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I am trying to but I can just stop seeing him sitting behing Tiote as our 'quarterback' punting balls up to Cisse who is offside or just hasn't made the run I think he's going to be the bloke mainly pulling the strings in the final third. I know he's not really creative but he's seemingly intelligent, a good mover off the ball and is a good presser, apparently.

Must admit, I am quite looking forward to seeing this bloke play.

From some super quick video scouting, he seems to be an intelligent player. That's something we really could do with as our decision-making in the final third is often atrocious, even if he's not the most creative (which would be ideal).

He's a proper no. 10, isn't he?

Zaha?

MON is such a pedantic dickhead. So far up his own arse.

That's where Wilshere would've been useful. While he may not be as attractive a player as someone like Barkley, he's quite good at knowing when to hold on to the ball and when to try and make something happen. Our downfall has really been our soft centre, Gerrard and Henderson have been poor at protecting the defence and dictating the tempo, which isn't really a surprise to anyone. We really need to produce a top, top class central midfielder in the Vidal mould.

Good shout.

Asda pizzas are great man. They are. Create your own, £3.70. Nee bother. Rights. They're a thing of beauty.

Gerrard, man, utter rubbish. I think Wilshire needed to play a lot more in this. Welbeck should be nowhere near either.

I have no doubt in my mind that a team in a competitive European league would have him, wages would probably be the only stumbling block. While he's been treated in an absolutely terrible fashion over the last year, moving to Qatar would speak real volumes of him and how he approaches his career, IMO. Just stinks of a money-driven move, if it comes off

Yeah, I think it's a role Jones could cover in certain games. We really did need someone with more defensive knowledge to plug some gaps.

Anyway, it's really refreshing actually wanting to support an exciting team, rather than it feeling like an utter chore. England were so shit to watch, for so long.

Ooo, I'd have it off with her.

I wouldn't drop him either, he was horrible today like but our problem was our inability to break Italy down. Lallana and Barkley were just as ineffective. Sterling had his moments as did Welbeck and Sturridge. I'd just stick him in AM, for the next match, with the remit of being more of a second striker rather than a creator. We've got good ability in midfield so will still create.

He is terrible at moment. we need Barkley, Sterling etc No, we need to empower one of the best goalscorers in the squad.

Really wouldn't drop Rooney, like. We need more goalscoring instinct through the middle and Sturridge & Rooney offer that better than anyone else in the squad, by a country mile. There's plenty of creativity, elsewhere, we just need to get the balance right.

Too soft in the middle, needed a more savvy defending midfielder there to cover space left open. Promising but we need some work. Let's just play people in their right positions and aim for balance.

Interesting performance. Good side but we need tweaking, like, we'll need to find a more solid central midfield pairing against stronger opposition as we really missed disciplined cover. Perhaps Jones could fill that role. Rooney out wide is pointless, it's middle or nothing. Roy's going to have to try and boost his confidence, he's too fragile.

We're scum. Sub-human scum.

West Ham did offer him 50k but he turned it down because his wife didn't want to move.

In fairness football should have never got itself to the state where it's purely a loss-making business = football out. However it is the reality. What I don't understand is that if Cabella is this talented, surely £12m is still a snip? - If he sells for £20m+ it's still all profit, why miss out on someone of his quality we can have today if we simply spend what is fair amount for a quality talent. Because the people in charge are fucking stupid. They care about potential when it can be bought for the cheapest of prices, they don't want the risk of a real investment. If Cabella flops then that's money gone, it's a pessimistic view but one naturally synonymous with penny-pinching dickheads.

Reus Had an absolutely storming second half of the season too, fancied him to really carry on that form into the tournament. Such a brilliant player.

Going back to France is probably the worst move he could make, IMO.

He's signed, don't know when it'll be announced.