Gallowgate Toon

Only 'need' if we want to do well. we'll stay up, Ashley doesn't care about anything else. I think that if we want to stay top half, we need someone in. He's been instrumental in getting us to where we're at.

Hopefully, it's around the £20m mark. Pardew insisted we'd need a replacement if he went, I hope to God that the blokes above understand that and get someone in.

Anything less than £20m would be a poor deal for us.

From what I've been told about Cabella he'll soon be a central player, perfect for floating around the final third in a free role. I think we'd really benefit from having a proper central playmaker, Cabaye's done relatively well there but I don't think it's his long term position.

I wouldn't be too distraught if it meant one of Grenier/Cabella came in, I think they'd be a better fit for the current system, in the long run . I just have no faith that we'd get one of them.

Has seemingly moved out of his house, not that that actually means anything.

3-1 win. Remy, Sissoko and Gouffran.

Apart from his goal he was poor in my opinion. Sorry, should have said league start!

Was Cisse's last start against Cardiff? He played well in that game, iirc.

Fifth assist for the campaign is a pretty decent return.

Great result. Confidence was a little low after recent results, this should get us back on track.

Cabaye's pretty decent in the no.10 role against poorer sides, especially away from home, IMO. He's just not the long-term answer there.

Is that Sissoko's 5th assist of the season? Impressive, if so.

What's happened to Villa? There were some really positive signs at the back end of last season, they seem to have become a much more ponderous side.

Should've had his 5th assist of the season, yesterday. He'll be a fantastic player if he can add more consistency to his game, he shows flashes of being able to do really good stuff but has an erratic side. Still, he's good and there's nothing 'awful' about him at all.

He's just not that good as a wide forward. He's been pretty good on the left of a midfield 4 and a handy striker. The balance of our front 3 hasn't been right for a few weeks, I really like Gouff and Sissoko but they're not the right fit for a front trio.

Noticed how hard City worked today. Was quite impressed that I witnessed Nasri tracking back after losing the ball etc. You could see they had a hunger about them even though they weren't playing that well.

Just isn't a lone front man. He's a good footballer but just lacks the power to really occupy 2 centre halves and link play. He either needs a partner or to play on the left.

Thought we deserved a draw. Battling performance and a couple of chances. Don't like a front 3 of Sissoko/Remy/Gouffran though. They worked well in a 4-4-2 but the balance isn't quite right for a 4-3-3.

Fantastic today. He's getting good at holding off opponents and nipping around them.

Sounds like he can cross a ball with some consistency, we could do with that. Not that it matters, if we do get him, it'll be in the summer.

His touch was shocking. Desperately need a lad of his ilk that can actually last 90 minutes and play with some consistency.

I could see the theory in starting Shola but the reality is often very different. We need a striker to come in that is consistently good at holding the ball up.