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Imagine Boro might be a bit annoyed if Pulis left after 2 games.

Not seen him play much at all, but I’d be interested to see how Gerard Moreno at Espanyol would get on. Seems a fairly consistent scorer in a bit great team and reckon he’d be about the same price or less than Deeney. But yeah... I haven’t scouted him.

Do reckon we could do better than Deeney for £15-20m, but you’d certainly be taking a gamble on a non-PL striker. Not that I think Deeney is any type of guarantee of goals.

Thank fuck for some common sense.

Said it before, but if anyone genuinely thinks we are 80% likely to go down, they should go down the bookies tonight and make some easy money...

3 now. Win against Swansea and it’s a 2. Genuinely don’t know how anyone can be on more on a 5 to be honest.

What a man.

One of his better games today. Passing was much improved today - more decisive and quicker. Hope he can keep it up.

Get in!

Just shows the value of getting a quick player to make a swift decision to run at defenders when in space.

Saivet perhaps. Merino had a stinker 2 days ago and isn't fit enough for two games in three days. True - and Merino could easily come off the bench in last 20-25 mins and make a difference.

Only complaint I have is Diame really. Would much rather see merino or saivet there. Don't see a problem with Perez upfront. Best football he's played has been up there and I think his skill will be useful vs Stoke centre halves.

Intrigued to know where you think we should be with this squad? Our squad is easily one of the weakest in the division. So why do you expect us to be outperforming teams with far superior squads and resources? Utterly bizarre.

Not only do Palace have far superior players, they have also, even under De Boer, been performing quite well all season. Their league position is not representative of the quality of their team or performances.

Amazing how you can produce a better performance with far superior players. Almost like there's some sort of link.

I'm at a 4. Just think there's enough shit down there with us for us to pick up points. And we have Rafa.

Really don't want NUFC to be in a position where a player like Joselu is near our first team and I really wanted to see Mitro be given more of a go, but some of stuff that gets said about him on here is pure hyperbolic bullshit. He's clearly not a natural goalscorer and clearly we need one, but he holds the ball up well, works hard and wins a huge amount of headers. I don't see as many matches live as I would like but I was at Arsenal the other week and he was one of our better players. He had a good game against West Ham. Yet every game, all I ever read is how he's the worst player we've ever bought etc etc

Hope Shelvey proves me wrong.

People seem to hugely overrate Shelvey's passing ability and creativity. He undoubtedly plays some great passes but they are so few and far between, he's often a passenger in a midfield two. Merino is a superior midfielder in general, but indisputably so in a midfield 2.

Think people are suggesting that they'd sell if we got a decent price and we got a replacement. Not really that controversial.

I haven't seen anything to suggest he can be effective in a midfield two on any kind of consistent basis. Any offer of around 12m or above and I'd take it.

You could say the same for a fair few strikers - Bellamy for example wasn't prolific at any stage bar one decent season at main striker at Blackburn. Obviously Bellamy was a far far better striker than Long has ever been, but there is more to Long's game than goals.

Might seem a bit revisionist, but I don't remember him being particularly bad for us. Just never really got a run in the team.

Yep - looks like he's getting back to his best.

There's no excuse for him not claiming that ball. It's an easy take and he just stands there gawking at it. Rest of his game was fine, but didn't do anything beyond the bare minimum.