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Great pass from Merino. Atsu did really well to tee him up anarl.

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Bilic looks like he belongs in the Garter studying the form over a pint and a Lambert.

Perez is a bit of a worry, like. Seems to have lost his touch a bit.

Playing alright imo. Some nice link up play and some decent moves going down both wings. WH haven't shown much yet and Chicarito seems a little isolated up top on his own.

Lovely lay off from Joselu.

HTL So nice being able to watch in glorious HD rather than listen to Ando continue his slow descent to an inevitable suicide.

Come in number cunt, your time is up.

He hasn't thought it through. They're sisters so they're not gonna fuck each other and they're lesbians so they're not gonna fuck him. Maybe they can all have a game of scrabble or something.

Fuck this fucking shit. Rafa's off, we're buying nee bugger, me leg hurts for some reason and North Korea are gonna ruin Christmas. Bloody great to wake up to this shite, like.

Did someone give us money for Riviere? Like, actual money?

Nee way i'd take Remy. His legs have gone, he'll be totally unmotivated and won't give a shit and he's half the player he was when he was here. Bloke's pure mercenary, get someone in who might actually care.

He's never going to be good enough to be a regular PL keeper. I'd sell him for whatever we can get and get in a decent, experienced goalie who can bring Woodman on.

He's a cunt and a little poison shithouse dwarf.

Bench Gayle and give Josie or Mitro a chance imo. He hasn't looked right in the games we've played so far. I wouldn't mind seeing them both start with Joselu dropped deeper off Mitro, bit of a striker/#10 hybrid deal.

Aye. I don't think he's much good but sadly he's probably the best option we have at LB at the moment, losing him for three months is a blow. He's crap at anything other than defending but he's solid enough that Atsu or Aarons ahead of him will have the freedom to get forward at will.

It's like a bad divorce.

Stabilising the club in the premier league would increase the value of his asset. The first season back is always going to be the most expensive however once he has a squad fit for the PL the spending can be scaled back. You can never scale it back that's the history of the PL. You have to keep pace with the clubs around you (not Man C). The net spend can be scaled back as the players you're able to shift will be of a higher value than the championship squad you started with.

Stabilising the club in the premier league would increase the value of his asset. The first season back is always going to be the most expensive however once he has a squad fit for the PL the spending can be scaled back.

I could see that actually. A Berahino/N'Zogbia style deadline day bid that would smash the transfer record that we know won't be accepted. Breaking our transfer bid record is a start I suppose.

And even they still managed to break their transfer record within the last 10 years or so

Do Cagliari have much money? Gives us a week to get another striker in if we can shift Mitro for close to what we paid for him.

Good to have you back Sels and Lazaar obviously didn't work out but Hanley, Gamez and Diame were bought to get promotion and act as cover for the first team. Alright, ultimately we didn't really need to use Hanley or Gamez that much but they did a job and earned promotion. I'd much rather have them and not need them than not have them and end up short if injuries or suspensions didn't go our way.

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