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Other than Villa and some Spurs fans, why is the hate for this guy? I could accept the hating alone but why is he really underrated from other fans ? Many people hate mourinho yet they know hes one of the best out there. Tbh he did a fantastic job for us either last season or during the summer. Ok he had couple of mistakes which even great managers do it. Yet many other fans dont look at that.

Would that team challenge now though ? The top teams and league as whole have really improved.

I would like to ask if there is a highlights for the game yesterday ?

Not against them at home though.

Ive just checked. Yes Smalling contained him and hes shorter than him by 1 cm. But still there were flashes which would suggest hes still a beast. Benteke has been contained a few times too in terms of aerial balls. Dont forget the positioning of Gabby and Ayew was awful.

We could do with shifting Kozak, Sendros, Zog, Tonev. That could free up more than 75k in terms of wages. Which the other three would cost less than it for sure. we could get 4m from them combind if we are lucky which would sortout Oulares fee.

Oulare, Praet and Holgate l. I think that would sort us out.

I think we could try something like 442 where hes upfront with Gestede. Adama on the right Bacuna or Scott in the left and see how it goes. He will give defenders hard times dealing with crosses and give Gestede much freedom.

What his actual position anyway ? From what ive seen in the clips he seem a central striker or maybe behind the striker. His presence was better than Gabby in the first half against Utd comparing to Gabby against Bournmouth. But still I couldnt say hes a proper striker. Maybe being new and the fact its against Utd could affect as wevecouple of games were we havent seen Benteke but we havent doubt his ability as weve seen. Now im not saying this guy is as Benteke or even Gestede as i was frustrated by his game the other day but i think we need to see him in a game where we are dominating. Im just frustrated about his fee hes our most important signing yet from day one many of us had their doubts. I couldnt fault Tim even if he was a flip but i really thought we could have spend it better. Anyway i will be supporting him and I think he would be better than Weimann atleast I just hope Sherwood wont have the eternal love to this player as Lambert used to have with Andy !

I had very good impression from him. The worry is how would he deal with players taller the him as Smalling ? Although he wasnt bad in aeral duels even with him.

Cleverly havent settled until end of last season. Although there could be an arguement about Lambert tactics. But still he had bag of PL experience comparing with this guy. Id also say the play wasnt on our favour most of the game. Without missing the fact hes new. Im more concerd about the other Jordan. Ayew seem to be our new Weimann in being one of the most amusing players in the pitch. Although he had some good tackles but he kills every oppurtunity which amuses me a lot.

Thats without saying he only played for around 30 mins.

There were a lot of games last season where Benteke played like this either because of our or their tactics. Anyway he hold the play good and pass it well. Flashes of quality even after this whole performance. We missed the creative spark.

Couldnt ask for more. Might be little fear from what we saw in the first half. But we played some good balls during the 2nd half. Maybe no much creativity but considering that its many players first game and without our main creative players in Gil and Grealish. what encouraged me a lot and made my expectations was Gestede beast mode. Could give the same effect of air balls as Benteke. Might not be as good on feet yet hes a really bright signing for the club hopefully. Amavi and Gueye had good games. Still would like to see more from them and from Veretout. Good approach fromTim .. good performance from Micah. UTV !

Guzan MOM ! Until now.

Pathetic. Only Richardson and Westwood were good. I might say Okore and Vlaar. Others were pathetic !

I hope we dont lose twice today. A win against China then a win againsr Leicester hopefully would be ideal.

Yesss ! Very great effort, Fantastic result ! Congrats for the big win !

Lovely win ! Fantastic first half, Ok second half. Great show from Grealish. Sorry Lambert, Gabby and Andy , You've happily got me wrong ! Come on Liverpool ! Let's beat them ! Won't be easy ask though ! We made it hard for ourselves today, But I wouldn't say the goal was from a horrible defending ! hopefully it won't harm the defence confidence nor Cissokho's.

Villa 1-0 Hull. Spurs 2-1 Liverpool. Arsenal 2-0 Leicester.

We've shipped around 23 in our last 8 though. We've only lost by a margin of 3 against Utd at home. We only shipped 38 goals before that from 30 games, Which is pretty decent. Actually comparing with our bad record scoring goals, We would still have got +1. I don't think Ron played our worse December run. which we concieded more than around 9 from 5 none against a top 6 side (assuming Man Utd weren't). Have we actually won a game without him ?! Other than Southampton where we had the lead when he was there. So wouldn't count that as he played a part of it.

Can I start putting predictions now ? Hull 0-1 Stoke Spurs 2-1 QPR Sunderland 1-2 Man Utd Man City 3-1 Liverpool

Decent result. But still Gabby and Weimann shouldn't start together ! Never play them on the wing also (Maybe Gabby in the away games). Grealish need to start with N'Zog. With Weimann up top (or Bent).

Yesss ! Lovely win ! Congrats everybody. Sissokho and Hutton looks good .. Senderos and Vlaar look good partnership ! Overall good performances. with Benteke and Kozak back and Sanchez introduced I think we would be a good team hopefully. We were decent today. More than expected. Very delighted I was jumping with my friend when the goal came.