Shayno

George Thorne in to replace this clown please.

lol, Well I would still play him in a more attacking role but my original post was more comparing the players we signed in the summer to two players we are being linked with in January.

So you would play Shelvey deeper?

Would take Shelvey and Townsend over Wijnaldum and Thauvin any day of the week.

That Andrija Zivkovic kid scored for Partizan again. Wonder if Mitrovic can pull some strings...

I would take an attacking triumvirate of Redmond-Shelvey-Townsend in the Premier League over Thauvin-Wijnaldum-Sissoko any day of the week.

Poor mans Sissoko. He doesn't address any of the shortfalls we had last season. Such a poor signing and waste of money.

Give Colback a crack in the cup fixture.

Janmaat, Mbemba and Sissoko only players to come out Looking like they belong in this league. Haidara was woeful.

His ability to create things at the top level has never been in doubt. His ability not to be a liability for 90 minutes 50% of the time he starts is still very much question.

Can't put our squad on paper in the top 10

6.5 out of 10. Good money spent, question marks over all the signings about playing at this level though. I was hoping our signings would represent a change in style. Thauvin aside, i don't think any of the new players do that. Mbemba signing and Armstrong's loan the two best pieces of business. Thauvin and Mitrovic exciting gambles, but at the price we paid and the position we were in as a club I think we should have paid for ability instead of potential. Also didn't clear enough of the useless players (yet).

Watched a few times last year. Always performed well and led the Nantes backline which was statistically pretty good. I think he will do well and is a very shrewd signing for that fee.

Though de Jong was the wrong sub. The last twenty minutes needed someone to run at players and Sissoko, Wijnaldum and Obertan had all gassed. Aaron's should have been brought on imo. Krul 6.5 Janmaat 6.5 Mbemba 7 looking forward to seeing him for the rest of the season. Such an obvious upgrade. Colo 6.5 Haidara 5.5 thought he was a poor in possession Anita 6.5 Colback 7 some superb defensive work at the end there Sissoko 7 Obertan 6.5 Wijnaldum 7 Cisse 6.5 good positioning to makes the most of a lucky deflection. Tiote 5.5 not sharp Mitrovic 6 service had died before he had come on

Need a left footed centre back anyway. Matip, Van Dijk or Dilobodji to replace Colo would be fine.

Hakim Ziyech next signing from Holland please.

Don't McLaren sides generally play 4-3-3 these days, without a CAM and two box-to box midfielders instead? Wouldn't we be looking at a formation more like this? I think this role would suit Sissoko, would Wijnaldum be able to play this position as well? Krul Janmaat Lascelles Colo Haidara Anita Sissoko Colback Aarons Cabella Perez

Van Ginkel would be superb. Why must we be teased with this bullshit...

Isn't our wage bill pretty significant? even compared to teams like Swansea and Southampton?

Whilst it is always unsettling to see the heavyweights to so easily take young players from the challengers it is a pretty good price for Vidal and Sevilla have the track record that the money will be spent and spent wisely, unlike with NUFC

Bas Dost has 13 in his last 10 games. Not bad for a guy that was written off at the end of last season.

I was trying to think of a pun but all I got was a multigrain freeze

Seriously fucked. Bizarrely, i somehow thought we would get through the day without losing anyone and maybe getting a promising player in. Now we seem set to repeat one of the dumbest transfers in recent history in loaning one of our better players to an Italian team for a transfer fee not even remotely close to their true value.

Adelaide born and a former NUFC player, couldn't have picked a better match winner

Wouldn't mind nabbing Valentino Lazaro from them on the cheap (contract expires at the end of the season) just to rip off the big evil corporation.