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I think he's coming and told Twente he won't leave unless he can come here. I'm fucking hoping here like.

Accepted?!?!

Gignac's got some ability and quite frankly is miles better than Loven and Shola. I'd take him in a heartbeat.

He was hit and miss. Did some very good and difficult things and then some quite strange stuff as well. Promising, raw and lacking in a little self-belief. He's a very useful looking counter attacker.

He played a couple of more impressive ones than that as well. He bossed that midfield area from about 25 to 75 minutes, growing in confidence now.

Yep. They were very poor and saw little of the ball after 15-20 minutes or so.

Can't really see how he wasn't anything but promising tbh. I thought he was excellent on the counter for us, displayed some lovely skills, put in some good running, great challenges and went on some useful cross pitch dribbles that opened up a lot of space for other players. His ball to Ba was also spot on for the second goal. He's a strange player in that he does the difficult things very well but the simple stuff is hit and miss, which is usually down to confidence. He lacks self belief at times, that's very evident when it comes to the business end of the pitch but I remember someone who'd watched him a lot, claimed he'd be 'brutal'. So far, that's not been the case for me as he's put in 2 bright, if flawed performances and one poorer one.

Sick of Simpson atm. His concentration and awareness has never been great but he switched off a few times today and let his man get across him. Could've been a lot worse for us.

They started brightly, but from 20 minutes to 80 I thought they were pretty crap. They only came back into it when we took our foot off the pedal.

I think Jonas is still playing a little deeper than usual due to Ryan Taylor being left back. He's normally good on the defensive side anyway but he seems that extra bit cautious to me. He'll be more involved when he plays a few yards further up imo.

I thought we played quite well for large periods of the game. We passed it about a lot better, took control of the game and showed some great retention and paitience towards the end of the first half in particular. We lacked a bit of potency and shape at times but we didn't hoof and that was key for me. Got the creative foundations in place with Cabaye, we just need to get a left back, tweak our shape a tiny bit and get Ba back to his old form and we're looking good. Very encouraging.

From about 15 minutes to 80, he was the man. Some awe inspiring vision on show and some great work ethic. He took the game by the balls in the second half. What a fucking player.

Hope we end the game looking like this: Usual defence... Gutierrez Tiote Cabaye Marveaux Obertan Ba Still, it's an ok line up, I guess.

Highly ironic considering his player policy is virtually the opposite. Maybe that's what he thought about NUFC when he bought it? Probably not far off!

Highly ironic considering his player policy is virtually the opposite.

Displayed some lightning foot speed. Very impressive for such a tall lad. Thought he was a little bit erratic and raw but his potential is huge. It's great that he's a nice kid as well, Vuckic seems of similar ilk, personality wise.

Gosling reminds me of a younger Nolan. Doesn't contribute much good general play, looks to add the finishing touch, arriving late in the box or making runs. His passing was woeful.

Love him. It's a shame he's had to play so many games as the defensive player. Want to see him dictating the play a bit further up the pitch, that's where we'll see his real genius.

He's not just a poacher. He proved himself to be a very decent footballer at other clubs. I saw him play some great passes and show creative link up play at Hoffenheim. Whenever I've seen him before us, he's always looked a good player technically.

We'll control possession as a 4-4-2, but only when Tiote and Cabaye are playing together. We don't really have anyone else who can impose themselves enough, as a combination.

Has some sexy HBA-like agility. Really like the way he plays.

I am finding it a little strange as to why he hasn't looked good btw. He's been very impressive, wherever he's played throughout his career, it's a bit weird to see him playing like this. We played a lot of hoof and that really doesn't suit him at all but fitness wise, he looks sluggish.

He needs games, he's barely had a chance to show what he's about here.

No point in taking Ba off. He's looked alright when the ball's been on the deck. Had some nice link up play etc. Needs some time.