.

As I said, they were out to expose Gaydamark and plea for sympathy. It is desperate, but it has worked for them. 'You're always going on about Nwankwo Kanu, you're never going to meet him.' I've actually met him several times.

Looks as though they'll through Obinna upfront and put the Mexican on.

When our strikers get the ball in space, you can guarantee that nothing dangerous will happen. It's depressing. So slow, and little creativity from them.

Ilunga is terrible. We should put a right winger on to expose this reality. West Ham's defence is awful.

If Shola is putting in more movement than someone, this player should be removed the pitch immediately.

Watching this match, I'm struggling to see how West Ham wouldn't provide a challenge to almost everyone in the division. Someone has to get relegated though, I suppose. I just hope it's not our boys.

We don't have a player available right now who is capable of resisting a decent player down the left.

None of the penalty claims were valid, but the freekick for the goal was just Aiyegbeni spinning and falling. I didn't even see contact.

Crouch's legs are crazily long. Just missed kicking and upright Pienaar the head without even jumping. Funny, how the commentators on ESPN are scared to criticise Howard, knowing that the US makes up a good portion of their audience.

How many times does Crouch plan to jump on someone and beg for a penalty?

So, Rooney has surpassed Toure as the highest paid player in the Premiership? Honestly, the whole saga is disgraceful from both parties.

They brought him in from Rennes, ffs. It's not as though he was some established star from Spain or Italy. I genuinely have no idea why they gave him 80,000 pounds a week. He denies that figure and states he only earns one-third of that amount. They pay him 26,666.66 pounds per week?

They brought him in from Rennes, ffs. It's not as though he was some established star from Spain or Italy. I genuinely have no idea why they gave him 80,000 pounds a week.

John Utaka is disgracefully bad. I don't want him anywhere near this club or any team that I watch. Peter Utaka is the better player at this point in all seriousness.

He'd fit in perfectly at Everton, imo. Would be a decent target if Pienaar walks.

What happens to Kanu/the rest of their players? Are they released immediately? do they have some form of contract insurance so they collect the money they are owed?

The wording of the statement leads me to wonder if this is a last second ploy to save the club.

So they are gone? This is just depressing. Sad. There is already a thread, btw. On an opportunistic note, there are a few players from the club I wouldn't mind acquiring for free.

If you mean Ben Arfa, he's played in more than 30 games in the league last two seasons for Marseille and saw a lot of time for Lyon the year before. Definitely enough to analyse him. He's not been a solid starter though, given a run of 20 plus consecutive starts. How can he get into a proper rhythm? No, I really don't agree with this at all. It really is incredibly rare for any player to accumulate 20 consecutive starts. You have to realise that this is quite a lot. Over the last three years he's essentially been the twelfth name on the teamsheet. He's had many runs in the first team. He has started a lot of matches, and has been given 20-40 minutes off of the bench in the vast majority of games where he has been fit and not selected to start. It's not as though he has been sitting around and lacking match fitness.

I really don't think Park is much better than Jonas (if at all). I feel like we could stick him in midfield like Man U do against some of the top teams, though. This is a severe underration of our left midfielder.

Definitely. The problem is that he has no work ethic and is lazy. I don't doubt his talent at all. You just don't want to build a team that relies on him to perform because he hasn't shown a willingness to give that kind of effort over time.