Bimpy474

Very true, like every new player to English football he needs time to settle. I don't like the flapping two hands instead of punching mind.

http://www.skysports.com/football/bristol-c-vs-newcastle/report/358148#ooid=g2azdnNTE606kjIDGFwlpsKy20QBT6hL Sels in those highlights

It's all the more baffling that people in football swallow his 'front foot fast football' bollocks when it's nothing of the sort.

Very good point which i think Rafa will ignore tbh. He expects whoever he puts out to have an understanding, hence the repetition in training in those scenarios, also the reason he so readily drops/rotates players if they don't live up to his standards, it's just how he rolls. Which is fair enough. Ideally all 4 of the centre backs would be on an even keel anyway as they'll all be needed this season. I think he's still searching for the best combos too. Good points there I think we'll all have to get used to how Rafa does things. Also we have to get used actually having enough players to rotate and manager who knows how to do it. Seems so long since we were a proper football team/squad.

Very good point which i think Rafa will ignore tbh. He expects whoever he puts out to have an understanding, hence the repetition in training in those scenarios, also the reason he so readily drops/rotates players if they don't live up to his standards, it's just how he rolls.

We're gonna rotate more than DJ's turntable for this game.

Well this was nice to come home to.

Didn't they get £25 for Bolasie though? £4m for Jedinak too. Pardmatics will be spinning that like near bankruptcy

Didn't they get £25 for Bolasie though? £4m for Jedinak too.

Erm Caballero is Argentinian.

Well the Mike Dean being bent theory in regard to this game has gone out the window

What the feck

I think this is where we'll all get it wrong with Rafa, he'll rotate a lot with two games in a week. He mentions it so much he's got plans for it stored up in that big brain of his.

He was but Otamendi also had hold of the front of Shawcross the whole time too. Shawcross got caught, his own fault and something he's got away with for years. Refs should give every single penalty for shirt pulling if they see it. It was a pen, but it annoys me how much a sides status gets them those kind of decisions. Stoke wouldnt get that decision the opposite way imo. I'm still annoyed about their offside goal last season & Tiote's dissallowed goal. You're absolutely right, decision do go the bigger clubs way. Joe Allen being foued just then proves it. All i noticed was Otimendi had hold of the front of Shawcross's shirt at exactly the same time, the difference for me being Otamendi was trying to get away from Shawcross. I think it's a penalty, but you just watch Hughes defend it because of the shirt pulling by Otamendi. Opinions i suppose.

That was a nasty tackle on replay.

He was but Otamendi also had hold of the front of Shawcross the whole time too. Shawcross got caught, his own fault and something he's got away with for years. Refs should give every single penalty for shirt pulling if they see it.

Well selling two players in the last couple of days for nearly £30m probably paid for it like.

Apart from his direct involvement in two goals ? Refresh my memory. The ball came off him for Hayden to score and he was fouled for the penalty. Two direct involvements don't you think ?

Gameweek 2 Man Utd 2 v 1 Southampton Stoke 1 v 3 Man City Tottenham 2 v 0 Crystal Palace Burnley 1 v 3 Liverpool West Brom 1 v 1 Everton Watford 0 v 2 Chelsea Swansea 2 v 0 Hull Leicester 1 v 1 Arsenal Sunderland 0 v 0 Middlesbrough West Ham 2 v 1 Bournemouth Bristol City 1 v 2 Newcastle Forgot to highlight a game, so i've gone for one later today, if that's ok.

No there isn't.

What insult got you blocked ? Tagged him in that tweet and he blocked me an hour later. should have just called him a useless cunt.

Apart from his direct involvement in two goals ?

What insult got you blocked ?

They're all shite man. Two games is more than enough time to judge them. relentless

Pardew probably sees him as a fret to his authority so pushed him out. More popular than him, absolutely on the money.