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Just like Joe Kinnear as "DoF". All these f***ing years and nothing's changed. People still aim their anger at him though, I know in the grand scheme of things whether you swear at Ashley or Charnley makes no difference, but its the mentality. Charnley's just doing his job for his wage. If he was told to spend a load of money he would do, the man doing the damage is above him and he's a master at getting others to take the abuse.

Blaming Charnley is exactly what Ashley wants in this situation, the fall guy taking the fall for him.

What the hell did we do to get this unending nightmare?

Re; Gayle, I have a feeling that if dropped down to the championship now he'd actually flop quite badly compared to last season. Seems much slower now.

Loads would be buzzing like fools thinking we'd get the money, then a load would be self loathing "So glad he gets to be part of a proper team now" types.

Scottish Football is shite and all, but I find it hilarious how pissed off Neil Lennon's got over Levein's comments from this weekend's derby

Ritchie hangs his full back out to dry, he's dreadful at picking up his man.

Ramos booked. He'll get himself sent off here.

Difference between not being able to attack and not being able to control a football properly.

The lad we were perennially linked with got the second.

Yes, because Rafa Benitez is totally going to pander to a couple of personalities like that and not just drop them straight away and never use them again.

Gunna be great using the "" when we sign no one and they finish above us.

El-Mhanni starts for the U23's agaisnt PSV tonight. Beardsley must be scheming a way to punish him.

Always complained he'd be treated better with a foreign name, so he copied Ronaldo and Messi in Tax Affairs. Dedication.

Mo Diame famously wore it.

Isn't that Graves tweet literally the next part of that "Sign no one but look like you're trying" blueprint from yesterday. Sigh. Hello Championship.

Our last Centre Forward from Denmark was Peter Lovenkrands wasn't it?

I was about to say I was lucky and only there for the 2-0 win Cisse brace, but I've just remembered I went to the 0-6 defeat where Debuchy decided he didn't want to play football anymore.

He just seems to prefer left footers full stop. Atsu, Ritchie, Kenedy and Aarons are all left footed. Murphy doesn't seem to have an out and out favourite foot.

A combination of not being fully fit, up to speed with the league and him being young and needing protecting etc. is probably a factor mind. That and Shelvey playing may be also putting him in the shop window if you like. If fit and in form, Merino is a much much better all-round player than Shelvey ever will be. Still seems weird to suggest selling Shelvey even if you are that sold on Merino. That leaves you with Hayden and Diame. Hayden can barely pass a football in this league he's so scared, and Diame is a likely to fall over his feet as anything else when he gets the ball. Surely they both start in our best team? It worked against Liverpool and hasn't been seen since really.

From reading the last six pages, I'm not sure this place has been watching Merino lately, and overrates him in general. To say "Rafa's clearly decided he's not good enough" regarding Shelvey, is a little weird considering how little Merino's played lately. Anyway. Its a moot point. He's definitely better than Hayden, and right now I'd be keeping the Shelvey-Diame partnership, as ridiculous as it seemed a few months ago they're both playing well right now.

Wouldn't Schurrle and Ben Arfa be swapped round? Ben Arfa's never been a striker.

Gameiro is "yes please" territory even when we're acting like a normal club, not just desperate for anything. So yes please.

The next N’Zogbia I'd love someone of N'zogbia's talent right now.

But until that new striker is a thing, behind Ayoze.