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Thought the 11's was closer to Johnson's desired range...

Aye, I agree with your first sentence, however I totally disagree with the second. He may have been one of our more effective players, when he has rarely been on his game. However, he's underperformed for 95% of the season. A lot of our lesser able players have played to their level (or above) and that's also part of the reason why we are where we are - lack of quality. For me players of the season should be based on form and not ability, and based on form Moussa has proven last night that he hasn't been performing well at all this season. As you say though, it doesn't say much regardless of who we think has been our best player this season.

Understandably, being in the centre means more running and more freedom to close people down, etc. I agree. However, there have been numerous times when the game has passed him by and he's been caught strolling back not giving a fuck. Out of position and no desire, professionalism or thought to get back into position. Since Benitez has come in he's learned to run back as fast as he does forward. Sissoko undoubtedly has more physicality than the two you mentioned and this will have helped him. However, I think with Gini's recent form people are forgetting how good he was for us up until Christmas. Perez isn't a midfielder for me he's a striker and again is out of position but he's gave it his all in comparison to Sissoko.

Nice. Better than a kick in the bollocks haha

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing Sorry, my mistake. I forgot being asked to play left wing means you are allowed to give up entirely and get a free pass to contribute nothing to your team and amble around like absolutely nothing. Even if he was asked to play in f***ing goal I'd have expected to see more from him this season. He's been nothing better than disgraceful for 30 games this year. No excuses can be made for him. Oh he doesn't try, that must mean full backs have been destroying him all season getting assist after assist as Sissoko stands on the half way line waiting for the ball. Nah what actually happened is that Sissoko always tracked his man and full backs very rarely got any chance to attack down his side. What did people expect of him when playing out wide? To just totally leave the flank and come inside and hassle the centre midfielders and leave the full back free reign to do whatever he wanted? He's clearly played badly in some games this season but when has he not tried when he's been playing on the wing, when has a full back been allowed do what he wanted? The only game I can think of is Norwich at home where he got about 4 assists to cancel it out anyway Sorry like, but F1F0 is correct for me. Sissoko has had a shockingly bad attitude all season and whether he likes playing there or not he has shown a total lack of dedication and professionalism for about 25.5 of the games this season. The one really good half he had was that second half against Norwich, who are s**** and maybe one or two decent games against the better sides in the division. On his day, he can be a beast and almost impossible to handle, whether on the right, left or up the middle shouldn't matter such is his physicality. What we have seen under Benitez is him looking like he gives a s*** and even at full back being better than he has been most the season on the wing, which would seemingly be more suited to him. Sissoko proved last night that he should be played where he was (CM). He controlled the midfield and Colback and Tiote swept up behind him. We looked like we had some sort of balance and some sort of fight. Again though, it's one performance too few still at the moment. If he continues in this vain and we stay up maybe I'll forgive him. Let's also not lose sight of the fact we now have a world class manager, the Euro's are coming up and we're likely to be going down - all great reasons for him to up his game. The one thing I will say is I can understand why the players might have been totally uninspired to play for this shambles of a club until Benitez came in like. At least some of the players remained professional though... If his attitude was so bad then why did the full backs up against him almost never do anything going forward? Why did he create the most chances in our team by a mile for the majority of the season? Why did he put in such a good shift when put left back? Sissoko's been very poor this season but you can't accuse him of being lazy. You most certainly can, if last night is anything to compare it against.

