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Beating by simple balls in.

Clark loves that.

Fucking hell Murphy EDIT: That's better

Pards watching it in cold sweats :lol:

As if there's any doubt he's our best striker like.

Nearly scoring because of the 'not allowed to tackle Man Utd' rule.

I'm just hoping for a positive performance from him to build on. Not expecting him to set the world alight. The cameos have done nothing for him.

Was pictured in a leg brace the other day.

I'll never understand Joselu and Manquilo like.

I'd hope for Murphy or Aarons though.

Perez would make sense given he'd be tasked with just doing a Gouffran job there.

Rooney to rifle one in from Goodison Park.

It's a betslip and snazzy jacket sleeve away from being 100% Paully

Yeah, there was a definite sense of comrade to those Chelsea and Inter sides (some of his Inter team still hate Rafa to this day as he was his replacement there). He looked to have completely lost the plot by the time he'd returned to Chelsea - he looked permanently sick of his life and there were regular reports of dressing room unrest.

Not watching, are Brazil being blow away by the dynamic midfield duo of Eric Dier and Jake Livermore?

His manager has literally said he's fit and that he wants him in the England side. "Personally I think he is ready," said Wenger. "He was not three weeks ago but he is today. I have the same problem [as Southgate], he is competitive for me as well. "In every competition he is ready to play. I would encourage him to do it. "I personally think that with a super-fit Jack - I don't know how you can keep him out of the English squad." "For the last three weeks he has been treated completely like any other player."

Good opportunity to get him some pitch time then. Wenger has already said he's fit.

Might be. Let iz fume anyway

I'd say Wilshere and Shelvey are statistically more likely to be at the 2020 Euros and the 2022 World Cup than Cook like given that they've actually shown themselves to be of atleast Premiership quality Both should obviously be ahead in the pecking order for Russia so completely ignoring them in preparation games to instead hoy out token call-ups and utter shite like Livermore is, imo, completely fucking weird.

We'll probably be looking to maintain possession in atleast 2 of our group games, and perhaps the Last 16 if we get there. If we are playing on the counter against the top sides though then we'll still need a player who can damage them when we have the ball. Look at Shelvey against Liverpool.

I know Merino is going to be out for a while, but Atsu will hopefully be back after the International break. I guess how you deal with the absence of Merino will be key. Some very important - and tough - matches coming up. Failing to get at least one win from Watford and West Brom will be a problem. Who replaces Merino? If you struggle without him then you've just got to strengthen in January. Be pretty hard to get proper back-up for Merino tbh, from what we've seen of him anyway. We need a proper attack so that our problems in midfield aren't as punishing imo. Hayden & Shelvey isn't a bad partnership for a bottom half Premiership side (going with the assumption we'll be in a relegation battle - which I don't think we will be tbh). Joselu and Perez ahead of them is the problem.

I'd hope that Atsu's injury means that his forced replacement is better like. It's hardly a sure thing and it might be really bad, but Atsu's contribution has basically been that once every 3 or 4 games he'll look possibly effective while still not doing anything, turn a fullback inside out, or make a clever run through the middle for a ball, yet still just win a corner, force a save, or float a ball into the keepers arms. The rest of the time he does even less.

Atsu is utter shite though.

What's clever about calling up young players who aren't anywhere near good enough yet though? Calling up Winks was 'clever' because Winks is now good enough to be playing regularly in Pochettino's side. Loftus-Cheek looks promising and already capable of having a decent season in the Premiership. The other three though have done nowt, like literally nothing. I completely forgot about Hart tbh If he's first choice when Russia comes I give in like, it's irredeemable at that point.

What type of player is Winks anyway, I missed to Madrid game and cannot remember seeing much of him?