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Riviere upsets me.

Been injured none stop since he arrived, then has the cheek to think he deserves guaranteed games? How about get yourself fit and fight for a place dickhead? Obviously doesn't have the right mentality, and people advocated this guy for captain?

What? They've actually signed Pienaar?

Really promising that Rafa doesn't seem to care for him too much, would have been easy to throw him back in after Huddersfield but the fact he still went with Shelvey and Hayden would suggest Colback isn't the nailed on starter we all despise so much. Would rather he wasn't involved at all really because hes not even someone you could say would be handy to come on and shore things up, because he does nothing offensively or defensively. Should only be used as backup when we literally have no two fit CM's, even then I'd rather play Clark in his position.

Would never have been relegated in 08/09 had he stayed on...

Anyone else secretly hoping he stays and want to see what he can do in this league?

May I trouble your good self as to a reason why? He is our best centre half Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Kone?

Sick to fuck of this dragging on, makes it worse that we seem to be doing fuck all in the transfer market.

Good move I'd think.

Important game this, we really need an away win to get this monkey off our backs. Think it will be tight (like a lot of away game were in 09/10) but think that Reading win will have us fired up and ready and we'll nick a 1-0. Clean sheet for once.

Gouffran did OK last night without being spectacular or eye catching, but he was given the full game to impress unlike Aarons who had 10 minutes last night, 10 minutes against Fulham and 45 minutes against Huddersfield. He hasn't looked great but is that really enough time for a player to impress, especially one we've seen more than enough from to suggest hes a great player in the making? I'd like to see him given a run of games without being subbed.

Is it possible he may go: Sels Anita Mbemba Hanley Dummett Ritchie Hayden Shelvey Gouffran Diame Gayle My personal preference: Darlow Janmaat Mbemba Lascelles Gamez Ritchie Hayden Shelvey Aarons Diame Gayle

Probably cut his feet on the sand or stood right in a fucking jellyfish.

Is the correct answer.

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Little bit off topic but Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainks own goal against us was fucking fabulous Had to google that.

Hes going to matter a lot this season.

Shelvey was great tonight and Hayden had a better game tonight too, hope that's enough to keep him out.

Don't agree on those two, Mbemba did ok and was certainly the best defender there, but he made a couple of silly mistakes that could have caused us real problems. Perez was chasing down the defence/keeper as much as Gayle and running in behind. Unfortunately a lot of passes to him where lumped up in the air, he does look out of form, but I can't say he looked like he wasn't trying or out of his depth. Fair play everyone sees what they see but I don't understand how you can say Perez was trying, he never pressed the game once and it was evident because he was only one not actually doing it, I don't rate him as such anyway but regardless I was shocked at how bad and disinterested he actually looked. Prime example was when Gayle was doubled up on right on the corner spot and Perez was standing about 20 yards away for the entire time he was battling and didn't make himself available, it was shocking and wasn't the only instance of this. Gayle is as small if not smaller and goes up for absolutely every ball, Perez barely makes an effort and his feet rarely leave the ground, it might be cliche but the championship will be completely out of his depth if he doesn't learn to get stuck in to the game.

Was at the game tonight, improvement all round but still quite a few mistakes all over the pitch particularly at the back, the difference today was that we were much better in central midfield and we pressed from front to back from early on, the players individually looked far more up for it as well barring the odd one or two, my ratings are: Sels 5- Poor distribution, parried a soft shot right into the path of an oncoming Reading player and generally continues to look shaky as fuck for me. Not keen, rating may be harsh but that's really all he had to do and he didn't do it well. Anita 6- A really good opening 20 minutes attacking wise, was linking up well with Ritchie which he became less and less of a thing as the game went on, really poor positionally at the back though and was caught out quite often, but no worse than Janmaat. Mbemba 7- Good solid display, looked very comfortable with the ball at his feet, solid in the air and didn't really put a foot wrong all night, some nice play in advanced positions too. Clark 6- Gave away the penalty, beaten often in the air and seemed to keep getting mixed up with Sels and Dummett in terms of who was going for what, seems decent with the ball at his feet though which was nice, and had a better overall performance than Lascelles did in his first two matches. Dummett 6- Awful as ever going forward, provided absolutely nothing, made some decent tackles though but pretty poor positionally like Anita, caught out more than once. Ritchie 8- Had an excellent game, was our most dangerous player going forward as you would expect, took the pen well and was a constant thorn in Readings side, tidy on the ball and off it. Grafted so hard too, like him a lot. Hayden 6- Scored and his passing was generally tidy, but the jury still out on him, think he will turn into a decent player but doesn't look the finished article to me, definitely got something about him though, seems to hang on to the ball too long though and lost out a few times because of this (could also be our poor movement at times) Shelvey 9- (MOTM) By far the best performance I've seen of him in our colours, was everywhere from the moment the whistle blew, was chasing lost causes, was winning the ball back and getting stuck right in and his passing was far better and was making things happen, think Rafa may have had a word and hope he can continue to reach these heights. Most will probably say Ritchie was MOTM and he was close but Shelvey took that for me. Gouffran 6- A better than usual performance from him, worked tirelessly defensively and was tidy in possession, didn't really do anything with the ball but surprisingly linked up well with Gayle, think we should keep him as a squad player tbh, will do a job in this league even on the wing as some anticipated. Perez 5- Another poor display from this one, didn't want to know from the start, barely made runs, was at times stood on the spot unwilling to help out or make himself available and just generally looked poor and out of his depth, starting to think he just isn't that good I'm afraid, nothing about him whatsoever at the moment, could be down to form, who knows. Gayle 8- Excellent performance all round, held up the ball, linked up well with the wingers, scored two goals, couldn't ask much more really, was up and challenging for every header and even managed to win some he had no business getting to really, very impressed and Ayoze could learn a thing or two from the effort Gayle put in to that.

Has never impressed particularly on the wing either and will run into similar issues where ever he is on the pitch, hes lightweight yes but he doesn't have the bottle and generally gives in on the physical battles, barely challenges for headers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/08/16/liverpool-reject-305m-christian-benteke-bid-as-fee-relied-on-pal/

He seems pretty confident about bringing in new players, why am I not?

Could even be something along the lines of "we think we've done enough"

If it was anything big or good it would have been leaked by someone far more reliable than anyone at the ronny.