Nigel

He should try and score 19 by Christmas, he'll then have half a season to get that annoying 20th!

12 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Sell luiz? Thata madness. He dropped off 2nd half of season no doubt but the 1st half he was onw of the best cm in the league.

We have to put it down to fatigue. He played a hell of a lot of games. A rest in summers gonna help massively 

 

Agree with the sentiment and you have to add the loss of kamara meant he had to change roles too.

Second place rivals my other great sporting accomplishment when I won the 1984 pontins pool championship!

I don't like to boast but sometimes greatness is thrust on you!

Thanks obe 

Does anyone not remember we actually had barkley here....is it only me?

He was kind of not good enough when he was younger and we had less aspirations. 

3 minutes ago, rbcuk said:

Don’t think it’ll be until 1st June for the kit, as had the email with a 25% off full price items which ends 29th May and that’s when the adidas deal starts 1st June 

25%?......with literally days left till the new one comes out?

They are going to fly off the shelves!

This man is just a magnet to goals! 

Oli getting his 20th is the sole aim of this game!

I'm still worried about man u!

11 minutes ago, kidlewis said:

Coutinho

chambers

lenglet 

dendonker

zaniolo

 

that's five out if we can do that, question will be who are we getting? And how much budget will we actually have?

It's not really 5 out as zaniolo and lenglet were bought in only to replace mings and emi who were probably were covered by insurance. 

They will simply swap squad places.

It's a shame that his form has deserted him in such a way that his decision making has been affected. 

However his stats for a debut season are pretty good.

I have no doubt he will be one of our best players by this time next year!

3 hours ago, WallisFrizz said:

Ah, I read somewhere they were confident of getting a point back.

How would they know this?

Agent Rooney come home...I repeat come home !

Ding Dong the witch is dead!

The first trophy is the hardest, I want us to get one as quickly as possible. 

Conference league is important 

6 minutes ago, TRO said:

Are we ready for Champions league?.....missing out on the Europa, is a huge step up.

Don't get me wrong, I want to achieve it, but I wonder, if we are actually ready for it.

I think we are about as capable of competing as anyone outside the top 3.

We utilise our squad quite well and will have extra players available next season. 

....and we have uni!

Is it too late in the season to loan any players to Norwich?

That point was a good one last night, we didn't deserve any so it's a bonus. 

Maybe if we were trying to win the league things would look different but we should be happy with the points haul over these last few games as it's on target to get 4th place. 

1 minute ago, TomC said:

Agreed. I was referring to Kamara. We need another Kamara-type to get us through to October.

I don't think it's any coincidence that Doug's from has dipped without Kamara.

 

Yep I realised you were talking about him after I replied. He's a fine midfielder but not really as dominant as we need. 

To evolve we need a player who can't be bullied. Someone to hold the ball if we need.

3 minutes ago, TomC said:

We have one but he's out, probably at least until October. We need a backup. After Tielemans got hurt today, we were back to Doug and McGinn in the double pivot, which rarely works well.

 

 

Tielemans and kamara are both great, but neither are a dominant midfielder...we need a beast, someone who probably fights bears on his off days.

Just now, one_ian_taylor said:

It's definitely something  that needs more of a gameplan for next season 

I'd say we need a strong dominant centre midfielder 

High pressing physical sides are emery's achilles heal. They fully deserved to win that tonight, we were lucky to get a point.

However good sides get a point when they should lose, and a point could make the difference with spurs run in.

2 hours ago, ismail-villa said:

Players should be well rested now, Dougie back in, everyone on form. Should be a good win. 

We are worse with a rest

4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Why aren't (plastic) milk bottles air/water tight once they're opened?

Is it cheaper to manufacture them that way? Is it to let the milk breathe? Is it to force you to not store the milk horizontally?

Why?

I've always thought the same about wine.

How do screw caps work?

The whole point of a cork is to keep it air tight. Even unopened surely screw tops let some air in, which would damage the wine.

Rb has always been a problem area in respect to  other positions. 

If your Premier league all time list contains the likes of Gary Charles then there is a problem. 

My choice would be delaney, although even he looks weak in an all time list.