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Mane played in Austria not France for the few years before moving to England but I agree that he is class

Luuk de Jong is doing pretty well at PSV at the moment. One would almost think our coaching setup didn't have a clue at the time on how to use him or give him confidence. I realise he didn't set the league on fire in Germany either, but he's certainly a better striker than he showed at NUFC, and I wouldn't be surprised if he still managed to prove himself in a better league in the future. As for his brother Siem, I've said he was a better version of Kevin Nolan straight from the start. He can certainly be a very useful player for us and I think he's plenty good and strong enough for the Premier League personally (he put two past Man City in the CL). Writing him off after only a few appearances like some on here are doing is incredibly harsh. Funny thing is I have no doubt that Luuk's poor showings were down to the buffoons in charge. I would have had no issue with him staying actually. He had been injured, and I doubt the preparation for him to get back into the groove was good enough. My post above was more referring to people's disappointment in Luuk at the time, and now transferring that onto Siem. I had no issue with Luuk whatsoever. I think it's a shame he never really got a chance to get into his groove here. Tbf I don't think you can blame Pardew for Luuk de Jong not being able to kick the ball with any force whatsoever It's funny that LDJ seems to be able to hit it just fine for PSV It was obviously a massive confidence issue probably from not making it in Germany rather than a lack of skill

No surprise, but why would he sign it? Release clause Actually no, that still doesn't make sense given he'd be out of contract next summer

No surprise, but why would he sign it? Release clause

Where the fuck has he been?

Didn't look great against us in pre season but then again if you were looking at pre season we would've been beaten about 6 nil by Southampton

Scuffed a few? I don't think he hit one decent shot in his time here

Maybe but you should be able to kick the ball with a bit of power no matter where you play

Was thinking the same

Luuk de Jong is doing pretty well at PSV at the moment. One would almost think our coaching setup didn't have a clue at the time on how to use him or give him confidence. I realise he didn't set the league on fire in Germany either, but he's certainly a better striker than he showed at NUFC, and I wouldn't be surprised if he still managed to prove himself in a better league in the future. As for his brother Siem, I've said he was a better version of Kevin Nolan straight from the start. He can certainly be a very useful player for us and I think he's plenty good and strong enough for the Premier League personally (he put two past Man City in the CL). Writing him off after only a few appearances like some on here are doing is incredibly harsh. Funny thing is I have no doubt that Luuk's poor showings were down to the buffoons in charge. I would have had no issue with him staying actually. He had been injured, and I doubt the preparation for him to get back into the groove was good enough. My post above was more referring to people's disappointment in Luuk at the time, and now transferring that onto Siem. I had no issue with Luuk whatsoever. I think it's a shame he never really got a chance to get into his groove here. Tbf I don't think you can blame Pardew for Luuk de Jong not being able to kick the ball with any force whatsoever

Aye he eventually changed from his pro Pardew stance and actually seemed a decent lad

Did he have any likeability anyway?

He's the guy with the circle around him

The circled guy is Wijnaldum, the black guy furthest forward in the middle is Sissoko and the black guy with the ball is Cisse

Can't wait for him to get sacked

the score is already 2 -1, that is just another part of the match, where it was Cisse on the right. It's a replay obviously or are you taking the piss?

40 points, not horrific but not great

Ranieri was ridiculously handsome

Aye we don't need a striker at all IMO. Is Austin even better than Cisse?

I don't have any evidence for this but don't we tend to create more with Cisse on the pitch than with any other striker we have?

out of 10 how would you rate his link up play and first touch? His link up play seemed pretty good when he did a brilliant lofted through ball to Obertan in the lead up to the second goal

If the City score stays 3-0 I'll have won 150 euro tonight. Pretty good for me

:lol:

He's an absolutely brilliant footballer like. Didn't they fall apart when he went to the AFCON last season?

Sunderland should try buying some good players sometime