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We've apparently played some great football this pre-season against similar level opposition to tonight's so you can't really say Pardew's intent isn't there, especially without seeing the game. I'm not going to shit myself yet, a reasonable explanation could be that players are fatigued due to the current fitness plan. Pardew did say this week was the most likely for injuries iirc, which suggests this is when players will be stretched to their limit.

Only fortune saved his place last season, that's conveniently forgotten. When we played Villa away, Marveaux was supposed to start ahead of him but pulled out with injury. There's also comments from Pardew in January saying we had a mouth-watering front 6 and Jonas wasn't one of the players mentioned.

Gomis is no slouch, he's not as quick as Bent but he's not slow either. Much better footballer and far stronger however.

Remy, Gomis and a winger (Ince?) would be absolutely tremendous.

If we pull this off it's a great deal, really sensible approach for a quality player.

A few players have mentioned fitness I think, the latest was Cabaye who said that players didn't feel confident to make runs because fitness wasn't good enough. Jonas and Taylor have been the others iirc.

Give him some consistent service. He would go for stretches of games without a sniff and then 1 game would come along where he'd get 3 or so opportunities. He needs consistency to get his confidence properly going.

He's exactly the type of player we need to add to our front line. Will grab a reasonable amount of goals but his all-round game is the biggest plus. I hope he turns out to be good foil for Cisse.

When did he tweet this, like? Last night.

Good to see 'arry and Fernandes are on the same page @tonyfernandes: Some players want to play in the premier league due to world cup. Loans are a good option. As we hope to come back to the premier league @tonyfernandes: Doesn't matter where a player goes if it's a different league and a loan

I don't think Redknapp has any say in transfers anyway but what he's come out with is completely moronic. QPR have shot themselves in the foot and have no negotiating power whatsoever as a consequence. As if they wouldn't jump at the chance to get rid of those hefty wages while in the Championship.

Harry can fuck off, nobody is going to buy him until he's been cleared.

We're certainly not fucked if we put out HBA, Cisse and Gouffran most games. Remy would be an upgrade of course but that front 3 has enough about it to cause teams problems. Whether we can keep them all fit for the majority of the season is another matter as the back-up options are truly woeful.

Gouffran's a good striker and a good finisher, some of his goals for Bordeaux (when played up top) were brilliantly clinical.

Sounds like a positive run out, good to hear about 1 touch passing and movement.

I thought he said he was going to play his strongest team?

Tonight's supposed to be his strongest team and he's apparently said he'll start with 2 up top. Think we'll be seeing Sissoko on the right, HBA on the left with Tiote and Cabaye in the middle. Gouffran and Cisse to lead the line.

It's possible that's what he means, although I've never heard the phrase "faire un effort" used for lowering demands or something similar. Even then, what is 3k on 70k? I took it as to take a cut of 3k a week. You're right though, it's difficult to work out his angle. I think it's safe to say, judging by what he was responding to, that he was suggesting Gomis was the issue, not Lyon.

Just read the tweet. I believe he's saying we've asked Gomis to lower his wages and that's the stumbling block, not the fee. That would make sense considering the tweet it was in response to.

That's a risky strategy on Aulas' part, to say that in the public domain.

I still think we'll sign him. If he's set on coming here and there's only minimal interest from other clubs, Lyon'll buckle. I rate Gomis and want him to come here but Remy's the one we NEED to get in, he solves the most problems.

Highlights are up. Who said that goal was from a corner? It had been out for a throw-in ffs.

This is the right stance if true, they've rejected a very decent offer and are simply trying to take us for a ride because they want as much as possible with their situation. I don't think anyone else will match our price between now and the end of the window and they'll come back.

Getting him on loan would be really excellent business.

Texts from a mate said we were good first half, counter-attacked well and Sissoko's non-goal was a great move. We were OK second half, a little leggy and the subs didn't really get the tempo back. Sounded like a good run out and that we played some attacking stuff.