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing Sorry, my mistake. I forgot being asked to play left wing means you are allowed to give up entirely and get a free pass to contribute nothing to your team and amble around like absolutely nothing. Even if he was asked to play in f***ing goal I'd have expected to see more from him this season. He's been nothing better than disgraceful for 30 games this year. No excuses can be made for him. Oh he doesn't try, that must mean full backs have been destroying him all season getting assist after assist as Sissoko stands on the half way line waiting for the ball. Nah what actually happened is that Sissoko always tracked his man and full backs very rarely got any chance to attack down his side. What did people expect of him when playing out wide? To just totally leave the flank and come inside and hassle the centre midfielders and leave the full back free reign to do whatever he wanted? He's clearly played badly in some games this season but when has he not tried when he's been playing on the wing, when has a full back been allowed do what he wanted? The only game I can think of is Norwich at home where he got about 4 assists to cancel it out anyway Sorry like, but F1F0 is correct for me. Sissoko has had a shockingly bad attitude all season and whether he likes playing there or not he has shown a total lack of dedication and professionalism for about 25.5 of the games this season. The one really good half he had was that second half against Norwich, who are s**** and maybe one or two decent games against the better sides in the division. On his day, he can be a beast and almost impossible to handle, whether on the right, left or up the middle shouldn't matter such is his physicality. What we have seen under Benitez is him looking like he gives a s*** and even at full back being better than he has been most the season on the wing, which would seemingly be more suited to him. Sissoko proved last night that he should be played where he was (CM). He controlled the midfield and Colback and Tiote swept up behind him. We looked like we had some sort of balance and some sort of fight. Again though, it's one performance too few still at the moment. If he continues in this vain and we stay up maybe I'll forgive him. Let's also not lose sight of the fact we now have a world class manager, the Euro's are coming up and we're likely to be going down - all great reasons for him to up his game. The one thing I will say is I can understand why the players might have been totally uninspired to play for this shambles of a club until Benitez came in like. At least some of the players remained professional though... If his attitude was so bad then why did the full backs up against him almost never do anything going forward? Why did he create the most chances in our team by a mile for the majority of the season? Why did he put in such a good shift when put left back? He was put left back with Benitez and he played well there because he was willing to work for Benitez. I said as much before. I think you're also forgetting the number of goals that have come from our right hand side this season. It's not entirely Janmaat's fault as people would have you believe. Sissoko has been completely inept out there and unwilling to contribute, and unsurprisingly when he has been willing he has been effective, but that hasn't been anywhere often enough yet. Wingers should help out their full backs and likewise. Except half the time Moussa has tucked in this season and shown a lack of willingness to do anything and Janmaat has been found at RM most of the time leaving the back four (three?) totally exposed...and when a back four (three?) is totally exposed it will inevitably leak goals, and lots of them when you field the likes of Taylor and unfortunately the past it Coloccini. You're kidding yourself if you think he has been anything more than a 5/10 for the vast majority of this season. He has been a lot better since Rafa has come in and he was seemingly unplayable last night though - I'll give you that.

How much did you win? I was 2 games away from my bet. Malaga drew and Sevilla lost...

I couldn't agree more. What a disgrace. Just needed to show the bare minimum of aptitude to avoid getting relegated or sucked into the s*** end of the table year after year, totally fail. All three have s*** leadership that trickles down, too. Aye. Unfortunately, in any organisation if you can see internal politics and mismanagement the people at the bottom will begin to underperform and want away. The difference being, in 'normal' walks of life you still have bills to pay so you still have to do your job at the required level. That's what fucks me off most with the players. IMO you have Sky and the money in the game to blame for that but it's the same at all clubs... Just our owners are the biggest twats.

That whole thing, really, I don't get it. It's all a bit 'big deal', surely? The time to get annoyed is when you go down and nobody bats an eyelid - like Albion or Sunderland, for example. Anyway, you've got the perfect chance to take the p*ss back coming up pretty soon. I fully expect you to take it and will be amazed if you don't. Schadenfreude, it is one of the building blocks of football, surely? Are Villa closing a full stand next season Brummie ? No, they're closing the upper of three tiers of the Trinity Road stand. Holds 3,500. We're absolutely embracing the descent into the championship and taking every opportunity to be small time. Lerner has f***ing lost it. He's gone Kin Jong Un / Il on us. Properly, properly out of control. On SSN the other day it said that Lerner was in advanced negotiations to sell the club, any word on that down there? I reckon that bit was a total bullshit line from them to take our attention away from the meltdown going on. I've given up on them. It's all gone seriously wrong. We're not coming back until he goes. He's basically gone rogue. I'm not gonna lie, I don't like Villa after when we went down, but as soon as we get our laughs from you this season (so long as we stay up) then I'll draw a line under that. For the actual footballing side of things though, both our teams deserve relegation as do the SMB's. Hideously ran, and all need a clear out of staff at all / varying levels.

