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Though he hasn't played there in any of the pre-season games? Might be wrong...

Mbemba for Williamson and I'd be OK with that. Just don't let "Gabby" anywhere near the pitch.

We'll sign 1 or 2 more.

I've only seen him make easy passes and running around like a headless chicken chasing the ball. On the plus side he scores goals.

He is, but at the same time he's definitely good enough to be in contention for a place in our starting XI.

I wouldn't. Aarons gives us something special.

There's no place for him really unless you drop De Jong or go with your idea of playing him alongside Wijnaldum and whether you like that or not McClaren won't do it. I'm with Kaka tbh, if playing him on the wing means no Aarons or Perez i would rather see him sold. Yep, I agree.

Ditto

Could work.

Care to elaborate? Two #9s who don't contribute a great deal to overall play in a 442 is aids. Not necessarily but aye against a good team like Soton we probably need one of the attackers to help out more.

Care to elaborate?

Would be interesting if we started with both Mitro and Cisse up front in a 442.

Sissoko for Anita and that's probably the best players, but there's no balance to the team. IMO we're in need of a strong, skilful sitting CM. A good Tiote, if you will.

Must be him Ashley was speaking of. Like five new signings.

Aye, we lost a pre-season game 0-1 against the 3rd best team in Germany. What a farce. What about the rest of them? We still have no ideas in the final third, we're still defending like we don't know what football is, and we're still starting that useless gimptard, Williamson. I don't read anything into pre-season games, personally.

Aye, we lost a pre-season game 0-1 against the 3rd best team in Germany. What a farce.

This, in a nutshell.

I agree. Claiming that nothing has changed and writing the season off before it's started is, though.

If/when we get spanked by a good Southampton side it'll presumably be because the team need time to gel. Wonder how long "McLaren will need time to stamp his authority" before people realise nothing has changed. You don't think he needs time then? That everything changed the minute he walked through the door? Season haven't even started yet ffs.

Hazard

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Ugh, Obertan #14, that's grim.

That works fine too, but I need my fix. I've not bought a wonga kit for years and I'm well stocked up on 90s shirts and toffs/camporetro shirts. This is something modern to look at, and it's nice that it allows a big group of NUFC fans to show their displeasure with the big guy. Surprising how much debate it gets tbh, and how many people seem to be angry at it's existence Different folks different strokes innit, options for everyone. As long as SD.com/Wonga isn't your chosen option, I'm a fan.

I don't get this tbh. Why not just buy an old NUFC kit that you have a relation to? Cheaper too.

Thank you