I don't think Rafa would go there tbh. Why? Because of his affiliation with Liverpool. I just think it was arguably one of his favourite times anywhere as manager and he wouldn't want to tarnish that by going to their local rivals.

I don't think Rafa would go there tbh.

As beneficial as it may seem to be playing second string players , I don't really care. It's all about how we apply ourselves now. Man City fielded a strong side against us and they looked like they were just going through the motions. Largely, down to the fact we showed more desire, passion and fight. I suspect Saturday will be similar if their usual squad are utilised. Youngsters means they have something to prove... There's pros and cons either way but if we apply ourselves correctly and play to Benitez's plan we will get something.

:lol: Does look like he could wade his way through a multi-pack of snickers in 20 seconds like.

If they beat Swansea they'll have done it I reckon.

West Ham just broke that bet for me. I also have £1 on the below teams: Liverpool Man United West Ham Empoli Chievo Roma Ajax Juventus Sevilla Malaga Returns £194

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Shame I cannot cash out more... Perfect at half time... Someone reduce the size of that shit by the way...

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160420/206fd0be9873f4a6b3b88f1b6604c403.jpg Peaked too early I fear...

Interesting comments from the commentator on my live stream of the Merseyside derby... Something along the lines of; His colleague replied with;

Barca...

I really like Anita. Clearly a good, intelligent footballer but just lacks the physicality required. Looked solid at RB yesterday.

Or maybe he's playing in his best position for once and has the freedom to basically run wherever he wants rather than playing out of position on the left wing Sorry, my mistake. I forgot being asked to play left wing means you are allowed to give up entirely and get a free pass to contribute nothing to your team and amble around like absolutely nothing. Even if he was asked to play in f***ing goal I'd have expected to see more from him this season. He's been nothing better than disgraceful for 30 games this year. No excuses can be made for him. Oh he doesn't try, that must mean full backs have been destroying him all season getting assist after assist as Sissoko stands on the half way line waiting for the ball. Nah what actually happened is that Sissoko always tracked his man and full backs very rarely got any chance to attack down his side. What did people expect of him when playing out wide? To just totally leave the flank and come inside and hassle the centre midfielders and leave the full back free reign to do whatever he wanted? He's clearly played badly in some games this season but when has he not tried when he's been playing on the wing, when has a full back been allowed do what he wanted? The only game I can think of is Norwich at home where he got about 4 assists to cancel it out anyway Sorry like, but F1F0 is correct for me. Sissoko has had a shockingly bad attitude all season and whether he likes playing there or not he has shown a total lack of dedication and professionalism for about 25.5 of the games this season. The one really good half he had was that second half against Norwich, who are s**** and maybe one or two decent games against the better sides in the division. On his day, he can be a beast and almost impossible to handle, whether on the right, left or up the middle shouldn't matter such is his physicality. What we have seen under Benitez is him looking like he gives a s*** and even at full back being better than he has been most the season on the wing, which would seemingly be more suited to him. Sissoko proved last night that he should be played where he was (CM). He controlled the midfield and Colback and Tiote swept up behind him. We looked like we had some sort of balance and some sort of fight. Again though, it's one performance too few still at the moment. If he continues in this vain and we stay up maybe I'll forgive him. Let's also not lose sight of the fact we now have a world class manager, the Euro's are coming up and we're likely to be going down - all great reasons for him to up his game. The one thing I will say is I can understand why the players might have been totally uninspired to play for this shambles of a club until Benitez came in like. At least some of the players remained professional though...

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